aplce rotundatum cum flylo obliqvo brevi, bafi parum angufta- 

 taia, marginibus reclilineis, tomento ferrugineo denfo molliffimo 

 veftitum, fex-ad o&oloculare. Diffepimenta lignofa, brevia. Lo- 

 culamenta laevimma 5 pOlita, yix ultra tertiam latitudinis partem 

 occupantia. 



Receptaculum* Funiculi magni, triangulares, valde complanati, coriacei, 

 e futura externa defcendentes, apice fe.mil unari truncata. 



Semina folitaria, fub rotunda tranfverfahter parum oblongata, pollicaria, 

 compreffa, utrinqve planiusoila, laeviffima, nitida, ftria ocellari 

 obfoleta fubmarginali. Umbilici feneflra in parte exteriorc fupcri- 

 ore excavata femilunaris. 



Integumentum fimplex, durum, coriaceura, 



Albumen durum, tenue, aqveo-album. 



Embryo rectus, lutefcens. Cotyledones magae, amygdalinse, fiavefcentes, 

 planae, bafi leviter figmoidese, obfolete nervofae, laeviffimce. Plu- 

 inula minima. Radicula conica, centrifuga. 



Obfervation, This is one of the mod (lately and gigantic climbers in the 

 world; its Hem often meafuring eighteen inches in diameter and 

 its branches covering, and at lalt fuffocating the largeft trees. The 

 flowers are beautifully white, becoming yellowifh before they de- 

 cay. Its profufe and elegant foliage is employed by the natives to 

 .cover their, huts, umbrellas etc; ufes for which the ilrong and 

 leathery texture of the leaves renders them exceedingly well qua- 

 lified. The cotyledons are not unpleafant to the tafte, and are eat 

 by the natives. 



Hinduftam name Maufa, A man who has feen the tree at both places 

 tells me it is called Lata Kanchma at Monghyr, in Nepal Bhurla. 



fkwering time, the hot and rainy feafons, The pods take nine months 

 to ripen. 



