216 



(1)S. Kleinu. {W. ^ A.J 



ident. "Wight's Qontrib. p. 65.^Dec. prod. VIII. p. 495, 

 Spec. Char. Twining ; branches pubescent : leases opposite», 

 subse.ssile, cuneate-oblong or obtovate, muctonate, cordate at -the 

 base, hispid above,, softly white toinentose below : cymes diffuse, 

 shorter than the leaf, and with the cajyx and pedicels densely to,- 

 mentose. 



{iocality uukno^n^ 



GENUS Vn. SECAMONE; 

 Pentandria Dlsynla. Sex. .- Syst : 



Deriv. Altered from Squamosa, the Arabic name of S. JE^y.'pr, 

 tica. - 



CcEN. ;Ch;ar. Corolla rotate ; staminal corona 5-l^aved : leafleift 

 latepaljy compressed, affi::ied by the -longitudinal margin, averted^, 

 simple : . pollen-masses 20, erect, _affix«d. by &urs to the apex of" 

 each corpuscule : stigma narrowed at the apex : follidea smooth. 



(1) S. EMETicA. (R. Br.) 



Ident. Dee. prod. VIII. p. 501.— Wight's Oontrib.ip. 60. . 



Syn. Eeriploca emetioa, ./tefe. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1283. 



Spec. Char. Twining, glabrous : leaves opposite, from elliptic 

 to narrow-lanceolate : cymes dichotomous, shorter than the leafj 

 few or many-flowered : corolla' glabrous : lei^ets of the stamina^l 

 corona, cultriform : follicles slender, attenuated at the apei ; flowera 

 sniair. 



Peninsula. Bengal. 



GENUS VIII. GONIOSTEMMA. 

 PentaiMlria Sljl^yiila. Sex.-.St/sti 



Deriv. ■Erom Gontii, an angle, alid St&dmit, the crown ; allud- 

 ing to tiie shape of the corona. 



G-PN. Char. Corolla rotate, 5-parfcite : stamjnal corona, gaitoo- 

 phyllpus, tubular, 6-comered, 5-lobed, adhering to thel^i^.of 

 gynostegium : pollen-masses 20, ereqt, ajOBxed by fours, tft th^ 

 apex of each coi^uscule : • stigma beaked. 



