232 G. K\r\g-^Mafenah for a Flora of the Mulaymi PenitisuJa, [No. I, 
■4 in. ncn>ss. Wall. Cat. A, IJ, and C. ; Roxb. Flor. Iml. II, -'165 ; 
Miq, Flor. Irtd. Bat- I, 109 ; Buk. m Flor. Biit. Iiid. ll, 257. 
Pknakq ; Penam Bukifc, 700 ft- et, Ctu tin 1021 \ DlSTiuB. Sumatra, 
Teaasserim. 
Very nearly related t& C. einclidocarpa l!i\xq, \v\uc\i diSeruhy its hmochi^ 
florc^ficeiice mid itn pnbttscent calyx:; also to C, tictinthotiotrya Miq. wliicU lifla 
shorter, more luxl^'-flowered mcemea n,nd bimder Iwilli-tj. Mr. Katz indeed Ima 
in Hurb. CulciiLta pruposed to treat C ncattthohoii-y't tia n vfirioty (Vah. laiifolia) of 
C, fortitosn but tlio fXftmiTuntion of nn nnthGntinni pxnniple of Dr. MiqiifPs pinnt loruls 
tb« writPi- to believe tliat it is bettetj at least at preaenfc, to roiisidor if spatjiflcilly 
difitinot, 
56. Mekonbubok Deaf. 
Robust woody prickly clitnberi?. Leaveg abrnptly bipiiinate. Flowns 
in aniple panickd racemes. C<dyx very oljliqueT usually deeply cleft, 
with a basal or iutertnbal disc« tbe lobe.? imbricated, the lowest hirgeat 
covering the othera in bud like a hood. Fetah spreading, obovater- 
apathulate, sube<(UfiI or the upper amalleBt. Siammis free, dec3inal^£^, 
usually exserted ; antheia oblong, ntiiform. Ovary Beasiie or ehortly 
stipitate, declinate, few- or many-ovuletl ; fltyle filiform, stigma* small, 
capitate, the mnrgin often ftinged. Pod large, tliiii, oblong, flat, indfthia- 
eent, with a broad wing down the upper suture ; seeds compressed , 
orbicular, cotyledons flat, radicle straight. Species aboiit 15 ; all in the 
tropics of Eastern Hemisphere. 
Calys ilccply cleft, with a wide short tahe and a basal 
dlEC, tb a anterior lobe deeply cnLcnllnte {Eumetctnetfrfin) : — 
Leaflets opposite, liirgfi } pods 1- seeded ... ... 1. M. ritrnilottim. 
Leaflets alternate, medium to »maU| pods several 
eeeded i~- 
Lpnflete benofttli and calyx externally pnbernlonsi ... 2, JiT. hywmocarfium. 
Leaflets bcueatb and calyx externally glabrorts : — 
Pedicels pubernlons, jointed near baso of calyx i 
lenflcts curiBJite at npejc ... ... 3. M. Kumtteri. 
Pedicels glabroaH, jointed considerably below base 
of calyx ; leaflets obtnse .„ * ... ... 4. M. andamanietim. 
Calyx sTialloivly cleft, witb n narrow long tube and a disc 
extending above the base, anterior lobe shallowly hooded 
(Ttihkalf/x) i (leaflets alternate) ... ... .„ 5. M. mmatramtm. 
SuBGB«. 1. EoMKZONEtrtiOK ; calyx deeply cleft, disc basal ; lower 
lobe deeply caculSate, 
1, Mezoneuhon cocullatdm W, & A. Prodr. 283. A large climber, 
bmncbea glabrous armed with Bmall dark sliort recurved prickles. 
Leaves 6-12 in, long, piuuBB 4-10, 6-8 in. long; leaflets B-10, opposite, 
rigidly aubcomceoua, ovate-ticute, base wide-ciineate slightly unequal, 
2-4 in. long, l'25-l 75 in, wide, glabroas on both surfaces, dark-greeu 
