298 CLv. EOXBTiRGHiAOE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 



Stichoneuron). Seeds oblong, testa coriaceous ; embryo long, in the axis 

 of hard albumen. — G-enera 3, species about 8. 



Flowers large ; ovala erect . . . . .1. Sibmona. 



Flowers minute ; ovules pendulous . . . .2. SilcHOifEUEOlf. 



1. STEiaONA, Lour. 



Root of fleshy tubers. Leaves opposite, alternate or whorled, ovate 

 3-9-costate. Flowers solitary, or few and subracemose. Perianth seg- 

 ments 4, lanceolate, many-nerved. Stamens subhypogynons, filaments 

 very short, more or less connate in a ring; anthers linear, erect, con- 

 nective produced in a very long linear-lanceolate erect appendage. Ovary 

 free, compressed ; stigma small, sessile, pointed ; ovules 2 or more, erect, 

 funicles long or short. Capsule ovoid or oblong, compressed, few-seeded. 

 Seeds erect, ovoid or oblong, terete, grooved, beaked ; f unicle bearded ; 

 testa thick. — Species 4 or 5, Malayan and Australian. 



1. S. tuberosa; Lour. Fl. Coch. 490; stem twining leafing and 

 flowering at the same time, leaves opposite or whorled rarely alternate, 

 perianth 1^2 in. long. S. gloriosoides, Voigt Sort. Suburb. Calcutt. 650. 

 Eoxburghia gloriosoides, Jones in Boxb. Cor. PI. 1, 26, t. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 

 234; Wall. Ca*. 5156; Fl. des Serres, ii. t. 22. E. Gloriosa, Peers. Syn. 

 1. 412. Bot. Mag. t. 1500. E. Stemona, Steud. Nom. ii. 475. E. viridi- 

 flora, Smith Exot. Bot. i. Ill, t. 67 ; Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 49, t. 282; Griff. 

 Notul. i. 29, 31 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 12-16, 62, f. 2. 



Beksal, SitHET, Chittagong, Assam, and the Nokthebn Ciecaes. — Disteib. 

 China. 



Boot of cylindric tuhers 6-12 in. j stem woody below, branches terete. I/eaves 

 4-10 in., broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate membranous, shining ; petiole 1^2 in. 

 Peduncle 1-2 in., usually 2-fld.; bracts small, lanceolate; flowers erect, fetid. 

 Perianth spreading aud revolute ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, greenish with many 

 purplish nerves. Stamens very large, erect ; filameuts stout, red, deeply grooved in 

 front with crenulate margins ; connective linear-lanceolate, green ; anthers linear, 

 adnate to the face of the connective at its b ase ; endothecium becoming free and pro- 

 duced beyond the cells into a subulate point, pollen between waxy and flowery. 

 Capsule H in., ovoid-oblong, 5-8-seeded. 



2. S. minor, HooJe. f. ; stem twining leafing and flowering at the 

 same time, leaves l|-3 in. alternate, perianth f-1 in. long. Eoxburghia 

 gloriosoides vwr. minor ; Thwaites Fnum. 432. E. gloriosoides, Wiaht Ic. 

 t. 2061. " 



Malabar ; on the Pnlicat Hills (PPanlghat) Wight. Cexion ; at Trincomalee, 

 Glenie. 



Smaller in aU its parts than S. tulerosa, the leaves IJ-S in. long, and much 

 broader at the base ; capsule i in. long. 



3. S. Curtlsii, BTook. f. ; stem twining leafing and flowering at the 

 same time, leaves 4-5 in. alternate, flowers unisexual? perianth about 

 } in. long. 



PENANa ; near the Waterfall, Curtis. 



In habit and forms of leaf this resembles S. tnierosa, but the leaves are alternate, 

 the petiole very long and slender, and the smaU flowers appear to be unisexual. 



