Mlqudia] 



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A climbiiii^ shrub. L. lanceolate, entire, blade 4-6, petiole 1 in. long. M. 

 dicecions, capitate, male heads on long slencler peduncles. Perianth 4-5-lobed 

 supported by an involucre of 4-5 bracts, which' in the male is separated by a 

 long pedicel from the perianth. Stamens alternating with the segments of 

 perianth, filaments short. Stigma nearl}^ sessile, 4-lobed, Drupe J in. long, 

 yellowish, obliquely ovoid, endocarp crustaceous, rugose outside. 



XTj3per Assam, Xliasi hills. Fl. H. S. 2. M. dentata, Bedd., Anamalais. L. ovate, 

 remotely and coarsely toothed, bah."^ truncate or cordate. 



P3rreiiacaiitlia volubilis, Hook. Tinnevelli, foot of Ghats. Ceylon, dry country. A 

 slender climber with milky juice, young shoots pubescent. L. lanceolate, base nari'ow 

 truncate, with shallow distant teeth, harsh beneath from shoi-t stiif hairs. Sec. n. 

 joined by intramarginal veins, conspicuous beneath. PI. minute, dioecious. Calyx 0, 

 perianth deeply 4-5-fid, <? in lax filiform axillary spikes 2 in. long, ? in small heads 

 on filiform axillary j)eduncles. Drupe red, stone thin 



Fm. Tl.^Sarcostigma Kleinii, W. et A. ^. 



6. SARCOSTIGMA, W. et A. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 594 



(Species 3 or 4^ tropical Asia.) 



1, S. Kleinii, W. et A. : Wight Ic. t. 1854. 



A climbing shrub, L. elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous, venation promi- 

 nently reticulate, blade 4-10, petiole |-| in, long. H. minntey dioecious, in 



