J74 FENTANDMA MONCGYNIA, Lotlicercl. 



LOiMICERA. Schreb. Gen. N. Sl§. 



Corol one-petalled, irregular. Berry inferior, two-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



1. L. quinquelocularis, Hardwick, in Asial. Res* vi. 351. 

 Shrubby. Leaves petioled, elliptic, acute, entire, villous. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary, short, two-flowered. Berries five-celled. 



'Found by Colonel Hardwick, in vallies about Adwanee on his, 

 tour to Shi eenugma, and there called Lung-phool by the natives. 



Obs. by N. W. 

 My highly respected friend Major-General Hardwick suspect* 

 this to be my L. Ugustrina, and the drawing, with which he has fa- 

 vored me, is not unlike it. But the structure of the ovary and fruit 

 is totally different ; and the leaves are much larger, which is also 

 somewhat the case with regard to the flowers. 



Additional species by N. W. 



2. L.japonica, Thunb. jap. 89. 



Hairy and villous. Xe«i>es-oblong cordate, ash-grey and villous 

 underneath. Peduncles axillary and terminal, two-flowered, forming 

 an ample leafy raceme. Bractes linear. Tube of the corolla hairy, 

 fihfoim, very long, even. 



h.japonica, Andrews's repos. ix. 583.— Edwards's regist. i. 70. 



L. Periclymenum, Lourier. Cochinch. ed. Willd. i. 195 ? 



Uin-too, it. Sin-too, vulgo Sui-Kadsura et Kin gin qua, i. e.auri 

 argentiquefios, Kaempf. Amcen. 785. 



Native of Silhet and Nipal. In the latter country it embellishes 

 most of the forests^ both in the valley and on the surrounding hills 

 with its elegant blossoms from April to June. The fruit ripeus m 

 October. From both countries it was introduced in 1818 into this 



