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paniculata, Clarke. Outer eastern Himalaya to 6,000 ft. Assam. Manipur, Lusliai 

 hills. Shan hills 5,000 ft. Hills east of Bhamo 4,000 ft. Yunnan 5-6,000 ft. Branches 

 t'T'H'. slender, pubescent, 1. glabrous when full grown, fl. violet or lilac, in small 

 axillary thyrsus, shorter than 1., calyx hardly enlarged in fr., segments 5-7, long- 

 acuminate. 



9. CONGE A, Roxb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 602. 



Scandeut shrubs, 1. opposite, quite entire. Fl. sessile iu pedunculate iuvo- 

 lucrate 3-9-fld. heads, involucre of 3 or 4 bracts connate at base, much enlarged 

 and generally coloured in fr. Calyx funnel-shaped, teeth 5, shorter than tube, 

 corolla-tube slender, limb 2-lipped, upper lip erect, of 2 linear-oblong lobes, 

 lower of 3 much shorter obovate lobes. Stamens 4, anthers exserted ovate, 

 cells parallel. Ovary imperfectly 2-celled, ovules 4, pendulous from the top of 

 the axile placenta. Species 4. 



A. Calyx lobed J the way down, densely clothed with long soft hairs. 



1. C. tomentosa, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 293 ; Wight let . 1479/2. Vera. Thamaka-nwe, Burm. 

 Manipur. Chittagong. Burma. Upper and Lower, common. Siam. A large deciduous 

 scandent shrub, stems anted, an irregular central cylinder of wood, surrounded by a 

 layer of phloem, and outside of these rounded masses of wood tissue enclosed by phloem. 

 Branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely clothed with soft tomentum of 

 simple and fasciculate hairs, 1. ovate, blade 4-6, pet. J-J in. long. Involucral bracts 

 violet or pale lilac, sometimes white, elliptic-oblong, 1 in. long, calyx-teeth elongate 

 triangular. ('. azurea, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1479. A, is a variety commonly cultivated in 

 gardens. 2. C. vestlta, Griff. Tenasserim. Branchlets fulvous hirsute with long hairs, 

 I. villous beneath, involucral bracts broad-elliptic densely white-silky, conspicuously 



Veined. 



B. Calyx tomentose, teeth very short. 



8. C. velutina, Wight Ic. t. 1479,3. Tenasserim. L. glabrous when mature, bracts 

 distinctly nervose. I. c. villosa, Wight Ic. t. 1479, fig. B. Pegu. Tenasserim. L. 

 villous beneath. 



10. SPHENODESME, Jack : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 600. 



Scandent shrubs, 1. quite entire, hairs simple or stellate. Fl. sessile in 

 involucrate ] eduuculate 3- or 7-h\l heads usually arranged in terminal panicles, 

 involucre of (i bracts, much enlarged in fr. Calyx cup-shaped, campanulate 

 or tabular, teeth 5, rarely 4 or 6. Corolla-tube short, cylindric, limb more or 

 less zygomorphic, lobes 5, rarely 6. Stamens 5, as a rule included. Ovary 

 imperfectly 2-celled, ovules 4, pendulous from the apex of the axile placenta. 

 Drupe 1- rarely 2-seeded. Species 10, Indo-Malayan. 



A. Stigma sessile or nearly s". 



1. S. unguiculata, Schaner. — Syn. Symphorema unguiculatum, Kurz. Vera. Nwezat, 

 Kiinir,. Burm. Khasi and Naga hills. Caohar. Chittagong. Lower Burma. A large 

 deciduous olimbing shrub, steins twisted, as thick as a man's arm. branchlets and 



inflorescence pubescent or tomentose, hairs stellate. I., thinly celiac is, glabrous 



above, Made 1 6, pet. | in. long. Involucral bracts in fruit L-l} in. long, obtuse, lanceo- 



lat ■ oblanceolate, pubescent, membranous, prominently reticulate, tl. cream-coloured, 



corolla-lobes obovate, ovary glabrous, stigma sessile, bifid. 2. 8. microstylis, Clarke. 

 Tenasserim, Siam. I., softly pubescent or villous beneath, corolla .J in. long, lohes 

 r. 6, linear, involucral bracts pubescent, in fr. 1 ill. long. 



:'.. S. paniculata, Clark.'. Western chats from Coorg southwards, common in ever- 

 green forests. L. pubescent beneath, fl. sweet-scented, corolla \ in. long, lobes 6 6, 

 obovate, obtuse, involucral bracts rusty tomentose. 



B, Style filiform, bifid at the aju-x. 



(a) Involucral bracts longer than calyx, heads in ample terminal panicles. 



I. S. pentandra, .lack; Wight tc. t. 1 175.- Syn. & acuminata, Wight Ic. t. ll7o ; 

 Symphorema Jaekianum, Kurz. Assam. Khasi bills. Manipur, Burma, Upper and 

 Lower. Malay Peninsula. Nearly glabrous, ovary hairy, involucral bracts linear- 



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