2-1,8 A'POCTNA'C.E^; 



Iii the appy Valley woods, Wilford; also Wright. A tropical American specieSjU 

 from gardens although apparently wild. 



a. MBLODINUS, Foist. 



Calyx without glands. CofoUa-tube cylindrical ; limb spreading, witi oblique 

 or falcate lobes, and 5 or 10 small erect scales at the mouth of the tube, either 

 free or united in a ring or cup. Anthers oblong, included iti the tube. Ovary 

 single, 2-ceILed. Style filiform, with a thickened conical stigma. Fruit ovoid 

 or globular, succulent. — Woody climbers. Leaves opposite. Flowers in ter- 

 minal sessile trichotomous cymes. 



A small genus, contined to tropical Asia and the islands of the South Sea. 

 Scales of the mouth of the corolla 1 to IJ lines long. Sepals very obtuse. 



Scales of the corolla united to the middle. Lobes broader than long 1. M. suaveolens. 



Scales of the corolla free. Lobes longer than broad 2. ilf. monogyrms. 



Scales of the corolla exceedingly short. Sepals, at least the outer ones, 



acute 3. M. fitsiformis. 



1. M. suaveolens, Ohamp^ in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 333. . A tall woody 

 climber, glabrous, except, a slight pubescence on the inflorescence. Leaves 

 ovate, oblong, or almost lanceblate, acuminate, 2 to 3 or rarely near 4 in. 

 long, smootliaud shining on the upper side, but not so much so as in the two 

 following species, on petioles of 3 to 6 Itues. Flowers white, sweet-scented, 

 in dense terminal trichotomous cymes, sessile above the last leaves, and shorter 

 than them. Pedicels ^hort. Sepals orbicular, very obtuse, about 1-j lines 

 long. Corolla-tube 4 to 5 lines long ; the lobes shorter, narrow at the base, 

 suddenly expanded, chiefly on one side, into a very oblique or falcate lamina, 

 broader than long, with 3 irregular teeth on the inner or expanded edge. 

 Scales of the throat more than a line long, united to about the middle into a 

 5- or 10-lobed cup. Berry globular.^— iyemma suaveolens, Hance in Walp. 

 Ann. iii. 31. 



In the Happy Valley woods, Champ^n, Hance, Wilford, Wright. Also on the adjacent 

 continent. 



3. M. monogyuus, Iioxb,;.A. DC. Prod. viii. 329,; Bot. Meg. t. 834; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2537. A taU woody climber resembling the last species in most 

 respects, but the leaves are usually longer and narrower in proportion, often 

 above 4 in. long, more coriaceous, smooth and shining, the sepals scarcely so 

 bwjad, the flowers larger, the tube fuU 5 lines long, the lobes obovate or 

 broadly 'oblong, falcate with 1 or 3 teeth on the inner expanded edge, the 

 scales of the throat free, or scarcely connected at the very base, hairy inside. — 

 M.ltBtus, Champ, in Eew Journ. Bot. iv. 333. 



Hongkong, Ohimpim, Wright, Wilford. Widely spread over northern and eastern India, 

 and probably also in the Archipelago. The Hongkong specimens have the scales of the 



.thought of the two other Hongkong speoies, the present one is but a variety of the common 

 M. monogynus. 



3. M. fusiformiSj Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 333. This species is 

 again very nearly, allied to the M. monogynus, with the same general habit, 

 foliage and inflorescence, except that the leaves are usually sDoaller, and the 

 cymes fewer-flowered. Sepals ovate, the outer ones more or legs acute. Co- 



