Htmbnodictton.] BVBIACBM. 409 



anthers with 2 basal bristles. Ovary 2-celled, style slender, stigma 

 capitate ; ovules many, ascending on the placentas. Capsule 

 elongate, septicidally 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds imbricating 

 upwards, testa winged above and below ; embryo clavate, in fleshy 

 endosperm. — Species 30, all in Trop. Asia, except one African and 

 ^ne in America. 



U. pilosa, Eoajo. Hori. Beng. 8B ; Fl. Ind. i, 520; F, B. I. Hi, 32; 

 Eavil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiii, 88 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timh. 405. 



A large seandent shrub. Branches peduncles and under surface of 

 leaves tomentose. Leaves shortly petioled, 4-6 in^ long by 2-2| in. 

 wide, oblong-ovate, abruptly oaudate-acuminate, rounded at the base, 

 sub-meinbranons and green when dry, pilose or scaberulous above, 

 pubescent beneath ; main lateral nerves 8-10 pair, veins distinct ; 

 sti'pules 2-partite, the segments lanceolate and recurved. Peduncles 

 all axillary, 1-3 in. long, very stout, tapering from the base and witii a 

 whorl of linear-lanceolate bracts above the middle ; the sterile pedun- 

 cles transformed into stout hooked tendrils. Heads 1| in. in diam. 

 Calyx-lobes linear-obtuse, equalling the tube, often clavate. Corolla' 

 tube very slender, very hairy. Capsules sessile, | in., clavate, glabrous, 

 tipped by the long calyx-tube. 



Dehra Dun, in shady ravines (Duthie). Distrib. Trop. Himalaya 

 from Garhwal eastward to Sikkim, the Khasia Hills and Burma. 



5. HYMENODICTYON, Wall. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii, 35. 



Trees or shrubs with thick branches and bitter bark. Leaves 

 petioled, deciduous ; stipules deciduous. Flowers small, spicate ; 

 spikes in axillary and terminal nodding panicles with 1 or 2 krge 

 leafy reticulate persistent bracts. Calyx'tuhe short, lobes 5-6, ovate 

 or subulate, deciduous. Corolla funnel- or bell-shaped, glabrous 

 within ; lobes 5, short, valvate in bud with everted margins* 

 Stamens 5, inserted below the throat ; filaments short, dilated up- 

 wards; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled, style filiform, stigma 

 spindle-shaped, ovvZes numerous, on cylindric placentas adnate to the 

 septum. Capsule loculicidally 2-valved, many-seeded, placentas at 

 length free. Seeds imbricating upwards, testa broadly winged, 

 embryo small in fleshy endosperm. — Species 4-5, in Trop. Asia and 

 Africa. 



B. excelsum. Wall, in Boxh. Fl. Ind. {ed. Carey ^ Wall.) ii, 149 ; 

 W. St A. Prod. 392 ; Boyle [III. 239 ; Brand. For. Fl. 267 ; F. B. I. iii, 35; 

 Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For. Fl. 8ch. Circ, N.- FT. P., 201 ; Gamble Man. 

 Ind, Timh. 406; Collett Fl. Siml, 227; Coohe Fl, Bomb, i, 582, 



