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axillary and terminal ; carpels each surrounded with an oblong, 

 linear entire wing. Syn. Hirsea indica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, p 448 ; 

 Trioptesis indica, Willd. sp. Kandalla Ghaut and in the Concans. 

 Jiiss. in Archives de Museum d'hlst Natur. iii, 508, t. 17. 



'2. CoBDAi-A, Juss. loc. cit. 513. — Leaves roundish cordate 

 acuminate, upperside slightly hairy, underside tomeiitose ; petioles 

 and panicles also tomentbse; flowers in October. Near Penn. 

 Syn. Hirsea cordata, Heyne ; Wall. PI as. rar. i, p 13, t. 13. The 

 true Hirseas are American. 



XXXV. ANCISTROCLADE^, Planchon. 

 1. ANCISTROCLADUS, Wall. 



1. Heyneanus, Wall. Cat. No. 7262. — A handsome subscan- 

 dent shrub, with deep-green oblong leaves, and small white flowers 

 in terminal racemes, which appear in M arch ; calyx and corolla 

 about equal ; stamens 10, alternately shorter ; stigmas 3 ; fruit small, 

 with three very long wings." Kandalla, Parr Ghaut, Meera Dongur, 

 Ram Ghaut, &c. Syn. Wormia, Vahl. ; Valli modagam, Rheed. 

 Mai. vii, t. 47. This shrub has curious hooks on the branches, 

 which, no doubt, assist in its support. 



XXXVI. SAPINDACE^. 



1. CARDIOSPERMUM, Linn. 



1. Helicacabum, Linn. — An annual climber, with delicate 

 supra-decompound leaves, small white flowers, and inflated mem- 

 branaceous, bladdery capsule; seeds black, with a white spot. 

 Common in hedges. The root is diaphoretic, diuretic, and aperient. 

 Wight. Ic. PI t. 508. 



2. ScHMiEDELiA, Lirin., Rheed. — An extensive climber; leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets ovate or oblong acute serrated ; racemes axillary, 

 solitary, simple or bifid ; flowers small, white ; fruit small baccate. 

 Meera hills ; near Penn. Rheed. Mai. v, t. 25. 



3. ViLLOSA. — A tomentose climbing shrub, with ternate leaves ; 

 leaflets oblong, serrulate, softly villous beneath, 6 to 8 inches long ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal, very hairy ; flowers numerous, small, 



, hairy. Common in Southern Concan. 



2. SAPINDUS, Linn. 



1. Lauhifolius. — A pretty large tree, with large abruptly 

 pinnate leaves ; leaflets 3 pair, ovate lanceolate, entire, glabrous; 



