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pubescent, '5-"75 in. long. Calyx-tube produced beyond the ovary for 

 •25-*5 in., cylindric, rusty-tomentose ; its mouth funnel-shaped and 

 deeply divided into 5 narrow lanceolate-subulate lobes. Petals shorter 

 than the calyx-lobes, oblong, obtuse, about '2 in. long, scarlet, rusty- 

 pubescent on the outer side, nearly glabrous on the inner. Fruit oblong, 

 shining, with 5 rather narrow unequal thin coriaceous wings, 1 in. long 

 and *65 in. broad. 



Penang ; Wallich. Perak ; Wray 3353. 



2. Quisqualis indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 556. Young branches decidu- 

 ously rusty-pubescent. Leaves elliptic, shortly acuminate, the base 

 rounded ; both surfaces more or less rusty-pubescent, nearly glabrous 

 when adult except the midrib and nerves, always minutely papillose ; 

 main nerves 6-8 pairs, ascending, little curved, length 3-4 in., breadth 

 1*5-2 in., petiole about '3 in. Spikes axillary, their rachises shorter 

 than the leaves, many-flowered, very unequal, rusty-tomentose ; bracts 

 lanceolate, sub-persistent, '35 in. long, pubescent. Calyx-tube produced 

 beyond the ovary for l - 5-2 # 5 in., its mouth short, funnel-shaped and 

 divided into 5 broad triangular acute lobes. Petals oblong or oblong- 

 rotund, obtuse, '5 in. or more in length, red, puberulous. Fruit narrow- 

 ly ellipsoid, tapering much to the apex, less so to the base, sharply 5- 

 angled, almost 5-winged, glabrous and of a deep brown colour, '75-1 "25 

 in. long and from *3-"45 in. broad. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 336 ; Lamk. 

 111. t. 357 ; DC. Prodr. Ill, 23 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II, 427 ; Wall. Cat. 

 4010; Wight 111. t. 92; W. & A. Prodr. 318; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 

 I, 610 ; Brandis For. Fl. 220 ; Clarke in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 459 ; 

 Q. villosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 426 ; Spreng. Syst. II, 331 ; DC. Prodr. 

 Ill, 23. Q. glabra, Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 28. Q. pubesecens, Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 t. 35. Q. ebracteata, Beauv. Fl. Owar. t. 35. Q. Loureiri, G. Don Gen. 

 Syst. II, 667. Q. sinensis, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. N.S. Vol. XXX, t. 15. 

 Q. longiflora, Presl Epimel. 216. Quisqualis sp.. Griff. Notul. IV, 683. 

 Rumph. Herb. Amboin. V, t. 38. 



Malacca, and probably truly wild ; in the other provinces often 

 cultivated as a garden plant. Distrib. Burma. 



6. Illigera, Blume. 



Scandent shrubs. Leaves alternate, petioled, with three entire 

 petioluled leaflets. Flowers in elongate lax peduncled cymes ; brac- 

 teoles 1-3 at the base of each flower. Calyx- tube shortly constricted 

 above the ovary ; limb of 5 valvate oblong deciduous lobes. Petals 5, 

 valvate, oblong, alternate with and as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 

 5, epigynous, filament near the base carrying on each side a staminode ; 

 anthers dehiscing by lateral valves. Ovary 1 -celled ; style, 1, filiform, 



