Vallaris.] xciv. apoctnacej). (J. D. Hooker.) 651 



Tropical Himai,aya ; Nipal, Wallich ; Kumaon, ascending to 5000 ft., Edgeworth. 

 Deccan Peninsula ; from the Concan southwards. Silhet, Biema, Ceylon. (Com- 

 monly cultivated in India). 



A tall climhing shrub, bark pale; the axils of the petioles glandular. Leaves 

 lJ-4: by 1-1 jr in., glabrous or pubescent, petiole J-g in. Cymes 3-10-fld., sessile or 

 peduncled, dichotomous, much shorter than the leares, sometimes racemose with a 

 t-wimng rachis ; peduncles and pedicels slender, the latter often decurved ; flowers pure 

 ■white, I in. diam., fragrant. Sepals OTate-oblong, obtuse, equalling the short corolla- 

 tube. CoroUorlimb spreading. Disc ciliate. Filaments linear, villous ; anthers 

 woolly. Style pubescent. Follicles 6 by 2 in., straight, tapering from a rounded base 

 to a stiff point, " splitting into 4 valves when dry " (Eoxb.) ; pericarp thick, fibrous. 

 Seeds 1 in., ovate, beaked,- with a tuft of hairs at the hilum ; coma very long. — Ihave 

 seen no seeds ; Kurz states that the follicles are always solitary. 



2. v. Perg^ulana, Burm. Fl. Ind. 81 ; leaves large broadly elliptic or 

 oboTate or rounded abruptly shortly acute membranous, cymes glabrous or 

 puberulous.— ^. DC. Prodr. viii. 399; Wight Ic. t. 429; Hook. le. PL t. 153 

 (V. Pergularia by error). V. ovalis, Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 427. Pergularia 

 glabra, lAnn. Mant. d3. Emericia Pergularia, Poem. Sr Sch. Syd. iv. 401. 

 Echites hircosa, Po.rb. Fl. Ind. ii. IS.^Pumph Arab. v. 51, t. 29, tig. 2. 



Bengal; Ecaice, Roxburgh. Malacca; cultivated, ilfain^'ny. CEixos {Thwaites). 

 — BiSTEiB. .lava, Malay Islands, Timor. 



A climbing shrub ; bark pale ; axils of the petioles glandular. Leaves 4-7 by 

 3-4 in., glabrous or puberulous beneath; petiole 1-1 J in. Cymes much more lax- 

 flowered and glab;rous than in V. Ha/nei. Flowers with a disagreeable goat-like 

 smell. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute. — Thwaites doubts this being distinct from P. 

 Heynei, which makes me doubt his having the true plant in Ceylon. Miquel's V. 

 ovalis is undoubtedly the same species, as an examination of Horsfield's specimens, on 

 which it was founded, proves. I doubt the species being British Indian. I have seen 

 no native specimens, and Eoxburgh's habitat of Bengal is not confirmed, 



** Flowers fascicled. Shi-ubs not twining. 



3. V. nXaing'ayi, Hook. f. ; branches stout, bark black, leaves very cona- 

 ceous elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate shining above, nerves 5-6 pairs, 

 corolla ^ in. diam., lobes obliquely ovate obtuse puberulous, mouth contracted 

 puberulous. 



Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1084). 



A large tree (Maingay), Branches curving, bark closely ringed vfith cracks. 

 Leaves 3-4^ by 1-1^ in., tapering at both ends, very dark brown above, pale brown 

 beneath, nerves strong but not prominent, black when dry ; petiole very short, blaek. 

 Flowers 4-8 in a small peduncled fascicle ; pedicels very unequal, ^-J in., rather 

 stout. Sepals broadly ovate, 2 outer eglandular, 3 inner with 6 glands. in all {Main- 

 gay). Corolla-tube much longer than the sepals, J in. long, swollen in the middle, 

 mouth much contracted, hairy vfithin ; lobes not much twisted in bud, but strongly 

 overlapping. Anthers half-exserted, with a large suboordate gland at the base 

 behind, villous opposite to it in front. Disc of broad rounded glabrous glands. 

 Ovary hairy towards the tip ; style slender, top slightly dilated. Fruit unknown. 



4. V. lancifolia, Hook.f. ; branches slender, bark pale, leaves narrowly 

 lanceolate acuminate, nerves very numerous close and slender, coroUa \ in. 

 diam., lobes obliquely foliate obtuse, mouth broad villous. 



Malacca; Maingay {Kbvi TAstrih. 1102). 



A much branched woody shrub, apparently erect and not twining ; branches 

 tubercled with lentioels, twigs smooth. Leaves 2-3 by \-^ in., narrowed at both ends, 

 much so to the very slender points, pale brown, rather membranous ; petiole slender, 

 ^-^ in. Flowers 3-5 on a very, short axillary peduncle ; pedicels very slender, \ in., 

 with minute bracts at the base. Sepals triangular, very small, ciliolate, minutely 



