596 XXXIX. oLACiNE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [lodes. 



Sect. l. Evlodes, BaiRon. Pedicels slender, not woody. 



1. X. ovalls, Blume Bijdr. i. 30; leaves ovate acute or acuminate, 

 base rounded, male flowers panicled. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 243,' t. 48 ; 

 Eassk. Cat. PI. H&H. Bogor. 172 ; Miq_. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 795. I. tomenteUa, ' 

 Miq. I.e. 796. Natsiatum oppositifolium, Planchon in Hooh. Land. Joum. 

 Bot. V. 247 (name only). 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. — Disteib. Java, Philippines. ■* 



A climbing skrub, rarely sab-arborescent. Branches terete, covered with rnfous 

 tomentum. Tendrils axillary or opposite the leaves. Leaves 5 by 4 in., BubcoriaceouB, 

 glabrous above, except along the midrib, tomentose beneath, ovate or roundish ; petiole 

 \ in. Cyme (of male plant) much branched, peduncles 6-8 in., pedicels spreadirgr 

 Flower-buds subglobose, densely rufous-villous. Calyx ciliate. Corolla much exceed 

 ing the calyx ; lobes lanceolate, inflexed at the points, oiliAte, connate at the base. 

 Stamens shorter than the lobes of the corolla, filaments short erect ; anthers ohlong- 

 obovate, dehiscing longitudinally. Mudiment of pistil erect, cylindrical, or subclavate, 

 hispid. Female fl. : Calyx tubular, limb as in the male fl. Corolla 4^5-parted, sub- 

 rotate, lobes acute reflexed globose beneath. Ovary aubstipitate, ovoid, compressed, 

 densely villose ; .stigma thick, orbicular, crenate, concave. Drvpe 4 by J in., rather 

 dry, ovoid, compressed, villous, mesocarp thin. — Miquel's X tomentella {I. ovalis, var. ^ 

 Miquelii, Bail), in DC. Prodr. xvii. 23), seems to differ only in its more dense covering 

 of rufous tomentum. Maingay's Malacca speo-.mens belong to this form. 



Sect. 2. Iiasiodes, Baillon. Pedicels thick, woody. 



2. I. Kookerianai Baill. in Adansonia, x. 268, and in DC Prodr. 

 xvii. 24 ; leaves oblong-ovate or ovate acuminate, base acute or cordate. 



Assam, Griffith; Chittagong, S.f. & T. 



Branches cylindric' or subangled, setose, ultimately glabrous. Leaves 4— 8bylj-4 

 in., opposite or subaltemate, coriaceous, glabrous above, setose beneath along the 

 prominent nerves ;' petiole J in., rugose, articulate at the base, covered with rigjid, 

 brownish hairs. Inflorescence extra-axillary ; peduncle rugose, as long as the 

 petiole, dichotomons ; pedicels spreading, thickened at the apex. Male fl. J in. 

 Calyx pateriform, limb shortly 6-lobed, lobes deltoid acuminate. Corolla twice the 

 length of the calyx, densely hairy at the base externally, deeply 5-parted ; lobes thick, 

 oblong, .with inflexed points. Stamens 5, free, hypogynous, half the length of 

 the petals and concealed within them, filaments glabrous ; anthers shorter than the 

 filaments, erect, adnate, base sagittate. Rudiment ^pistil conical. Brwpe the size of a 

 pigeon's egg, acute at the apex, yellowish- red, glabrous ; stone compressed, woody, some- 

 what rugose, 1-celled. Seed ovate, compressed. — I have not examined the female 

 flowers. In the unopened male bud I found the pollen shed. 



3. Z. Thomsoniania, Baill. in Adansonia, x. 270, anid in BC. Prodr. 

 xvii. 25 ; leaves oblong-obovate acuminate, base narrowed cordate. 



Chittagohg, H. f. & T. 



A climber. Branches woody, terete, suldate, grey, deeply scarred, young shoots and 

 petioles densely rusty setose. Leaves 10 by 3 in., at length glabrous, repand, basal lobes 

 rounded, midrib downy beneath ; petiole J in. Inflorescence extra-axillary, cymose ; 

 peduncles short, woody, pedicels divaricate. Male fl. as in I. Hookeriana, but 

 petals relatively shorter and broader. — An imperfectly known species, probably as 

 suggested by Baillon himself a mere form of J. Hookeriana. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



4. I. T Brandisii, Kurz in Journ. As, Soc. Beng. ii. 1872, 298 ; leaves ob- 

 long acuminate mucronate, base obtuse, peiii-le long slender. 



Tenabserim, Kurz. 



A climbing cirrose shrub. Leaves 6-8 in., membranous, tomentose along the nerves 



