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Torm : stigma capitate, undivided or obscurely somewhat 2-lobe(t : 

 ovules numerous : berry witb a rind, 1 -celled, many-seeded, or 1- 

 Bseded by abortion : seeds nestling' in pulp, discoidly compress- 

 ed : embryo somewhat bilamellate at the base of cartilaginous 

 albumen, excentric, straight, short : cotyledons sessile, leafy : 

 radicle terete, vague. — Trees or shrubs, usually climbing : leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, quite entire, 3-5-nerved at the base, pe- 

 tioles connate at the base : another leaf, often abortive, and put- 

 ting forth from the axQ a simple tendril-shaped branchlet : axils 

 in some species bearing a straight thorn : corymbs axillary or 

 terminal : flowers white, or whitish green, usually fragrant. 



(1) S. Waluchiana. (Sieud.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 13. 



Syn. S. lucida. Wall, 



Spec. Char. Climbinff, unarmed, glabrous : tendrils thickened 

 above : leaves ovate, acuminate, shining, somewhat 3-nerved at 

 the base : corymbs axillar/, triehotomous, 3 times shorter than the 

 leaf : pedicels somewhat velvety : calyx acutely 5-lobed : throat 

 of the corolla naked. 



Pundua, Silhet. 



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(2) S. AXILLARIS. (Colehr.) 



Merit. Colebr. trans. Linn. Soc. 12. p. 356. & t. 15. — Dec, 

 prod, IX. p. 13. — Wall, in Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 206. 



Spec. Char. Stem climbing : leaves ovate, acuminate, tripli- 

 nerved : branchlets, petioles and middle nerve of the leaf somewhat 

 velvety-pubeScent at the base : tendrils axillary : corymbs axillary, 

 scarcely longer than the petiole : berry 1-seeded. 



Khasia mountains. Southern Ghauts ? Flowering in the hot 

 Season. 



(3) S. COLUBRINA. {Linn.) 



Ident. Linn, Sp. 271.— Dec. prod, IX. p. 14.— Wall, in Roxb, 

 flor. Ind. II. p. 264, 



Syn. S. bicirrhosa, Lind. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 16. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 434. — Rheede Mai. VIII. t. 24.— < 

 Rumph. Amb. II. t. 48. 



Spec Char. Scandent, unarmed : tendrils simple, lateral, 

 solitary : leaves elliptic, or oblong, obtusely acuminated, triplinerv- 

 ed, glabrous : corymbs terminal, few-flowered : berries globose, 

 2-13-seeded : flowers small, greenish-yellow. 



South Concan. Coromandel. Khasia mountains. Flowering 

 |a April, 



