842 lxiv. passiflo raceme [ Adenia . 
Jungle; Chan Cliu Kang; Pulau Tekong. Johor, Bukit Soga; 
Jaffaria (King). 
(5) A. grandifolia Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mas. x. 136. 
Glabrous climber. Leaves membranous to thinly coriaceous, 
broad ovate-elliptic, shortly, abruptly acuminate, base decurrent 
on petiole with 2 glands, 4 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 1*5 in. long. Panicles short, thick, 1-5 in. long, many-flowered. 
Bracts lanceolate acuminate, -15 in. long. Male flowers flask¬ 
shaped, coriaceous -45 in. long. Calyx-lobes recurved, linear 
acuminate. Petals from mouth of the tube linear acuminate as 
long. No corona. Stamens much shorter than tube. Anthers 
apiculate. Fruit globose 1*5 in. through. Seeds oblong oblique 
ovoid pitted. Hab. Pahang, Kwala Tekam and Kota Tongkat 
(Evans). Negri Sembilan. Bukit Tangga Pass (Ridley). Distrib. 
Sumatra. 
3. PAROPSIA, Noronha. 
Erect shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers in dense axillary cymes. 
Calyx-tube short, 5-lobed. Petals 5, from base of calyx-tube. 
Corona of fine threads from calyx-tube, in 5 phalanges. Gynophore 
very short. Ovary sub-globose; style of 3 branches. Stigmas 
reniform, capitate. Fruit capsular. Species 4 or 5, Africa, Malaya. 
(1) P. vareciformis Masters, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 639; 
King , l.c. 49. 
Shrub or small tree. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate acute or acuminate, base cuneate, edges entire or serrate, 
glabrous except midrib and 6 to 7 pairs of nerves, 2-5 to 5-25 in. 
long, 1 to 1*75 in. wide; petioles -i to -2 in. long. Flowers *5 in. 
across; pedicels -15 in. long, tomentose. Calyx campanulate, 
villous, lobes oblong acute. Petals smaller oblanceolate. Corona 
single woolly. Stamens 5. Ovary villous. Fruit ovoid *5 to 
•7 in. long. Seed flat scrobiculate. Hab. Forests. Malacca (Main- 
gay, etc.). Bukit Bruang. Selangor; Ulu Gombak (Burn- 
Murdoch); Weld’s Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak 
(Kunstler and Scortechini). 
Order LXV. CUCURBITACE^. 
Climbing herbs, with tendrils. Leaves alternate often cordate, 
lobed. Flowers unisexual (rarely bisexual) yellow or white, racemed 
or solitary. Calyx-tube quite adnate to ovary; limb rotate or 
campanulate; lobes 5. Petals 5, insert on calyx-limb, often 
fimbriate at edge. Stamens usually 3, insert on mouth or lower 
down; anthers free or united; cells straight or flexuous. Ovary 
inferior; carpels 3; style 1. Stigmas 3 (rarely with 2, 3 or 4 
styles). Fruit a large or small berry, occasionally a capsule. Seeds 
