598 LXiiT. SAMYDACE^. (0. B. Clarke.) i_3omalmm. 



Wall. Cat. 4899 ; Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. 53 ; Miq. Ft. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 714. As^ 

 tranthus foetida, Wall, in Herb. Ludia fcetida, Moxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 508 ex Wallich. 



Malacca ; Griffith, Mamgay No. 664. — Distrlb. Malaya. 



A tree, branchlets leaves and petioles glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by 1^3|- in., base 

 narroTpred ; petiole J-J in. Racemes 6 in., minutely tomentose or glabrous ; pedicels 

 short, often J in. Stamens 2 or 3 before each petal. Ovary densely villous. Styles 

 3-4 (5 ex Maingay). Fruit 1-seeded according to a note of Maingay. 



10. K. g^randlflorum, Bentk. in Jawrn. Linn. Soa. iv. 37 ; leaves short- 

 petioled elliptic-oblong entire coriaceous glabrous, flowers pedicelled solitary 

 6-7-fid, calyx-tube short, segments enlarged after flowering and longer than the 

 petals, stamens about 7 to each petal. 



Malacca; Griffith. — Distrib. Sumatra. 



Leaves 6 by 2J in. ; petiole hardly ^ in. Racemes 6 in., puberalo-pubescent or to- 

 mentose, pedicels about ^ in. Flowers large, calyx-segments after flowering f in. 

 Ovary even in flower with the apex much elevated. Styles 5. 



11, K. travancoricum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv.t.211 ; leaves petioled elliptic 

 crenat^ glabrous, flowers subsessile clustered usually 5-fid, calyx-tube short 

 turbinate segments hardly half the length of the petals, stamens 3-4 opposite 

 each peial. 



South Maxaear Mts. ; Travancore and Tinnivelly Ghauts ; Beddome. 



A handsome middle-sized tree (Beddome). Leaves 3-4 by l^-lf in., obtuse acute 

 or acununate, base subacute or obtuse hardly rounded ; petiole less than J in. Ra- 

 cemes 2X4 in., axillary, puberulo pubescent, not so dense-flowered as in H. zeylanicum 

 (ex Beddome) ; but the flowers appear as dense as in other species. 



DOUBTrrL SPECIES. 



H. FCETiDTiM, Kure For, Fl. i. 532 not of others; all parts quite glabrous, leaves 

 broadly-oblong coarsely crenate, stamens in pairs opposite the petals, ovary glabrous. 

 Tekassebim, Kwh. 

 The ovary is densely villous in all the Kew H. foitidum. 



Obseb LXIV. ■PA.SSITI.O'B.ES:. (By M. T. Masters.) 



Twining herbs or shrubs, rarely erect. Leaves alternate, stipulate, simple or 

 lobed, penni- or palmi-nerved, frequently glandular beneath. Petiole usually 

 provided with glands. /Stymies foliaceoua or minute. Tendrils axillary or 0. 

 Inflorescence axillary, cymose, sometimes with one or more branches cirrose, 

 rarely flowers solitary. Braeteoles 3, minute and scattered, or foliaceous and 

 forming an epicalyx, rarely 0. Flowers regular, unisexual or bisexual. Calyx 

 tubular at the base, fleshy, subcoriaceous or membranous ; segments imbricate, 

 5. Petals or as many as the calyx-lobes, springing irom the tube of the calyx, 

 membranous or fleshy, imbricate, marcescent. Corona of one or more rows, 

 filamentous or membranous or both, arising from various portions of the calyS- 

 tube, rarely ; basilar corona' lirceblate or cup-shaped, surrounding the base of 

 the androecium, sometimes represented by five separate glands of the disc; 

 rarely 0. Stamens 5, on a gynophore or free at the base, perigynous ; anthers 

 oblong, 2-celled, basi- or dorsi-hxed, dehiscing laterally or introrsely. Ovai-y 

 superior, on a gynophore or subsessile, 1-eelled with 3 parietal placentas, 

 rudimentary or absent in the male flowers. Styles 1 or 3 ; stigmas reniform, 



