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XLIV. CONNARACE^E 



[Connarus 



"Western Ghats from tie Konkan southwards. Fl. February-June. Ceylon, dry 

 region. 2. C. Kitchiei, Hook, f . Ghats of the Konkan and North Kanara, probably 

 also further south. A shrub, possibly also climbing. Fl. crowded, petals J-J in., cap- 

 sule oblong, rounded at the top, base cordate. 3. C. Wightii, Hook. f. A lofty climber, 

 common in the evergreen Ghat forests of North Kanara and Belgaum. Leaflets 4-5 in., 

 sec. n. 5-7 pair, petals J in., capsules compressed, almost semicircular, shining, strongly 

 striate. 



Fig. 93. — Connarus monocarpus, Linn. 



B. Eastern species. Leaflets quite glabrous beneath, valves of the capsule 

 pubescent or sericeous within. 



4. C. paniculatus, Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. 139. Vern. Nweni, Upper Burma. 



An evergreen climbing shrub (in Chittagong a large tree, Roxb.), glabrous 

 except inflorescence. Leaflets 3-7, coriaceous, glossy above, 3-5 in. long. 

 Panicle pubescent, spreading. Sepals pubescent, petals |-£ in. long, linear, 

 slightly narrowed towards the base, filaments hairy, ovary tomentose. 

 Capsule at first softly tomentose, when mature glabrous and shining, l^-lj in. 

 long. 



Assam, Khasi hills, Chittagong. Large rapids (Hatgyi) on the Salween (D.B., May, 

 1859), Amherst (D.B., April, 1880). Fl. March- June. Evergreen forests, Upper Burma, 

 Hmangin at 2,500 ft. (Smales, Dec, 1901) To this I refer specimens collected by 

 Dr. Henry in Yunnan. 5. C. gibbosus, Wall. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 327. Pegu, Tenasserim 

 and Andamans. Leaflets 4-6 in. long, petals oblanceolate, glabrous, capsule compressed, 

 rusty tomentose when young, glabrous when mature, obliquely striate, compressed, 

 obovate, 1£ in. long. 4 and 5 may possibly turn out to be the same species. 6. C. nico- 

 baricus, King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 (1898), 6. Nicobar islands. Scandent. 

 Leaflets broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, 2|-4i in. long, petals linear, pubescent on 

 both surfaces. Capsule sessile, broad, obtuse, 1J in. long. 7. C. latifolius, Wall. 

 Tenasserim. Capsule cylindrical, obtuse, f in. long, suddenly narrowed into a stalk 

 J in. long. 8. C. grandis, Jack ; King I.e.. 7. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. Leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, 4-12 in. long. Capsule obliquely ovoid, li-lf in. long, woody. 



