1898,] G. King — Mate^-ials for a Flava uf the Malayan Femtmda, 33 
1"5'2*25 ill., bread til 1*75-3 in, ; petiole '75-1 in., spai^ely pubesoenfc, 
Male Jinivers uftimllj solitary, rarelj in racemes slightly longier than 
tliG leaves, shortly pilose the bracts oblong, serrate, "5 in. long. CahfX' • 
teeth erect, entire or dentate ; petals oblong, acute, puberuloaa outeide. 
Peduncle of fevtaU Jlmoer "S-l in, long. Fruit brilliant scarlet when 
Hpe, oblong-fusiform, acutely ribbed, Rhorfcly pubescent, l"5-2 in. 
long; seeds blackish, rugulose, obscurely marginate, narrowed to the 
base, '2 in. longnnd about *1 in. broad. Clarke in Hook, fil. Flor, Brit. 
Ind. IT, 611; Cogn. in DC, Mon. Phan. Til, li92. Scotanthns Porfeanutf, 
Naud. in Ann. Sc. l^at, Ser. V, VoK 5, 25. G^mnopetahnn. Jmtero- 
phifllam, KurK in Trim, Journ, BoL for 1875, p, 326. 
ANDAMAil AND KlCOBiR Isr,ANDS ; Kurz. 
4v LuVFA, Cav. 
Cltmbera, large or aiiinill, pubescent or nearly glabi-oos ; tendrils 
2-5-fid. Lem^s cordatoj usually 5-angnlar or 5-lobed ; petiole witliont 
pflimds at its ajiex, Flotvers yellow or white, nioncecious, males and 
females often (mm the same axil ; females solitary or panicled, males 
on long or short racemes or clustered, Malb ; calyx-tube tnrbinfite» 
iobes 5, triangular or lanceolate ; petivis 5, obovat^ ; stautens 3, rarely 
5, filaments 3, free or connate; anthers exserfced, ft-ee, one 1-celled, the 
others 2-ceHed ; cells sigmoid, often on the margin of the broad con- 
nective. Female ; enjyx-tnbe shortly produced above the ovary ; lohes 
and coi'ollaasin the male ; ovary oblong, style cylindric, stigma Ji-lobed; 
ovules very many, liorizontah Fmii large or smalt, oblong (not 
spherical), smooth or anj/ular or spinous, ultimately fibrous, not snccu- 
ient, 3-celled, usually circumRcissile near the apex. Seeds many, oblong, 
compiessed. DcsTtiiR, Species 6, in the warmer regions of the Old 
World und one in America, 
LtJFFA jEoYPmcA, ^Miller Gard. Diet. ed» YIII, ex Hook, fib in 
Oliv, Flor, Trop, Afr, II, 530, Stem stout, many yards in length ; the 
young bnincltea glabmns, angled and very deeply sulcate ; tendrils 
2-3-fid. Leaves Isn^e, reniforai or reuiform-orbicuiar in general outline, 
palmately Ti-lobed ; the lobes acute, lobulate and denticulate; both sui-- 
faces scabiMjus or scaberulous, punctate, glabrous except the pubescent 
nerves on tbe lower surface ; length 2"5-6 in., breadth 3-9 in,, petiole 2-2'5 
in., pubescent, eglundular, Ufaie jseiiwJwiJe 6 in. long ; the flowers 4-12, 
crowded near the summit, 1*5-^ in. in diam,, their pedicels short, each 
with a small ovate viscid bract, or ebracteate ; petals 5, yellow with 
green veins ; stamens 5. Female Jiower solitary on a peduncle 1-3 in* 
loug, usually from the same axil as the male inflorescence ; fruit 5-12 
in. long, sub-cyliiidric, with numerous bold ridges ; seeds usually black, 
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