1898.] G. King — Maieriah for a Flora of ike Mahiifan renimuh, 27 
Braots small ovate-lnnceolate^ oaudate-acnmiuate, 
obsoarelj dentate, learea quite smooth, and glab- 
rous on both aarfacflfl ... ... ... 3. 2*. trimspidata. 
Bracts very large, ovafcs to snb-orbicialar, deeply 
inciBed or simply sermte ; calyx-teeth lanceolatfj ■ 
frujfc uatially globulnr, rarely ovate ,.. ... 4. T, patttutia. 
Bracts rather large, obloug-ovate, lacEniate ; calyx* 
teeth Bpreaditig, entire J frait always ellipsoid ... 5. T, Wallicbiftna^ 
Leaves naaalty trifoHolato, buit sometimes simple on the 
same or different plants ; leattets membranouf?, unequal, 
ranch noaminate, the edgei andalate-dentato : bracts of 
tnale inflorescence small, oblong, their edges with a few 
long distaat teeth ... ... ... .« 6, T. Wawri^i. 
Leaves always trifoliolcte % leaflets coriaceona, shortly and 
blnntly apiculato or eubactite, the edges quite entire ; 
bracts of male infloreBceaco deltoid, their edges pectinate 7, -T. eelthica. 
I. Trichosamthes CDGUMBiiiNA, LiBn. Sp. PI. Ed. 1, 1008. Steins 
slender, angled, puberubias. Leaves membranous, orbicnlar-remform to 
bi-oadly ovate in general outline ; tbo edges remotely denticulate, often 
more or less deeply 3-5 or 7-lobed ; the lobes broad with acnts but not 
acuminate apices and often sinuate margins, the base deepl j coi'date, 
the sinus often stib-rectangnlar ; upper surface sparsely pubescent or 
Bub-glabi'oua, the lower deciduouslj pubescent at first, ultimately sub- 
scabrid ; length 2-4 in. and breadth about the same ; petiole 1-2 in., 
pubescent ; tendrils slender, sulcate, puberulous, 2-3-fid. Male peduncles 
rather longer than the leaves, pubescent, bearing a few flowers towards 
the apex, ebracteate. Fioimrs "S-l in. in diam. at the mouth j the 
tube 2 or 3 times longer, cylindric, a solitary male flower sometimes 
from the same axil as the peduncle. Female J?oioe?%on a peduncle '5 in, 
long, fruit 1-3 in, longj narrowly ovoid, the apex conical, red when ripe; 
Beeds half ellipsoid, compressetl, coiTugated, Lour. Flor. Cochcfiin, 
588; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 111,316; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 70; Roxb. Flor. 
iBd. Ill, 720; Wall. Cat. 6690 A, B, C, B, F ; Bleme Bijd. 933; 
Pak. & Gibs. Bomb. Pbr. 102 ; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat, I, Pt. I, 676 ; 
Kaud» in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, XVIIT, 191 ; Kiirz in Joum. As. Soc. 
1877, PL II, 98 ; W. & A. Prodr. 350 ; Jtiq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 
I, 676 ; Tliwaites Enum. PI. Ceyl. 126; Benth. Flor. Austral. Ill, 314; 
Clarke in Hook. fil. Flor. Br. Ind. II, 609 ; Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. 
m, 358. T, laciniosa, Klein in Herb. Tiottler. 'I\ ptlom, Wall. Cat. 
6691. Brtjonia umbellaia, ^Yu,\\, Cat. ^700 Cucumis Misswnie, Wall, 
Cat. 6728. 
Pebak; King's Golkclor 5622. DiaiaiB. Malayan Archipelago; 
British India. 
The Perak plant has larger flowers than aay Indian speoiraoo, and I refer it to 
T, ciicumerina with uouio besitatiun. 
