42 G. King— Maid'ials for a Fhra of the Malayan Feninmla. [No. 1, 
and 3 in. in diam. Seeda flattened, about "1 in. thick, ovate, witli 6 
unequal deep narrow marginal lobes {those at the ends being the 
longest), the seed proper or nucleus papillose, 1 in. long and *7o in. 
broad, Burroniided on all sides by a thin membranous wing nearly 1 in. 
wide. 
Peeak; Eing^s Qolhctor 7230, 
This fine epQcies is known oaly from n efngte gatbering of ei^c BpecimenSj none 
of which bears a flofl%r. My frietid Mr. C. B. Cliirke, F.li.S., who was bo kind 
&B to compare for mo at Kew tbo whole of my M&1n.yaii Cncurbita, nofcoB on this aa 
follows: " Tbis ifl eitbar a new Zanonitt near 2. trwiica, Linn., or a new AUamitra 
noar A. Ca'pricomicn^ P. Miill. — I thiok a Zanoniat whethoi' tho sepals ttiro out to bo 
B or not, Tbo 2-fitJ cirrhi may do for either gentiB. The apJnoBO-tnargmed seeds aro 
not like thoie of Zsnonia ; bnt tho ovoid, or 6ub-globose /rnit ia lika nothing out 
of aectioQ Macf'osafKMtia, Dogn. I call it Zanonia, n. spoo." 
10. Alsomitra, Bth. & Hk. f. 
Large climbers ; tendrila simple or 2-fid. Leaves with 3 obloiig 
entire leaflets. Floivers small, dia»cioua, white, in compoand panicles 
with liliEorm branches. Male^ calyx rotate, 5-partite, segm(?ntB oblong, 
acute; corolla rotate, 5-partite, segments obtuse; stamens 5, filanicuts 
short, near together at the ba-se ; anthers small, oblongs straight, l- 
oelled. Female; caljx and corolla as in the male; oFary elongate- 
clavato, 1-celled etylea 3—4, coniciil, with semi-lunate stigmas ; ovulofl 
very many, pendulous ; placentas 3, thick, vertical, parietal. Capsule 
large, elongate-clavate, truncate and 3-valved at the apex. Seeds very 
many, compressed, vertical, in six rows, nittcli corrugated, iticised or 
horned on the margin with a terminal membranous wing longer than 
the seed. Distbib. Species 9; British India, Malaya, North Aus- 
tralia, S. America. « 
Alsomitra clavtgera, Roem, Syn, fasc, 11, p. 118. A slendoi? 
glabrous climber. Leaflets fleshy, the middle the largest, oblong or 
oblong- lanceolate, the apex obtuse, the base narrowed, the edges entire, 
subsessile, eglandular, length l'5-3 in., breadth "65-1 in. Panicles 
slender, twice as long as the leaves, longer in fruit, Gapsuh smooth, 
l-25-l%5 in. long and '4s in. broad. Seedi dark, cinereous, shortly 
muricate, Cogniaui in DC. Mon. Phan. Ill, 927 j Hook. fil. in Bot, 
Mag. t. 6017 ; Clarke in Hook, fil. Flor, Br. Ind. II, 634, Zanmia 
sarcofhylla, Wall. Cat. 3724; PI. As, Rar. II, 28, t. 133. 
Keuah ; Guriis 2504. 
Ordered LTI. ARALIAGE^. 
Trees or shrubs, very rarely herba, often scandent, sometimes 
prickly. Leaves alternate, the uppermost rarely sub-opposite, long- 
