52 G, King — Malei'iifh for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
NoTK. — The name ukpiI Tor Uiia K<^n(i» m Hooker's Florrt nf Britiflb IndSft i« 
B/oiififrct, Laiiik. wliicti HhIpr frnin 17^^7. Pn1luvvi(i|;f Riiglor, I hnre here iiaeU 
FiJrskfll'a nume Adenia, wliwii iJfiLes fram 1775. 
LoMvea nl ways deeply 3 'lobed ... ... I A. trilobatft. 
' Lear 03 entire ; — - 
Leiivea mimitely peltiito at the bftae ; tobes of rfJalyx 
lougj narrow and rpfleitpd ... ... 2 A. nicifbarica. 
LeavpFt cordata at the base : — 
Base broadly nad deeply cordatp, maiii-TiBrvflS 
radiatinf? from tha biia© : flowering pnduaolcH 
ap to fi in. Ioiik: ... ... ;t ^. ettrdiophylJ fi. 
Bnse aliglatly curdate ; mam-nervea pinnate: -l A. paptififotui vnr. 
tin wiring pf>d»nclefl Ipss than 2 in. Imig pmtamera, 
LeWTPH not eordale at Ifie basf or only omaHtonnlly vi'ry 
sUghtly so : Tnain-nprv<>s nmiiilly 2 somet iinea Z piiirs; — 
Nervafl and retieiil'ilTDrifl of Inaves distinct ... Cx A. finuminntit, 
Nervea and retieuhiliona of laavoH inriatble, the tower 
surface of the leaves whitish ,,. ... Ct A, smgapiyreana. 
1. Apenja TRiLOBATA, Engl. Jahfb., Xiy, 375. Many feet in length, 
glabrous, tlie Lack ou tlie old shotits cinereous, on the yonng smooth 
greeti. Leaves remote, membmuous, broadly oordato at the base, deeply 
8-lobed; the loboa lanceolate, the two outer often auiicuUfe at the 
bjLse, the sinuses wide, rounded, and each bearing a small gland; main- 
nei'vps 5, palmate; tlie lateml nerres and the reticulations few^j lengfcli 
6 to 9 in. ; width 4'5 to 6 "5 in. ; petioles from half as long to nearly as long 
as the lertf-blades, terete, Braootb, not enlarged at the hum, the apex: 
with two conical recurved glands^. Peduw-les slender, smooth, terete, 
axillary, longer than the petioles, timbellulately cymose ; (lo\vei"s few, 
'3 to *5 in, long, the females somevvhafc longer than the malefi, Galyx 
tubular, tlie lobes short, oblong, subacute- Petals narrowly oblong, 
inaei'ted near the bitse of the calyx-tnhe. Fihtments united into a tube 
springing from the fundus of the calyx ; unthMrB linear-oblong, abruptly 
acDte, the connective produced into a minute point, Qlatids narrowly 
oblong, blunt, inciirvod. Staminodes in female flower united into a 
membmnonfi cup. Radtvieniary ovary in male flower trifid. FruU 
oblong, scarlet, from 2 to 2*5 in. long when ripe, and I S in, in dianu 
Seeds compressed, sub-obcordate or sub-rotund, acrobiculate, the arillus 
thin, clear. Modecca trilohata^ Roxb. Hort. Beng,, 49; Roxb. Corom. 
Plant, in, t. 297; Fl. Ind., Ill, 183; Wall. Cat., 1234; Knrz, in Journ, 
As. Soc, Beng., 1877, 11, %; Masters in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind„ H, 002. 
Andaman Islanl>S; common. ^ — Distrib. Jfortherft parts of British 
India and Burma. 
2. AnuNiA NICOEARICA, King. Slender and slightly branched, 
glabrous Steins minutely sulcate, thin, wiry. Leaves membranous, 
