632 lov. CUCDEBITACBJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Edgaria. 



1. E. daijeelin^ensls, C. B. Clm-ke in Joum. lArni. Soe, xv. 114. 

 Gtymnopetalum sp. 5, Serb. Ind. Or., B. f. '^ T. 



GmwHAi.; Falconer. Sikkim, alt., 5000-8000 ft., very common ; J. D. H. ; C. B. 

 Clarke. 



Leaves i by 3} in., serrate and denticulate ; petiole 3 in. Male raceme 6 in., 

 female 3-4 in. -Cciyx-tube ^ va. Pe^ofe f in., 'widely patent, JVMti 3 by 1^ in., some- 

 what pilose, with 2 wavy yertical ribs on each face. Seed ^ by j and ^ in. thick. 



25. eODEPBOCnrE, Griff. 



I 



Climbing, weak, succulent herbs, tendrils 2-fid or simple. Leaves petioled,, 

 pedate, with 5-7 lanceolate serrate leaflets. Flowers small, monoecious (some- 

 times at least), males racemed ; females panicled or clustered. Malu : calyx 

 rotate, 5-partite, with oblong segments ; corolla 5-paxtite, with elongate erose 

 segments ; staMens 5, filaments united at the base ; antjiers globose, 1-ceUed, 

 straight. IB'emaxe: calyx produced above the ovaiy and coroUa as in the 

 male; : corolla-segments caudate; ovary topnshaped, 1-celled; styles 3, 2-fid 

 at the apex ; ovules 3, pendulous. Capsule top-shaped, 3-valved at the wide 

 truncate summit, crowned by the persistent styles. Seeds 3 (2-1), ellipsoid, 

 little compressed, black, obscurely margined. — ^Disibxb. Species 2, one in the 

 Himalaya one in Burma. 



1. Cr. clsslfonnls, Oriff. PI. Cantor, p. 26; capsule somewhat succu- 

 lent |- in. wide at the summit, seeds \ in. oblong with scaly tubercles on the 

 rounded faces. 



GuBWHAi, alt. 7500 ft. ; Madden. Kxtmaon ; alt. 7000 ft. ; Edgeuxyrth, Sbrachey 

 ^ Winterbottom. Siekim, alt. 5000-7000 fb. ; Lachoong, J. D. H. ; Doobdi, C. B, 

 Clarice. 



Leaves 2i in. diam., glabrous or slightly pubescent; petiole 1-lf in. Male 

 racemes 1-6 in., often compound (or appearing so), towards the end of leafless branch- 

 lets. Females clustered near the axUs or on panicles 2-4 in. Capsule § in. 



2. G. heterosperma, Kui-z in Jowm. Ax. Soe. 1878, pt. ii. 105; cap- 

 sule dry 9-Tibbed | in. wide at the summit, seed ^ in. ovoid nigose-lacunose. 

 Zanonia? heterosperma. Wall. Cat. 3728. 



BuBUA ; at Taong-dong ; Wallich. 



The leaves and inflorescence closely resemble G. cissiformis. The capsule is | in., 

 but narrow linear-oblong. 



26. ACTXNOSTEWMA, Griff. 



A. climbing weak herb ; tendrils simple and 2-fid. Leaves petioled, deeply 

 cordate or hastate, elongate, much toothed, nearly glabrous. Flowers small, 

 monoecious, in lax axillary panicles, pedicels jointed about their middle; panicles 

 frequently male with a few females near the base. Maub : calyx rotate, 5- 

 partite, with lanceolate-lineai segments ; corpUa 5-partite, segments lanceolate- 

 caudate ; stamens 5, free ; connective dilated-papillose on one side with a narrow 

 straight oblong anther-ceU on the other. Feilaive : calyx and corolla as in the 

 male; ovary subglobose, verrucose, 1-celled; style short, with 2 reniform 

 stigmas ; ovules 2-4, pendulous, subparietal. Capsule ovoid-conical, half- 

 superior, covered with rough points, circumsciss above the middle. Seeds 2-4, 

 compressed, ovate, corrugated and denticulate on the margin. 



