Homalium] LIV. SAMYDACE.E 345 



1. H. tomentosum, Beuth. : Kurz F. Fl. i. 531. Vera. Myaukchaic, 

 Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, bark thiu, white, very smooth, branchlets, young 

 leaves and inilorescence softly pubescent, 1. obovate 4-6 in. long, petiole stout, 

 very short, sec. n. lti-14 pair, straight, prominent beneath. Fl. nearly sessile, 

 ^ in. across, greenish, in small clusters on simple axillary spikes, longer than 

 leaves. Calyx tomeutose, segments 5 or 6, linear-oblong, petals similar to 

 calyx-segments. 



Common in deciduous forests from Chittagong to Martaban. Ganjam (Gamble). Fl. 

 Nov.-Jan. 2. H. minutiflorum, Kurz. Pegu. Fl. pedicellate, minute, t \ in. across, tetra- 

 merous, calyx-tube glabrous, turbinate, segments and petals pilose, pedicel glabrous, 

 Longer than calyx-tube. 3. H. longifolium, Bentb. Upper Burma, Smales, April 1899 

 ulcseik) Malay Peninsula. A tree, 1. elliptic slightly hairy, blade 5, petiole 4 in. 

 long, sec. n. arching, 5-7 pair. Fl. pedicellate, tetramerous, calyx and petals hairy, 

 tube oarrowly turbinate, as Icmg as pe.lieo]. -i-gments much smaller than petals. 

 Ovules on long funicles attached to the parietal placenta at the topof the ovary. The 

 Malayan specimens are slightly different, the above description relates to those from 

 I Fpper Burma. 



•1. H. zeylanicum, Benth. Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards, in ever- 

 green forests. A lofty, at times a small tree, I. glabrous elliptic, acuminate, base 

 acute, blade 4-5, petiole \ in. long, see. u. arching. 6-8 pair. Fl. pedicellate, hairy, 

 r in. across, petals longer than sepals, pedicels articulate. The Travancore specimens 

 nave larger fl. ami the sec. a. very prominent. 



5. H. nepalense, Benth. i /ilm-hicellia ncpalensis, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 179). Nepal. 

 Singhbhum-Mahendragiri and Rum pa hills. A large tree, 1. glabrous, ovate, blade I 5, 

 narrowed into pet. J-J in. long. Fl. fetid, nearly sessile, grey-tomentose, J in. across, 

 in axillary panicles, petal- nearly equal to calyx-segments. 



B. Stamens in fascicles opposite to petals. 



Ii. H. Griffltliianum, Kurz. Mergui, Malay 1 'en insula. A small tree, branch lets, pet ioles. 



midrib and inflorescen b -t li>' t with long spreading hairs. PI. al st sessile, J in. 



-. petals twice the length of calyx-segments, stamens in pairs before the petals'. 



7. H. Schlichii, Kurz. Chittagong,. An evergreen tree, 1. glabrous, elliptic-lam late. 



blade 5, petiole | in. long. FT. slightly grey pubescent, pedicellate, | in. across, stamens 

 in threes opposite the petals, racemes in terminal hoary panicles. 8. H. propinqutur, 

 C.B.Clarke, is reported Er Pegu. 



9. H. travancoricum, Bedd. I'l. Sylv. t. 211. Travancore and Tinnevelli Ghats. A 

 middle-sized tree, I. glabrous, 3-4 in. long, racemes shorter than I.. II. \ in. across, dense!} 



hairy, nearly sessile, petals three times the size' of calyx-seg nis. :; or 1 stamens 



opposite each petal. 1". H. grandiflorum, Benth., a middle-sized tr if the Malay 



Peninsula and Cochinchina, it. i in. across, calyx-segments enlarged after flowering, 

 stamens 7-12 opposite each petal, has i a reported from Tenasserim. 



Obdkii I.Y.— Passifloraceae. 1. Carica Papaya, I. inn. : Wight [11. t, L06, 107. Classed in 

 a separate order Caricacece, in Engler u. Prantl iii. 6 a) 94. Vera. Papaya Northern 

 India; Poppaya, Tel.; Thinbaw, Burm. Indigenous in tropical America. Cultivated 

 in India and In all tropical countries, A small soft-wooded fasl growing tree, usually 



nnbranched, with milk] juice, 1. glal 9, palmatifid, 12-24 in. across, on long bollov 



petioles, forming a round tuft at the top ••!' the stem, stipules Q. I'l. pale yellow, 



fragrant, in axillary panicles, generally di ious, but occasionally a few female fl. on 



a male plant. <J fl. in long drooping panicles, j in short clusters. Calyx small, 5- 

 lobed. Corolla: 1 tubular, 5-lobed, . ol 5 linear deciduous i»-tals. Stamens 10, 



Inserted in two rows in the mouth of t he eon ilia. < (vary ft .ovules numerous, attached 



to 5 parietal pli ntas, Fr.indehiscent, fleshy, sulcate,s Is black, numerous, embedded 



in sweet pulp, the testa consisting of on inner hard and an outer soft layer. Embryo 

 straight, cotyledons flat, in oily albumen, J Passiflora, Linn., is n large, chiefly 

 American genus of shrubs, olimbing with tendrils, numerous species of which are grown 

 in gardens, i'l. bisexual, pentamerous, a corona, asually of numerous fine threads on 



the calyx tube inside ih.- petals, sta ns 5, filaments Mat. enclosing ami partly 



mlnnte to the gynophore, which bears ■■< t-celled ovary with r ovules on :t parietal 

 placentas. Two species in India: 1. /'. Letchenaultii, DC. Khasi hills, Manipur, 

 Nilgiri and Palni hills. I. semioircular, truncate, :'• dentate, fl. 2 in. ooross, petals whit.'. 

 fr. ovoid U in. long. 2, P. nepaleniit, Wall, Nepal, Sikkim, Khasi hills, 1. entire, ' 

 or ovate-lanceolate, H. J-A in. across, fr. nearrj globose i in. diam. 



