SeUzmidra.] iii. magnoliace^. (Hook. f..& Thorns.) 45 



cels-l-lj iBtuslender. Stameni es in 8. geandifiora. — Confounded vAWi S.^grandiflora 

 by Wallich (under 4985), but more slender, flowers smaller. The fruit is not so stalked 

 as in Blume's figure, but we believe tbis'to be a variable character. 



** Anthers sessile in cavities of the fleshy head of filaments, 



3. S. propinquai H.f. ds T.; leaves ovate-lanceolate serrate-toothed, 

 flowers small, pedicels long, fruit 6 in. long, axis fleshy. Sphserostema pro- 

 pinquum, Blume Fl. Jav. Schiz. 16; WaU. Gat. 4986; H. f. <h T. Fl. Ind. 

 85, Kadsura propinqua. Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 15. 



HmALATA, from Nipal to Kumaon, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



A woody climber. Leaves 3-5 by 14 in., base rounded or ouneate ; petiole \ in. 

 Mowers small, yellow or orange, solitary or fascicled; buds J^ in. diam.; pedicel^ 

 4 in., bracteolate. Anthers slightly protruded. Carpels as in S. grandiflora. 



4. S. axlUarlS) B. f. & T. ; 'leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate 

 tapering' to a fine point, entire or remotely toothed, flowers ^in. diam., pedi- 

 cels tvery short bracteolate, fruit 1-2 in. long. Sphaerostema axillare, 

 Blume Fl. Jav. Schiz. t. d ; R. f. dl; T. Fl. Ind. 86. i 



K.HASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft. — DiSTEiB. Java. 



A. slender climber. Leaves 3 by Ij-lf in., base ouneate or rounded; petiole \ in. 

 Flowers dull scarlet, axillary ; bracteoles imbricating. Stamens as in S. propinqua. 

 Carpels small. 



8. K.ADSVBA, Ksempfer. 



Characters of Schizandra, but ripe carpels arranged .in a globose head, 

 ovules sometimes 4. — Disteib. temp, and subtrop. Asia; species about 7. 



1. K. Boxburg'Iiiana, Am. inJard. Mag. Zool. & Bot. ii. 646; leayes 

 ovate or oblong acute or acuminate, filaments connate in a column. B.. f. 

 &T- M. Ind. 83. Kadsurajaponica, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 12; Cat. 4987 

 A, B {partly), not ofjusdeni. Uvaria heteroclita, Roaib. FL Ind. ii. 663. 



SuBTEopicAL FoBESTS of SiKKiM, A«SAM, SiLHBT, and the Khasla hills, ascendiDg 

 to 5000 ft. 



■ A stout rambling climber; bark very rough. Leaves 3-6 by IJ-S in., fleshy ; petiole 

 4 in. Flowers J in. diam. ; pedicels |-I in., stout, bracteolate to or below the middle. 

 Outer filaments short, free above, inner wholly connate. Ovules 2. Fruit 1-2 in. 

 .diam. Carpels many, as large as a bean, base ouneate, top rounded. 



2. Jt. Wlglitiaiia, Ai-n.l.c.u.5i6; leaves broadly ovate acute or obtuse, 

 ■filaments free, ovules usually 4. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 84 ; Thwaites Enum, 5. 



Mountains of Malabar, Wight, and of Ceylon, alt. 2-3000 ft. 



A woody climber. Leaves 2-3 by 1-2 in., pale bi-neath, base ouneate. Flowers Jin. 

 diam., pale, yellow-green ; pedicels 1-2 in., stout, with several bracteoles. Fruii like 

 K. Roxhwrghiana. ' 



There is in Herb. Kew. an imperfect specimen of a Malacca Kadswa collected by 

 Griffith (see Notul. iv. 714, Ic. iv. t. 651, f. 1 & 2) ; it may be K. scandens, Blume, 

 distinguished by its mucronate fruit. 



Okdee IV. ANONACEJE. (By Hooter f. & Thomson.) 



' Trees or shrubs, often climbing and aromatic. LeaiSes alternate, exstipu- 

 late, simple, quite entire. Flowers 2- rarely 1-sexual. Sepals 3, free or 

 ponnate, usually valvate. Petals 6, hypogynous, 2-seriate, or the inner 

 absent. Stamens many, rarely definite, hypogynous, closely packed on the 

 torus, filaments short or Oj anthers adnate, cells extrorae or sublateral, 



