262 RHAMNACER. [ Ventilago. 
VENTILAGO, Gaertn. ) 
* Fruiting calyx very short, surrounding only the very base | V. Maderaspata- 
of the nut; inflorescence tomentose . . - na. 
* * Fruiting calyx adnate to the middle of the nut, and form- ; 
ing here a prominent ring. 
Flowers racemose-panicled, like the whole inflorescence tomentose ; 
fruits shortly, but densely puberulous. . ‘ ‘ * 
Flowers - glabrous, in axillary clusters, forming terminal, leafy, 
glabrous racemes ; fruits quite glabrous and glossy ; calyx-ring 
at the middle of the nut; nut 3 lin. thick, the wing rounded . V. leiocarpa. 
former, but nut nearly 3 in. thick, the calyx-ring basal, the 
shortly acuminate - « ete 
F. calyculata. 
. fe wa V, Maingag. 
1. V. Maderaspatana, Gaertn. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 631; Brand. 
For. Fl. 96.—A scandent shrub, thinly and shortly puberulous or 
glabrescent ; leaves ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, on short but 
slender puberulous petioles, bluntish and shortly acuminate, coarsely 
but obsoletely crenate-serrate, almost coriaceous, 1-2} in. long; 
owers minute, greenish, on slender puberulous pedicels, in short 
clusters arranged into racemes forming shortly tomentose term 
panicles ; calyx about 14 lin. in diameter; nuts the size and shape 
of a pea, at the base surrounded by the comparatively short calyx, 
shortly puberulous, terminating in an elliptically oblong 1m. long 
wing. 
Has.—Tenasserim, from Moulmein down to Mergui. EF 
2. V. calyculata, Tul. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 631; Brand. For. Fl 
96.—A large climbing shrub, remaining low and shrubby indry =) 
situations, all younger parts pubescent or tomentose, the stems@S | 
thick as the arm; bark 1-2 lin. thick, reddish and olive-green, net 
veined, slightly fissured; cut greenish; leaves ovate-oblong °F 
oblong, shorter or longer petioled, about 3-4 in. long, Shot 
. inate, crenate-serrate, tomentose while young, more oF 
nt on both sides ; flowers greenish, tomentose, eer é 
-2 li i 
greyish 0 es a 
tawny tomentose leafless panicles ; calyx about 2 lin. in mre : 
petals cuneate, crenulate at the blunt apex ; nuts globular, the siz 
