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GENUS V. ANCISTROCLADUS. 
Deeandvia Trigymia. Sex: Syst: 
_Deriv. From Ankistron, a hook, and Klados, a branch, allud- 
ing to the hooked tendrils on the branches. 
(1) A. Heynzanvs. (Wall.) 
Ident. Wight's Icon. Vol. VI. p. 12. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1987-88.—Rheede Mal. VII. t. 47. 
Spec. Cuan. Climbing shrub: leaves sessile, oblong, obovate- 
lanceolate, glabrous: panicles towards the ends of the hook-bear- 
ing branches, dichotomous: calyx and corolla equal: stamens 
alternately long and short: filaments dilated at the base: style 
thick, conical: fruit 5-winged, 2 smaller: seed corrugated, globose, 
somewhat depressed above: flowers small, white. 
Courtallum and Malabar forests, flowering in March. 
ORDER XXIV. TERNSTREMIACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate exstipulate leaves: petioles 
jointed at the base: peduncles axillary and terminal: sepals 
8-5, the inner ones often largest, imbricated in sstivation: 
_ petals 5, often combined at the base: stamens indefinite, hypo- 
gynous, with monadelphous or polyadelphous filaments, or dis- 
tinct: anthers adnate, opening lengthwise: ovary superior, many- 
celled, ovate, usually sessile: styles 3-7, more or less combined: 
capsule 2-5-celled, dehiscent or indehiscent: seeds few, large, 
sometimes with an aril: albumen none or in very small quan- 
tities. 
GENUS I. EURYA. 
Polygamia Momneeia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Eurys, large, alluding to the large flowers. 
Gey. Cuan. Shrubs: flowers polygamous or diecious: calyx 
5-cleft, with two bracteoles at the base: petals 5, more or less 
united at the base: stamens attached to the base of the corolla in 
a single series: filaments distinct: styles 83-5, distinct almost from 
the base or united to near the apex: stigmas 2-5, distinct: berry 
2-5-celled, many-seeded: seeds several in each cell, with a shining 
dotted testa, 
