Sphenodesma.] cxi. vbrbbnaoe^. (C. B. Clarke.) 601 



3. S. ung-uiculata, Schauer in BO. Prodr. ri. 623; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate young stellately fulvous-hairy mature glatrate, corolla-lobes 5-6 

 oblong or narrowly obovoid. Congea unguiculata & ferruginea, Wall. Cat. 

 1736, 1737. Vitex iuTolucratua, Presl Bot. Bemerk. 148. Symphorema 

 unguiculatum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 255.— Oongese sp., Griff. Notul. iv. 91, 

 n. 1353. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2-3000 ft. ; Wallich, S. f. S; T., &c. Cachae ; Xeenan. 

 Chitta&onG; Wallich. Mouimein and Tenassekim ; Chiffith Sf Eelfer (Kew 

 Distrib. n. 6010), &c. S. Andaman ; Kurx. 



A large, climbing shrub. Leaves 6 by 2J in., base obtuse or rounded, scattered 

 stellate hairs deciduous ; petiole \ in. Bracts 1^ by i in., spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, 

 membranous, whitened, ultimately nearly glabrate. Calyx less than J in., obconic, 

 stellately fnlvons-tomentose ; teeth triangular, rather rigid. Corolla pale yellow ; tube 

 hardly so long as the calyx, lobes |-i in., obtuse. Stigma sessile, bidd. Drupe 

 (young) obovoid, glabrous, glandular at the apex.— This baa. larger leaves and bracts, 

 shorter calyx and corolla, than S. asiylis. 



Sect. 2. Euspbenodesma. Corolla-lobes ovate or oblong. Anthers 

 Bubexserted. Style filiform. 



* Bracts of the involucre small, shorter than the calyx. 



4. S. erycibdides, Kurz in Flora 1871, 345 ; leaves elliptic mature 

 pubescent or grey-tomentose beneath, flower-heads nearly sessile fulvous- 

 tomentose, corolla white. S. grossum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 254. Spheno- 

 desma ? Wall. Cat. 9076. 



Peoit and Tbnassbbim, fi-equent; Wallich, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6011). 



A large, scandent shrub, or a small tree (Parish) ; shoots tomentoae. Leaves 4} 

 by 2J in., subacute, base rhomboid, glabrate above ; petiole J in. Heads 7-fld., hardly 

 \ in. diam. ; bracts \ in., round-elliptic ; peduncles numerous, 0-^ in., bracts at their 

 base caducous, the inflorescence thus appearing a compound spike thyrse, or panicle. 

 Calyx \ in., broadly funnel-shaped, fulvous-tomentose, densely white-silky within, 

 globular and inflated in fruit ; teeth triangular. Corolla J in. ; lobes 5-6, narrowly 

 obovoid, puberulous. 



** Bracts of the involucre mostly longer than the calyx. 



5. S. trjflora, Wight le. t. 1478 ; leaves lanceolate grey-puberulous, 

 panicles compound, heads shnrt-peduncled 3-fld. Griff. Notul. iv. 182. 

 Congea Jackiana, Wall. Cat. 1735, partly. 



PENANa ; Wallich. MAiACOA ; Qriffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6009, partly), Maingay 

 (Kew Distrib. n. 1196). 



Sranchlets grey-puberulous. Leaves 5 by IJ in., cuneate at both ends; petiole 

 5 in. Panicles 9 in. diam., ashy -pubescent ; leaves J-J in., half-bractlike ; peduncles 

 to the heads |— i in. ; bracts, usually 6 to each head, exceedingly variable in size on the 

 same panicle ; many small, lanceolate, hardly exceeding the calyx, others 1 by J in., 

 spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, membranous, reticulate, cinereous-puberulous. Calyx ^\ in., 

 ribbed, teeth triangular. Corolla J in., throat hairy, lobes ovate. Style linear, 

 snbincluded. Drupe (imperfectly ripe) j in., narrowly obovoid, glabrous, 1-seeded; 

 calyx not inflated. — A plant collected by Beccnri in Borneo is perhaps not specifically 

 separable, but has the heads shortly fulvous-villous. 



6. S. barbata, Schauer in DC. Prodr. 623; branohlets and inflores- 

 cence patently rufous-hirsute, leaves elliptic acute hairy, heads 7-fld. closely 

 capitate. S. ferrugineum, Wight Ic. t. 1474. Congea barbata. Wall. Cat. 

 1738. V Viticastrum racemosum, Presl Bot. Bemerk. 148 ; Wal^. Bep. 

 vi. 691 (ex Schauer). 



