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1. C. roydsiefolia, Kz.—An rieechaee seandent shrub, armed 
with short, straight, spreading thorns, all parts quite glabrous ; 
leaves oblong or elliptically eine shortly and strongly petioled, 
rounded or obtuse at the base, bluntish and mucronate, ¢ e0 
6-8 in. long, glabrous, laxly netveined and the nerves beneath 
strongly prominent; flowers rather large and showy, shortly pedi- 
celled, arising by 4-5 in. a line above the axils of the upper 
leaves and forming usually terminal glabrous racemes ; sepals acute, 
woolly on the margins; petals floccose puberulous, the 2 upper 
smaller ones obovate and pure white, the lower ones nearly an in, 
long, yellow, afterwards violet-coloured towards the base; ovary 
glabrous, the gynophore only }-3in. long; stamens numerous, the 
filaments white glabrous; anthers dull blue. 
Has.—Adjoining Siamese province of Kanbooree. 
2. C. micracantha, DC. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 179.—A large woody 
climber, armed with very short conical straight thorns, all parts 
glabrous ; leaves oblong to broadly lanceolate, 4-8 in. long, rounded 
or subcordate at the usually narrowed base, on a }-3 in. long petiole, 
rounded or almost retuse with a callous mucro, coriaceous, glabrous, 
shining, laxly netveined ; flowers 1} in. across, by 2-4 supra-axillary 
in a line, on 3 in. long or shorter poten: sepals oblong, acute, 
ciliate ; petals oblong, 1 in. long ; ovary glabrous, the gynophore 
an in. long ; berry almost globose or nk 2-3 in. long, smooth. 
Has.—Pegu ; Tenasserim. 
8. C. multiflora, H.f. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 178.—A large woody 
climber (?), unarmed, the young shoots sparingly appressed hairy ; 
leaves from elliptical to oblong and obovate-oblong, at both ends 
acuminate, on a slender petiole only 2-3 lin. long, membranous, 3-6 
in. long or longer, glabrous, very laxly netveined ; poten small, on 
slender slightly pubescent pedicels 3-3 in. long, numerous, in a 
= one are the other from the. axils of the sisi or more 
m the leafless part of the branchlets and appearing 
mose ; se nee concave-rotundate, minutely and sparingly puberulous 
and usually slightly fringed, about 2 lin. long; petals obovate- 
oblong, 24 lin. long, or a little longer, glabrous; stamens 8, the 
filaments glabrous; ovary and the slender $ in. long eynophore 
glabrous ; berries globose, 2-celled, usually 1-3-seeded, the size of 
a pea, glabrous. 
Hazs.—Ava hills, towards Assam. S 
4. C, ifolia, Kz.—A scandent shrub with terete black- ss 
ish stems, unarmed or only a few ——— very short spiny SS 
stipules on the older branches, all parts glabrous ; leaves broadly 
oblong or ovate-oblong, on a slender, but heck petiole, acute at bang = 
