Rourea] 



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Malay Peninsula. A large 

 scandent evergreen shrub, 

 leaflets often sub-opposite, 

 H-k in. long, 2-4 pair. Instead 

 of the terminal leaflet, rachis 

 often prolonged. The lowest 



lirarts of axillary buds 

 often rigid, subulate, simu- 

 lating stipules. Sepals cili- 

 ate. ovary hairy on the inner 

 •.Mi'. :-i. R. pulchella, Planch.. 

 Tenasserim. 1. R. humilis, 

 Blume, Nicohars. 5. R. 

 caudata, Planch. Assam, 

 IChasi hills. Leaflets 8 5 

 pair, lanceolate, caudate- 

 acuminate, 2-3 in. long, 

 petals mil much exceeding 

 sepals, capsule slightly 

 curved, broader upwards. 



B. Leaflets numerous. 



sessile, small, 1- 



. lout 



6. R. Wallichiana. Planch., 

 Tenasserim, from Maulmein 

 southwards. Petioles and 

 panicles pubescent. Leaflets 

 glabrous, to 30 pa Lr, liner r- 

 oblong, §-] in. long. Panicles 

 narrow, racemiform, ca psule 

 curved, '. j in, long. 7. r. 

 stenopetala, llni'k. f. Mergui. 

 Branchlets and petiole pu- 

 bescent, midrib of leaflets 

 pubescent beneath. Leaflets 

 6 10 pa ir, oblique, emarginate 



al tip. Race s shorl . sepo Is 



spread inf. petals linear, more 

 than t b ice i he lengl h of 

 sepals, si. r. villosa, Planch. 

 Mergui. Sumal ra. Branches, 

 pel ioles and inflorescence 

 softly pubescent. Leaflets 

 hairy beneath, 12-20 pair, 

 | in. long, panicles narrow, 

 t'acemj form, sin irl er than the 

 ( lapsule J. in., curved. 



1'n.. H2. — Rourea sautaloides, W. it A. k. 



Trials more than twice the length of sepals. 



•_'. CONNARUS. Linn.; PI. Brit. [nd. Li. 50. 



1,. imparipinnate, leaflets mostly 5. I'M. small, in axillary and terminal 

 panicles. Sepals 5, imbricate, deciduous or persistent, nol accrescent, petals 

 Linear or ligulate and slightly dilated upwards. Ovaries densely pubescent, 

 usually one only fertile. Ripe carpels stipitate, inflated, albumen 0. Species 

 ."ii i 55, tropics of both hemispheres. 



A. Western species. Leaflets quite glabrous beneath, valves of Hie capsule 

 quite glabrous \\ ii bin, 



I. C. monocarpus. Linn.— Syn. < '. pinnatus, Lamk.; Bedd. PI. Sylv. 

 Man. f . \i. Vern. Sunday, Mar. 



An ereei shrub. Leaflets 3 I in. long, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous 

 on both sides, shining, sec. n. 3-5 pair. Panicles rust^ pubescent .rate 



oblong, tomentose, petals | Ln. long, slightly pubescenl outside, Capsule 

 I '.-- in.. ( tracted into the stalk, uol shining, nol ribbed. 



