54 MENISPERMACE. [ Tikacora. 
pendulous from the older branches, 1-14 ft. long, ramified, 
ramifications 1-2 in. long, many-flowered ; flowers yellow, Sous 
nearly 3 lin. in diameter ; sepals deciduous ; drupes glabrous, 4 in. 
long, obliquely oval, on 4 in. long stalk, purplish black. 
Has.—Tenasserim.—Fl. Febr. 
TILIACORA, Colebr. 
Sepals 6, the outer ones small, hardly imbricate in bud. Petals 
6, minute. Males: stamens 6, free. Females: carpels 9-12, the 
styles short and subulate. Drupes stalked (the stalks connate at 
base), the style-scar near the base; putamen suleate. Seed hooked. 
bumen oily, ruminate. Cotyledons fleshy, appressed. — Woody 
climbers, with axillary panicles. 
1. T, racemosa, Colebr.; Hf. Ind. Fl. i.99; Brand. For. 
Fl. 10.— An evergreen woody climber, all parts glabrous ; leaves 
ovate, petioled, usually truncate at base, acuminate, of a rather firm 
texture, much netveined, glabrous; panicles axillary, commonly 
shorter than the leaves ; flowers small, yellow ; drupes many, shortly 
stalked, red and shining. 
Has.—Pegu. 3 
LIMACTA, Lour. 
Sepals 6, the inner larger ones valvate or slightly imbricate in 
bud. Petals 6, shorter than the sepals, embracing the stamens. 
Males : stamens 3, 6 or 9, free. Females: staminodes 6; carpels 3, 
with short compressed style. Drupes obovate or kidne -shaped, 
the ob teed almost basal. Putamen 3-celled, the 2 lateral cells 
empty. Seed elongate, embracing the intruded endocarp. Albu- 
men even. Cotyledons elongate, half-terete, appressed.— Woody 
climbers with panic 
* Sepals are of a ~~. Leiaeg the inner ones imbricate . L. cuspidata. 
* 
Stamens 3; adult ave aan ‘ . L. triandra. 
Stamens 6; branches and leaves 7 henatie velvety tomentose . . L. velutina. 
1. L. cuspidata, Hf. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 100.—A large woody 
evergreen climber, the younger parts pubescent ; leaves ovate or 
-asgs aE rounded or almost uienta at base, on a 3-1 m. 
brace minut, mubulae; acaba & 8-12; drupes almost tobias, 
7 ee Teer. 
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