202 FLORA INDIOA. [Menispermacro'. 



Cat. 4978 ! Clypea Burmanni, TF. et A. Frod. i. 14 {ex parte), non DC. 

 Cyclea Biinnnmii, Arnolt in If'igU III. i. ^%.—Rheed. Mai. vii. t. 49. 

 Hab. In Zeylania, Walker! etc.; Malabaria et Carnatica australiori, 

 TFigJit! Coiicaii, Law! Assam, Jenlcins! Kliasia ! Chittagong ! Ava et 

 Pegu, TFalL! Malacca, Qriff.! Singapur, Wall.!— {v. v.) 

 , DisTElB. Java, Spanoglie ! (in. Herb. Hoolc.) 



Fj-utex scandeus. Cauhs sulcati, pilis laxis stramineis subreflexis sparsis hispiduli, 

 rarius glabrescentes. Folia late deltoidea, margine subrcpanda, acuta vel obtusius- 

 ciila, mucronata, tenuiter coriacea, 3-6 poll, lorga, 2-4 lata, petiolo 1-24-pollicari, 

 supra glabra vel pilis paucissirais sparsis tecta, et margine ciliata, subtus pubesceutia, 

 teQuiter tomeutosa vel rarius glabra. Faniculce pauUo supra-asillares, folia aequantea 

 vel superantes, puberuloc ; masc. pleruraque longiorcs, graciles, interdum pedaies, ra- 

 mulis elongatis vel subcontractis multifloris ; fcem. strictiores, folia vix sequantes, 

 3-6-pollicares, ramis rigidis I-2-pollicaribus. Braciecc oblon2:se vel subulatac. Floras 

 masculi hispiduli vel glabrescentes. Brtipce reniformes, lateraliter compressse, pilosse. 



We are not quite satisfied that all the synonyms above referred to belong to one 

 species, because our specimens from the Madras peninsula bear only female flovrers, 

 while those from the eastward are all male. We have not, however, been able to 

 find any characters upon which to found a diagnosis between the two. We know 

 from our own Khasia specimens that the degree of branching of the male panicle 

 varies very much, as well as the amount of hairiness of the stem, and the pubescence 

 of the under-surfaces of the leaves. The degree of division of the lobes of the corolla 

 is also a"very variable character. 



We possess panicles of fruit of another species of Cijclea^ collected in the Khasia 

 hills, without leaves, and preserved in spirits. These drupes are quite glabrous, ar- 

 ranged in panicles 3-4 inches long, of which the branches are very short. They 

 resemble very closely the female panicles of Mr. Miers' Cyclea deltoidea from Hong- 

 kong. 



3. C. populifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis cordatls acuminatis baud 

 peltatis. — Menispennea, Griff. liin. Notes, pp. 114, 165. 



Hab. In dumetis subtropicis Sikkim ! Bhotan, GriffitJi ! 'Yihs.sia.\ — 

 (v. V.) 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice ramorum laetea, ramulorum cinereo-pubescente. 

 jpb/ialate cordata, 7-9-nervia, subtus crebre reticulata, coriacea, firma, supra glabra, 

 subtus pilis rigidiusculis pubeseentia, 4-6 poll, longa, 3-6 lata, petiolo 2-4-poUicari 

 pubescente cylindrieo, basi et apice incrassato. Paniculce axillares, tomentosae, ex 

 eadem axilla plures, fceminea: plerumque e caulibus crassioribus ; masc. in specimi- 

 nibus vix evolutfe, decompositfe, multiflorae, calyee eampanulato 4-lobo, anthera pel- 

 tata disciformi 4-loculari ; fcem. 2-6-pollicares, ramosse ; fiores in spec, fere omnibus 

 delapsi, sepalis 2, lateralibus, carnosulis, glabris, subcucullatis. Drupa glabrae. 



Tribus III. Paci-iygone/E, Miers. 



Ovaria 3 vel plura. Drupes ovales vel hippocrepiformes, styli cica- 

 trice fere basilari. Patamen baud tuberculatum. Semen uncinatum, 

 exalbumiuosum. Embryo semini couformis, cotyledonibus semicylindri- 

 cis carnosis amygdalinis. 



13. PACHYGONE, Miers. 



Sepala 6, biserialia, exteriora minora. Petala 6, auriculata, sepalis \ 

 breviora, stamina amplectentia. jVIas, Slnmina & ; filamenta cylindrica. 



