602 CXI. VEEBBNAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 



PenanS; Wallieh. MALACCA; Grj^ii (Kew Distrib. n. 6009, partly), itfoinyoy 

 (Kew Distrib. n. 1194). 



Leaves 3 by Ij in., subacute at both ends, above thinly, beneath more thickly, 

 rufous- or fulvous-hairy ; petiole \-\ in. Peduncles J-IJ in., axillary and running into 

 terminal panicles ; bracts 1 by |^ in., spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, thinly rufous-pubescent. 

 Calyx scarcely J in., densely rufous-hirsute. Corolla J in., blue. Drupe not seen. — 

 Schauer 1. c. doubtfully reduces here Viticastrum racemosum, Presl Bot. Bemerk. 

 148 ; but the description does not fit in several points ; inter alia in the 5-ce)led 

 ovary. 



7. S. Griffithiana, Wight Ic. 1. 1477, text ; leaves ovate or lanceo- 

 late mature nearly glabrate, heads 7-fld., bracts oblong, fruit-calyx patently 

 hairy teeth, closely incurved with a narrow horn-like tooth recurved from 

 each sinus. S. Jaokianum, Wight Ic. t. 1477, not of Schauer. Decadontia 

 ccerulescens. Griff'. Notul. iv. 175. Symphorema pentatidrum, Kurz For. 

 Fl. ii. 255, not Sphenodesma pentandra. Jack, nor Oongea pentandra, 

 Boxh. 



Meegui ; Griffith. Tatot ; Selfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6008). 



A large, scandent shrub. Leaves SJ by 1 in., oblong acuminate, or 3 by 2 in. 

 ovate, acute, base rounded or obtuse ; petiole J in. Fanioles terminal, 12-18 in. 

 diam., leafless (i. e. main bracts caducous), minutely hairy, rufous-villous in the axils; 

 peduncles ^1 in., slender, fulvous-pubescent; bracts 1 by J in., spathulate-oblong, 

 obtuse, membranous, nearly glabrous ; flowers sessile. Calyx \ in. ; in fruit \ in., 

 slightly inflated, obconic. Corolla, \ in., purple ; lobes ovate ; throat hairy. Drupe 

 not seen. 



8. P. pentandra, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 19, and in Sooh. Bot. Misc. i. 

 285 ; leaves oblong or ovate acuminate mature nearly glabrous, calyx 

 nearly glabrous funnel-shaped shortly 5-toothed in fruit mouth inflated 

 with 5 accessory teeth. Wight Ic. t. 1475 ; Griff. Notul. iv. 181. S. 

 Wallichiana & Jackiana, Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 622. S. acuminata, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1476. Eoscoea pentandra, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 54. Oongea 

 pentandra & Jackiana, Wall. Cat. 1784, 1785. 0. azurea. Wall. Cat. 1733, 

 partly. Symphorema Jackianum, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 256. 



From Assam and the Khasia Mts. to MaIiACCa ; frequent. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 4 by li-lf in., base rounded or obtuse, maturely thinly 

 hairy about the midrib beneath ; petiole J in. Panicles 6-15 in., often very dense 

 with heads, sparingly pubescent ; bracts 1 by | in., broad-oblong, obtuse, membra- 

 nous, glabrescent. Calyx ^-^ in., in fruit sometimes J in., glabrous within ; teeth 

 usually more prominent, sometimes triangular, acuminate in firuit ; accessory teeth 

 only developed after flower. Corolla ^-^ in., glabrate without, densely hairy within, 

 purple. Ovary fulvous-hirsute ; style filiform, shortly bifid. Drupe size of a pea 

 (Roxburgh), hairy, half hid in the calyx. — In nnexpanded flowers the calyx-limb 

 appears obtusely 5-toothed ; after flowering the teeth are sometimes triangular abbre- 

 viated, sometimes lanceolate-subulate, and 5 linear teeth are developed in the sinuses. 

 Wallieh declares (in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 286) that Jack mistook his Malacca plant 

 for Roxburgh's Silhct one, and accordingly Wight and Schauer call the Malayan plant 

 S. Jackiana or acuminata ; but the calyx-teeth are so little longer, and other points 

 go exactly accord, that the species have been united. 



XXll. COMGEA, Boxh. 



Large climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire. Cymes peduncled, 

 capitate, 3-9-fld., in large terminal panicles; bracts at the base of the 

 peduncles leaf -like, often white or coloured ; involucres to the cymes of 3 

 or 4 eLiptio or oblong bracts, connate at the base. Calyx funnel-shaped, 

 6-toothed, slightly accrescent. Corolla-tube slender, rarely much longer 



