634 LXv. cuctBBiTACBiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 



W. 4- A. Prodr. 340; Wight HI. t. 103 ', Ledz. §• ©«ft», BotiA, Fl. 99; Miq. Fl, 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt, i. 682.— iJSeerfa Hort. Mai. viii, t. 47j 48, 49. 



Assam and Sast BEiiaAi.; Sriifith. Hwacts "SsBassm^; Wighi. Mai.ibas 

 Mts. ; Stocks, Law, I)alzeU. Cktlon ; not imcommon up to 2000 ft., 7%waites,-~- 

 SiSTBiB. Malaya. 1 



Leaves 6-8 ty 3-4 in., usually acute; petiole 1 in. Mafe flofueri very small, 

 pedicels ^-J in. ; female flowers including the ovary | in. Ovary early liecoiilltig 1- 

 -celled by the Geparation of the 3 fleshy placentas wlueh only at 6ist madt in its centre. 

 Seeds much compi^Esed, hardly ^ in. thick. 



DOUBTFITL SPECIES. 



f Zanonia; leaves 6 by 2 in. nanfow-oblong rounded at the base, tendrils lateral. 



Cbettagono / H. f.J; T. — The example contains neitfael flowers nor £mit, but has 

 &11 the appearance of £monia to which genus the Collectors refetred it in the field. — 

 l^he only other species of the genus (collected by Beccari in ISorneo) has the seed 

 ^including the wings) 6 in. broad curved lunate. 



2d. AX.SO»KXVttA, Bik 4f- m.f. 



Large climbers; tendrils simple or 2-fid. Leaves with 3 ohlong entire 

 leaflets, Flawerii scatUlf di(3eciottfi, white, in dompoiuld panicles, with filiform 

 branches. Mai.e : oaly£ rotate, &>partite, segments oMong, acute ; corolla 

 Totate, 6-partite, segments obtuee ; stamens 6, fllajnenta short, near toge^er at 

 the base ; anthers smallt olllcmg, straight, l'>c^dd. FWAaa : &A^ and corolla 

 as in the male; oTary elongate-clavate, I'celled; sidles 3-4, conical, with 

 semi4unate stigmas ; ovules Vety ma&y, pendulous ; placentas 3, thick, Vettitial, 

 parietal. CapKible large, 6longate-clavat6, truncate and 3-valved at ^e ftp^. 

 Seeds very many, compressed, vertical, in six rows, much corrugated, incised or 

 lorned on the margin with d terminal membranous wing Iquge* than the seed 

 or 0. — DisBBtB. Species 3-6, extending from Nipal through Malaya td Nofth 

 Australia. 



1. A,, sarcophylla, Mook.f. in 6en. PI, i. 840; leaves very fleshy, fruit 

 IJ by f in. at the top, seeds including the wing -I in. vety verrucose on the 

 rounded feces. Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1878, pt. ii. l06. Zanonia satco- 

 phyUa, Wai. PI. As. Bar. t. 133 ; Cat. 3724. 



BiEMA ; from Mandalat to I'feOSffi, WdtUoh, Xitrg. — Distbeb. Siam. 



Leaflets 2^ by If in,, obtuse ; petiolule scarcely ^ in. Seeds black, not much com- 

 pressed, narrowed nearly to a point at the base with 2 flat thin (not 2-fld) curved 

 horns at the apex, between which rises the wing. 



' 2. A. clavlg'erat Sook. f. in Oen. Pi, i. 840 ; leaves hefhaceous, fruit 

 S \)j i in. at the top, seeds including the wing 1 in. slightly muricate on the 

 flat faces. Zanonia clavigera, Wall. PI. As. Bar, ii. p. 28, p»ap P ; Cat. 3725. 



SiKKiM, asednding to 4000 ft., J, D. M., Gamble, C. S. Clarke. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 3000-4000 ft. ; S,f. ^ T. Sij.het ; Wallich. TbnasSeeim ; Set/er (Kew Distrib. 

 No. 2520). 



Leaflets 3 by I^ in., acute ; petiolule often exceeding i in. 5«e<?s yellowish-white, 

 much flattened, with several deep triangular spiuose teeth at the apex, teeth Of 2 

 lamellae, between which the wing is inserted, split in the plane of complanation of the 

 frnit, and the wing springing from these narrow 8plits."-WaIlich's descriptim of the 

 seed of Z. davigera is incorrect and appears to be taken from that of Z. indica, 

 which grows in the same locality. 



