668 xcrv. apoctnace^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Trcuihelos'permwm.. 



f in. long, slender, compressed, ottuse at both ends, pale, smooth, coma as long,. 

 ■white. 



2. T. gr^a'Clllpes, Hook.f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic acute, cymes loosely 

 panicled, peduncle and pedicels capillary, calyx-segments ovate or lanceolate,, 

 corollarlobes and throat glabrous, anther-tips exserted. 



Khasia and Jtntba Mts. ; Lohh. Assam ; Gowahatty, Simons. 

 Very similar to T. fragrans, hut differing in the form of the leaf point, in the- 

 more slender cymes, and notably in the glabrous corolla and exserted anther-tips. 



** Cymes short-peduncled, in numerous axOs. Cordla-tuhe short, 



3. T. azillare, Soak. f. ; quite glabrous, leaves oblanceolate obovate or 

 elliptic-oblong abruptly caudate-acuminate, cymes very shortly peduncled, sepals- 

 rounded, shorter than the glabrous corolla. Rhynchospermum 6, Sei-b. Ind.. 

 Or. Hooh.f. Sf T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; alt. 4-6000 ft., J. D. S. 



A stout arboreous climber. Leaves 3-5 by 1-li in., rather coriaceous, tip J in. 

 long. Cymes 1 in. diam. ; peduncle \ in., pedicels rather longer, stout. Sepals- 

 puberulous, half the length of the corolla-tube. Corolla dull purple ; tube angular,. 

 ^ in. long ; lobes linear-oblong, nearly straight, obtuse ; mouth and throat glabrous. 

 Stamens included. Glands glabrous. Ovary pubescent; style very short, stout. 

 Follicles 6-8 by ^ in., curved, cylindric, tomentose. Seeds slender, ^ in. long; coma 

 2 in., copious, pale brown. — Bmls more obtuse and lobes less twisted to the left 

 than in the typical species, 



37. ANODENDROIT, A. I)C. 



Climbing glabrous shrubs. Leaves opposite, nerves distant arched. Flowers 

 in axillary or axillary and terminal slender panicled wide spreading cymes. 

 Calyx- 5-cleft ; segments obtuse, eglandular within. Cwolla salver-shaped,: 

 mouth contracted ; lobes narrow, overlapping to the right, twisted to J;he left. 

 Stamens below the middle of the tube ; anthers sagittate, conniving round and 

 adherent to the stigma, cells shortly spurred at the base. Diso cupular. 

 Carpels 2, distinct, sunk in the disc, and attached to it by their backs at the base,, 

 many-ovuled ; style very short, top cupular, stigma thick conic. Follicles diverg- 

 ing, acuminate, hard. Seeds ovoid or oblong, compressed, beaked, tipped with; 

 a long coma. — Distrib. Species 7, Asiatic and Malayan. 



1. A. paniculatum, A. DC. Prodi: viii. 444; quite glabrous, leaves- 

 large elliptic or oblong obtusely cuspidate thinly coriaceous, nerves 12-15 pairs,, 

 calyx-lobes obtuse., L)ah. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 147 ; Thwaites Enum. 194 ; Karz 

 For. Fl. ii. 188 ; Wight Lc. t. 1309, fmit and seeds only. Echites paniculata, 

 Soxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 17 ; Wight Ic. t. 396. E. coriacea. Wall. Cat. 1686. E. 

 manubriata and polyantha. Wall. Cat. 1663, 1664. Qymnema nepalense, ? 

 Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 120 {ex Dalz. 8r Oibs.).—Rheede HoH. Mai. ix. t. 8. 



From SiLKET to Maetaban. Deccan Peninsula ; on the "Western Ghats fpouj' 

 the Concan southwards. Ceylon ; common up to 2000 ft. — Distrib. Java, Timor,. 

 Philippine Islds. 



An immense climber. Leaves 4-8 by lJ-3 in. ; petiole ^ in. Cymes 2-10 in. 

 long and broad, repeatedly 3-chotomously branched; branches brachiate, filiform; 

 flowers 3-nate ; pedicels short ; bracts ovate. Calyx-lobes minute. Corolla ^ in. long, 

 yellowish white, lobes twice as long as the tube, narrow, falcate, obtuse, throat 

 villous. Stigma subsessile. Follicles 5-6 in., straight, narrowed from a base | in. 

 diam. to the obtuse point, terete, woody. Seeds few, IJ in. long, flat ; beak long^ 

 Blender ; coma white, 2 in. long. 



