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ing short spikes in the axils of the leaves ; calyx more distinct than 
in other species ; corolla puberulous. 
Has.—Tenasserim. 
2. €, Rheedei, Gmel.; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 582; Brand. For. Fl. 
75; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. 179, t. 26, f. 6—A scandent shrub, the 
younger branches puberulous; leaves from ovate to elliptically 
oblong, 4-5 in. long, shortly petioled, obtuse at base, acuminate, 
entire or somewhat waved, almost coriaceous, glabrous, opaque on 
both sides ; flowers small, yellow, tubular, forming about an in. long 
tomentose spikes in the axils of the leaves; disk-lobes oblong- 
lanceolate, somewhat lacerate; drupes oblong, the size of a small 
pea, red, shortly pointed, glossy. 
_ Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans and Tenasse- 
rim.— Fl. May. 
3. C. zizyphifolia, Griff—A scandent shrub, the shoots vel- 
vety; leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 2-24 in. long, on a short often 
puberulous petiole, obtuse at base, acute or shortly acuminate, 
entire, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy above, often 3-nerved shortly 
bo base and the nerves more arcuate ; flowers small, green, 
subtended by a small bract, sessile, forming short velvety spikes in 
e axils of the leaves; corolla urceolate, papillose outside ; disk- 
lobes from a broad cordate base lanceolate ; drupes globular, 
Has,—Burma (probably Tenasserim). 
NATSIATOPSIS, Kz. 
Flowers dioecious, in elongate racemes. Calyx distinct, 4- 
toothed ; corolla tubular, 4-cleft at the apex. Stamens 4; filaments 
broadly linear, flat, free. Ovary-rudiment tawny hispid.—Twin- 
ing undershrubs, with leaves not unlike those of a Thunbergia. 
Flowers small, in elongate axillary fascicled racemes. 
1. N. thunbergiefolia, Kz.—A twining shrub, all softer parts 
minutely scabrous-pubescent; leaves cordate at the base, ovate- 
short, reflexed, appressed pubescent outside; stamens 4; filaments 
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Has.—Ava, Khakyen hills.—Fl. March. 
