■ Beaumontia.]. xciv. apoctnacbj:. (J. D. Hooker.) 661 



Eabteen Himai^ata; from Nipal {Wallich) to Sikkim, ascending to 4000 ft. 

 SiLHBT and Chittagonq. 



Stem voody, very stout and climbing high. Shoots rusty-pubescent. Leaves 7-12 

 by 3-7 in., glabrous above, rarely tomentose beneath; obovate-oblong, abruptly 

 acuminate; nerves 7-16 pairs, arching; petiole J-1 in. Cpmes few- or many-fld., 

 pedicels and calyx tomentose. Calyx-lobes very variable, from oblong-lanceolate to 

 obovate or oblanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 3-5 in. long, glabrous or pubescent; 

 lobes 1 in. rounded, except the tip. Anthers f in. long. Bipe carpels very variable 

 in length and breadth, turgid, densely fleshy, green, with a thick hard spongy 

 yellowish polished endocarp. Seeds f in. long, coma twice as long. 



2. B. Jerdonlana, Wight le. t. 1314, 5 ; leaves nearly glabrous beneath, 

 calyx-lobes |-1 in. long, corolla between broadly campanvdate and. funnel- 

 shaped, lobes acuminate, follicles 10 by 1 J in. cylindric. 



Deccan Peninsula ; on the Western Ghats from the Concan southwards, Wight, Sec. 



This so closely resembles B. grandijiora in all respects but the corolla, the rather 

 smaller size of all its parts, and the form of the follicles, that I suspect it will 

 have to be ranked as a variety. 



3. B> kliasiana, Hook.f. ; leaves obovate or elliptic acuminate tomen- 

 tose beneath, calyx-lobes ^ in., corolla broadly campanulate, lobes equalling the 

 tube and throat rounded not acuminate. 



Khasia Mts.-; Nungklow, Lohb. 



The general habit of this is that of B. grandijiora, but the old leaves are broader, 

 8-10 by 4-4J in., more elliptic, the peduncle and pedicels are much longer, and the 

 flowers very short; the corolla lube and throat are together not 2 in. long, whilst the 

 limb is 4 in. in diameter, with quite rounded lobes. It is very near the Javanese B. 

 iniiltiflora, Teijsm & Binn., which is intermediate between this and B. Jerdoniana ; 

 all may be varieties of one, but without the fruit this cannot be determined. 



30. CKOMEiaOKPHA, Q. Don. 



Climbing stout shrubs. Leaves opposite, broad; nerves distant, arching. 

 Flowers large, white, in lax terminal and pseudo-axillary cymes. Calyx 5-cleft 

 or -partite, with a ring of glands within. Corolla salver-shaped, tube veiy 

 short ; throat long, tubular, naked ; lobes broad, obliquely obcuneate, overlapping 

 to the right, twisted sharply to the left. Stamens at the top of the tube, fila- 

 ments short, broad, villous ; anthers sagittate, elongate, pungent, conniving over 

 and adhering to the stigma, cells shortly spurred below. Disc thick, annular or 

 cupular. Carpels 2, distinct, many-ovuled ; style filiform, base cleft, top globose 

 or hemispheric, stigma conoid or subclavate. Follicles long, straight, hard, 

 parallel, 3-gonoxis. Seeds ovoid or oblong, flat, shortly beaked, coma long, 

 albumen thin; cotyledons oblong flat, radicle short. — Disteib. Species 2, 

 Indian and Malayan. 



1. C macropliylla, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 76; calyx 5-lobed. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 430. Wight Ic. t. 432 ; Brandis For'. Fl. 328 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 187. 

 ? C. grandiflora, G. Don I. c. 0. mollis, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 444, ex Kurz in 

 Jawm. As. Soe. 1877, ii. 257. Echites macrophylla, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 13', 

 Wall. Cat. 1657. E. grandis, Wall. Cat. 1658 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 113 ; 

 Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 147. P E. macrantha, Spreng. Syst. i. 632 ; A.DC. I. c. 

 477. Epichysianthus macrophyllus, Voigt Hort. Subwrb. Calo. 623. — Rheede 

 Hart. Md. ix. t. 5, 6. 



Moist forests throughout India ; from Kumaon in the HnnAtAYA, ascending to 

 4500 ft., to Travancore, Ceylon, Malacca and the Andaman Islds. — Disteib. Java, 

 Sumatra. 



