Homalium] LIV. SAMYDACE.E 345 



1. H. tomentosum, Benth. ; Kurz F. FL i. 531. Yern. Myaukchaw, 

 Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, bark thin, white, very smooth, branchlets, young 

 leaves and inflorriscence softly pubescent, L obovate 4-6 in. long, petiole stout, 

 very short, sec. n. 10-14 pair, straight, prominent beneath. Fl. nearly sessile, 

 \ in. across, greenish, in small clusters on simple axillary spikes, longer than 

 leaves. Calyx tomentose, segments 5 or 6, linear-oblong, petals similar to 

 calyx-segments. 



Common ia deciduous forests from Chittagong to Martaban. Ganjam (G-amble). Fl. 

 Nov.-Jan. 2. H. minutiflorum, Kurz, Pegu. Fl. pedicellate, minute, ^g- in. across, tetra- 

 merous, calyx-tube glabrous, turbinate, segments and petals pilose, pedicel glabrous, 

 longer tlian calyx-tube. 3. H. longifolium, Bentli. Upper Burma, Smales, April 1899 

 {Pyauhsdh) Malay Peninsula. A tree, 1. elliptic slightly hairy, blade 5, petiole h in, 

 long, ?eo. n. arching, 5-7 pair. Pi. pedicellate, tetrameroub, calyx and petals hairy, 

 tube narrowly turbinate, as long as pedicel, segments much smaller than petals. 

 Ovules on long f unicles attached to the parietal placenta at the top of the ovary. The 

 Malayan specimens aie slightly different, the above description relates to those from 

 Upper Burma. 



4 H. zeylanicum, Benth. Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards, in ever- 

 green forests. A lofty, at times a small tree, 1. glabrous elliptic, acuminate, base 

 acute, blade 4-5, petiole J in. long, sec. n. arching, 6-8 pair. PL loedicellate, hairy, 

 ^ in. across, petals longer than sepals, pedicels articulate. The Travancore specimens 

 have larger fl. and the sec. n. very prominent. 



5. H. nepalense, Benth. {BJachwellia ^lepalensk^ Wall. PL As. Bar. t. 179). Nepal. 

 Singhbhum-Maliendragiri and Bum pa hills. A large tree, 1. glabrous, ovate, blade 4-5, 

 narrowed into pet. J-J in. long. PL fetid, nearly sessile, grey-tomentose, J in. across, 

 in axillary panicles, petals nearly equal to calyx-segments. 



B. Stamens in fascicles opposite to petals. 



6. H. GriffitManum, Kurz, Mergui, Malay Peninsula. A small tree, branch lets, petioles, 

 midrib and inflorescence clothed with long spreading hairs. PL almost sessile, Jin, 

 across, petals twice the length of calyx-segments, stamens in pairs before the petalp. 

 7. H. SchlicMi, Kui-z. Chittagong,. An evergreen tree, L glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 5, petiole J in. long. PL slightly grey pubescent, pedicellate, J in. across, stamens 

 in threes opposite the petals, racemes in terminal hoary panicles. 8, H. propincLuum, 

 0. B. Clarke, is i-e ported from Pegu. 



9. H. travancoricum, Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 211. Travancore and Tinnevelii Ghats. A 

 middle-sized tree, 1. glabrous, 3-4 in. long, racemes shorter than L, fl. J in. across, densely 

 hairy, nearly sessile, petals three times the size of calyx-segments, B or 4 stamens 

 opposite each petal. 10. H. grandiflorum, Benth., a middle-sized tree of the Malay 

 Peninsula and Cochinchina, fl. | in. across, calyx-segments enlarged after flowering, 

 stamens 7-12 opposite each petal, has been rejported from Tenasserim. 



Orbeii LY. — Passifloracese. 1. Carica Papaya, Linn. ; Wight 111. 1. 106, 107. Classed in 

 a separate oi-der Carkacece, in Engler u. Prantl iii. 6 (a) 94. Vern. Pa-gaya^ Northern 

 India; Poppaya^ TeL*, ThinhaWy Burm. Indigenous in tropical America- Cultivated 

 inclndia and in all tropical countries. A small soft-w^ooded fast growing tree, usually 

 unbranchedj with milky juice, 1. glabrous, palmatifid, 12-24 in. across, on long hollow 

 petioles, forming a round tuft at the top of the stem, stipules 0. PL pale yellow, 

 fragrant, in axillary panicles, generally dioecious, but occasionally a few female fl. on 

 a male plant. ^ fi. in long drooping panicleb, 9 in short clusters. Calyx hmali, 5- 

 lobed. Corolla: ^ tubular, 5-lobed, $ of 5 linear deciduous petals. Stamens 10, 

 inserted in two tows in the mouth of the corolla. Ovary free, ovules numerous, attached 

 to 5 parietal placentas. Pr, indehiscent, fleshy, sulcate, seeds black, numex-ous, embedded 

 in sweet pulp, the testa consisting of an inner hax'd and an outer soft layer. Embryo 

 straight, cotyledons flat, in oily albumen. 2 Passiflora, Linn., is a large, chiefly 

 American genus of shxmbs, climbing with tendrils, numerous species of which ai'e grown 

 in gardens. PL bisexual, pentamerous, a coroxia, usually of numerous flne threads on 

 the calyx tube inside the petals, stamens 5, filaments flat, enclosing and partly 

 adnate to the gynophore, which bears a 1-celled ovary with oo ovules on 3 parietal 

 placentas. Two species in India: 1. -P. LemhenctuUi% DO. Khasi hills, Manipur, 

 Nilgiri and Palni hills, L semicircular, truncate, 8-dentate, fl. 2 in. across, petals white, 

 fr. ovoid If in. long. 2. P. mpaUnsiSj Wall, Nepal, Sikkim, Khasi hills, 1. entire, ovate 

 or_^ovate-lanceolate, fl. J-^ id, across, fr. neaxly globose i in. diam. 



