Hiptage] 



XXIII. MALPIG-HIACE.E 



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of leaves whitish or yellowish-grey .tomentose. Leaves ovate or elliptic 2-1- in. 

 Fl. scenteclj white or lilac, 5th petal with a bright yellow blotch near the 

 base, wings pink, middle one lanceolate, 1^-2 in., the two lateral broad, obtuse, 

 h in. long. 



Dry and Eng forebt in the Irawaddi valley, from ProniP upwards, Manipur, Shan 

 hills. Fl. March. Cochinchina. 6. H. sericea, Hook. fil. Tenasserim, Malay Penin- 

 sula. A woody climber, branchlets and inflorescpnee clothed "vvith soft brow n hair^, 

 racemes slender, 3-6 in. long. Fl. \-\ in. diam. "Wings of fruit linear-lanceolate, the 

 middle one 1^-2 in. long, the lateral ones shorter. 



2. ASPIDOPTERYS, A. Juss. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 41D. 



Fl. small, regular, yellow or white, in axillary or terminal panicles, no 

 glands on pedicel, petals quite entire, not clawed. Stamens 10, equal. Ovary 

 3-lobed, styles 3, glabrous, stigmas capitate. Fruit of 8 elongated nuts, 

 which separate when mature, each surrounded by an orbicular or oblong mem- 

 branous wing. Species 14, tropical Asia. 



A. Leaves glabrous beneath, or nearly so. 



1. A. Roxburghiana, A. Juss.— Syn. Tnopferla I u dk a ^B^oxh. Gov. PL t. Uyi). 



A woody cdimber, inflor- 

 escence, riisty-tomentose, 

 branchlets, petioles and 

 midrib beneath often rusty- 

 pubescent. Leaves elliptic- 

 ovate, blade 3-4, petiole 

 I in. long. Petals ^ in. 

 long. Wings of fi-uit ob- 

 long, 1} in. long. 



Sikkim, As^ani, Khasi and 

 Naga hills. Western Penin- 

 sula. FL August -October. 

 2. A. Helferlana, Kurz. Ten- 

 a&serim and Andamans, Shan 

 hills. A large climber. 

 Leaves broadly elliptic, 

 glaiiconS; of ten slightly haiiy 

 beneath. FL on slender pedi- 

 cels, umbellate, ixmbels ar- 

 ranged in axillary, slender, 

 rusty - tomentose panicles. 

 Wings of fruit ovate, thinly 

 membranous, 1 in. long. 



The following two species 

 have a small dorsal wing or 

 crest on the nucleus : 8. A. 

 canarensls, Dalz. (probably 

 A. f/Io7nerafa, Wight Ic. t. 

 1986.) Evergreen forests of 

 the Kanara and 



Grhats, glabrous. 



Malabar 

 Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, blade 3-5-, petiole 

 4 in. Fl. crowded in axillary 

 fascicles. Wings of fruit 

 nearly orbicular, 1 in. diam., 

 shining, thinly membranous 

 Glabrous- Wings of fruit orbicular, thinly hyaline, with raised veins. 



B. Leaves tomentose or pubescent beneath. 



5. A. nutans, Hook. fil. ; Kurz, F. M. i. 175. 



A v^oody climber, young shoots and inflorescence pubescent. Lsaves broadly 



Fig. 52. — Aspidopterys Eoxburghiana, A. Juss. J. 

 4. A. concava, A. Juss. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 



