SmyfJiea] XXX Y. RHAMXACE^E 175 



Smythea calpicarpa, Ivnrz, Twiassprim and Andaman^. A hcandent slirub, braiK lilets, 

 petioles and iniiore^cence tawny-piibpseent. L. lanceolate, remotely crenate-henate, 

 fine hairs on nerves, blade 2-4 in., j^etiole I in. Fl. bisexual, pentamerous, in cdnstors 

 along narrow spleifoim teiminal lacemes, pc^tals cuciillate, filaments incurved, anthers 

 didynions. Ovary half inferior, 2-celled, btyles 2 recurved. Er. 8-celled, roriaceouq, 

 flat, dehiscent veiticallj' into t^\o valve&, the lower pai't enclosed in the persibtent calyx 

 tube. 



8. GO U AN I A, Linn. ; FL Brit. Inil. i. 643. 



Unarmed nbrubs, mostly climbing by means of terminal tendrils. L. alter- 

 nate. M. polygamous in sessile clusters on axillary or terminal spikes. 

 Ovary inferior, sunk in the disk, wliicli fills the calyx tube. ¥t. a dehiscent 

 coriaceous capsule crowned by the persistent calyx-limb, 3-angled or 3-winged. 

 Species 30-40 in all tropical countries. 



1. G. leptostachya, DC— S^^n. G. filktefolia, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 08. ; O, 

 nepalensis^ Wall. Yern. Batuxwl^ Xep. 



A large scandent shrub, wood normal, med. rays long and broad. L. broad- 

 ovate, acuminate, base rounded or slightly cordate, base entire, up])er part 

 serrate or crenate, blade 3-4, petiole |-1 in. long. Spikes slender, (j-12 in. 

 long. Er. \ in. diam. 



Snbhinialayan tract and outc^r hills, troni the Jmnna eastward, ascending* to 0,000 

 ft. in. Sikkim. Khasi hills, Lower Burma, Andaniaiis. Fl. Aug., Sept. Tonkin, 

 (Vx'hinchina, Malay Peninsula and Aichipekgo. 2. 6. microcarpa, DC. Western 

 (Ihats from the Ivonkan southwards, olten in evergreen forest, Nilgiris, Ceylon, Malay 

 Archipelago, differs by smalk^r quite entire leaves, fepikes, calyx and young leaves 

 den&ely pubescent. Fr. \ in. diam. 3. G. Brandisii, Hasbk. Martaban and Tenabserim. 

 Branchlets, inflorescence and young leaves densely tawny- or rusty-tomentose. L. 

 cordate-ovate, quite entire. Wings of fruit rounded. 4. G. andamanica, King ; Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, vol. Go (1897), 3b2. Common on middle Andaman island. Branchlets 

 lusty-pubescent. Fr. rusty-tomentose, triquetrous, not ^vinged. 



Heliims lanceolatus, Brandis F. Fl. 574. Subhimalayan tract, ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Plains of Northern India, Behar, Pachmarhis, Godavery. A slender climbing 

 shrub. L. entire, lanceolate, 1--3 in. long. Branchlets ending in simple tendrils. Fl. 

 umbellate. Fr. coriaceons, obovoid-globose, not winged, S-celled, tardily dehiscent. 



Oedee XXXYL AMPELIDEJE. Gob. PL i. 386. 



(Vi'facea\ Engler u. Prantl iii. 5. 427.) 



Herbs or shrubs, erect or climbing. L. alternate. H. regular, inflorescence 

 cymose, generally leaf-opposed. Calyx small, 4-5-dentate or entire, petals 4-5, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens as many as and opposite to petals, inserted outside 

 and often between tlie lobes of a bypogynous disk. Ovary 2-0-celled, ovules 

 2 (larely 1) in eacli cell, style simple, stigma often sessile. Fr. a berry, seeds 

 witb. a stony or crustaceous testa, embryo small, in a copious generally bard 

 albumen. 



Woody or herbaceous climbers, rarely erect, filaments free, 



ovary 2-celled 1. Vitis. 



Erect shrubs or large herbs, filaments united into a tube, 

 ovary 3-G-celled 2. Leea. 



1. VITIS, Linn, j M. Brit. Ind. i. 645. 



Climbiug, rarely erect sbrubs or herbs. Tendrils generally leaf-opposed, 

 often bearing the inflorescence. Stipules membranous, deciduous. Petals 

 often cohering at the apex, when the entire corolla, lifted up by the stamens, 



