458 LTin. coMBEETACBJi. (0. B. Clarke.) {_Gonibretmn. 



both surfaces ; petiole ^— | in. Baceme often subterminal and solitary, 6-7 in. with a 

 peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracteoles ^ in., linear-spathnlate. Calyx-teeth, triangular, erect. 

 Petals narrow-oboTate, far exceeding the sepals. Disc and base of calyx within 

 covered by long fulvous hairs. 



16. C. ovalifolium, Soxb. Sort. Beng. 28, Fl. Ind. ii. 256; leavei 

 opposite ovate to lanceolate glabroiis or nearly so, racemes lateral much divided 

 and terminal, young ovary and calyx without very glandular and slightly pubes- 

 cent, calyx-tube shortly constricted above the ovary then widely campanulate. 

 W. ^ A. Prodr. 317 ; Wight in Hook. Sot. Misc. iii. p. 86 with a figure j 

 Bcdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 90. 0. Heyneanum, Wall. Cat. 4001. 0. Rox- 

 burghii and 0. albidiun, G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 429. 0. laxum, Roxh. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 230. 0. Wightianum, Thw. Enum. 103 in part. 0. Thwaites- 

 ianum, Heurch 8^ Miill. Arg. Obs. Bot. 238. 



Throughout the Deccan Peninstjla, common ; and in Ceylon. 



A large scandent shrub, nearly glabrous. Leaves typically 4J by 3 in., but often 

 shorter and much narrower, shining, quite glabrous or more rarely with some brown 

 hair about the base of the midrib beneath ; petiole ^ in. Bracteoles minute ; buds 

 subglobose, obtuse. Cah/x-teetk triangular, acute, reflexed. Petals narrowly obovate, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx. Disc and base of the calyx within with much long 

 hair. Fruit } in. long and nearly the same in breadth, dark brown, ne|trly glabrous. 

 — Mr. Thwaites has sent to Kew (under number 1601, named C. Wightianum) two 

 plants, viz., C. ovalifoliwm Soxb, and C. extensum Eoxb. ; upon which Van Heurek 

 and Miill. Arg. have founded two new species. 



Sbc!T. IV. Quisqualoides. Fruit with 4 membranous vsdngs. Calyx 

 constricted above the ovary and then produced into a cylindrical tube ^— j in., 

 terminated by a short campanulate 4-fid limb. 



17. C. extensum, Roxb. Hart. Beng. 28, Fl. Ind. ii. 229 ; leaves 

 opposite ovate or elliptic acute glabrous or nearly so, racemes lateral rarely 

 divided often elongate and terminal subpaniculatej young ovary (and calyx 

 without) puberulo-pubescent, calyx-teeth triangular acuminate reflexed, buds 

 ovate very acute. Wall. Cat. 3996 ; G. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 422 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 608 ; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 463. 0. rotun- 

 difolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 226 ; Wall. Cat. 3995. 0. Wightianum, WaU. 

 Cat. 4007 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 317 ; Wight Ic. t. 227 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 90. 0. Horsfleldii, Miq. 1. c. 609 ; Kurz in Flora 1871, p. 289. 0. platy- 

 phyllum, Heurek Sr Muell. Arg. Obs. Bot. 242 ; Kurz in Jouj-n. As. Soc. 1874, 

 pt. ii. 188. 0. macrostachyum, WaU. Cat. 3997. 0. latifoUum, Blume Bijd. 

 641; Miq. I.e. 609. 0. leucanthum, Heurek ^ Mull. Arg. Obs. Bot. 240. 

 0. formosum, Griff. Notul. iv. Q&ijfide Kurz. — Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 23. 



Deccait Peotnstjia. Ceylon. Tbansgangetic PBHrNSULA from Silhet to 

 SiNQAPOEE. — DisTKiB. Malaya. 



A large scandent shrub, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4—8 (sometimes 10 in.) 

 punctate on both surfaces when young ; petiole usually short but sometimes 1 in. 

 Racemes very thickly covered wiQi flowers, sometimes »hort but generally elongate 

 4-6 in. Calyx with a ring of hairs at the base within, but not entirely fiUed by long 

 hair. Petals narrow-obovate, slightly exceeding the calyx. Fruit l\ in. and nearly 

 as broad, puberulo-glandular or nearly glabrous. 



18. C. sundalcum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 327 ; leaves opposite ovate 

 or oblong suddenly acuminate mature nearly glabrous, spikes subglobose dense 

 in ample terminal panicles, young ovary and calyx without punctate-glanduilaT 



