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FASSIFLORA NAPALENSIS. 
(fig-1. pauci, alt.erni, vil ifies, inodori, parvi ct inconspicui ,pc(licellis insideutesbrevibns, 
clavatis earnosis, nudis. Calipv superus, quinquepartitus, una cum corolla eniarcescens, 
persistens; lari nine (fig. 3, 4.) triangulares, acutae, apice villosa?, intus glabra?, paten tes, vix 
seinilineam longue, aestivatione valvatce. Petala quinque, miimta, ovata, obtusa,laciniis 
calycinis niulto minora, infra fissuras calycis iuserta. Filament a quinque, brevia, erecta, 
glabra, petalis alternantia, basi laciniarum caly< is inserta iisdemque opposita. Antherce 
ereetue, biloculares, alba?. Spuamula? quinque minutissimoe, pilis faseiculatis succuleti- 
tisbarbatae, inter filamenta et lacinias iusertue. Ovarium (fig. 5, 6.) inferum, clavatum, 
majusculum, nitidum, pubescens, vertice, iutra florem, concaviuscula, uniloculare, mo- 
nosporum. Oviihun succulentum, oblongum, erection, elevatum chorda spirali, carnosA, 
subdiapbanA, fundo ovarii inserts, perque canalem proprium angustum in cellulam oblon- 
gam, propriain ovuli conduct^. Stylus brevis, cyliudricus. Stigma convexum, obsolete 
bilobum. Bra pa fig. ‘7, 8, .9.) pyriformis, pollices duas et demidium longa, sesquijiolli- 
cem crassa, epidermide obtecta luteo-viridi, tenaci; extromitate superiore rotundata et 
excavata faveolA centrali profunda lacinias calycinas incrassatas, petala filamenta styluin- 
que emarcida occultante; basin versus attenuata, cuneiforrnis; unilocularis. Caro 
pallide fuscus, mollis, subglutinosns, tertiam pollicis partem crassus, fibroso-vasculosus. 
Nvx fig. 10,11.) solitaria, niagna, globosa, glabra, sine ulla sutura, eavitateui omninore- 
pleus eaeque fermiter adherens, liinc inde notata foveolis parvis carni arctius adhierenti- 
bus, vertice obsolete apiculata, basi par am scabra perforata foraminulo exiguo. Putamen 
cinereum, vix Iineam crassum, uniloculare, monosperm um. Perispermum atnygdalinum, 
album, nuci conforme, usque ad medium perforatum can alien! a obsolete e fundoseminis, 
prope foraminulum istud putaminis surgente, sursuin obliterate, vestigium chorda? ovuli 
includente. Inicgiimenium simplex, ferrugineum, tenue. JEw*6r?/oalbus,oblongus,bre- 
vissimus, intra verticem perispermi oblique locatus. Cotyledones oblongae parallels?. 
Jladicvla supera, conica. 
Observation. 
The inhabitants of Nipal are very fond of the fruit of this tree, which however, to a 
European palate holds out but little temptation. The wood is nearly white, of a firm 
texture, and appears to me suited to the work of the cabinet maker; it is used, only, tor 
firewood and posts. The direction of the ovulum and that of the embryo are directly 
contrary, the former being decidedly erect, while tlie latter is pendulous. Wall. loc. at. 
PA SSI FLORA NAPALENSIS, Wall. TAB. 11. 
T'ruiicosa, scandens, laevis ; fohis indivisis, integerrimis, ovato-cordatis, acutis, glau- 
cis, basi subtus petiolisque medio gland ulosis ; pcduticuUs axillaribus, bi- trill oris, bracte- 
olis sparsis, subulatis; perianthii foliolis oblongis, alternis quinque angustioribus. 
Crescit rarius in syivis convallis Nap alia? ad Pusputnath, Nag-arjhoon, etiam montis 
Chandaghiry. Floret Junio, Augusto. Fructus matureseunt versus finem pluviarum. 
Fnitex tenuis, ratnosa, glaberrima, scandens et volubilis. CW/sgracillimus, cortice 
tectus gryseo. Rami longi, gracillimi, vix filo emporetico crassiores, pallidi, glauci; 
tenelli pubescentes. Folia petiolata, altcrua, patenlia, interstitiispaullo longiora, ovato- 
cordata, cuspidulato-acuta, integernma, nunc obsolete crenulata, sinu baseos parvo, lo- 
bi^|,ie rotundatis, uunc (basi lolii rotundatA) fere obsoletis, bi- tripollicaria, inembrana- 
cea laevissima, valde glaucaet opaca ; paginfi superiore interdum variegatA maeulisam- 
plis. olbicantibus, inferior Hi- vel quinque-nerviA, nervis gracilibus, in junioribus foiiis 
jmberulis, exteriorilms brevissimis, parmn reticulata, ad basin costae, utrinque, glandula 
orbiculata, sessili, plano-convexA, viridi, lucida, nunc geminata, quandoque pluribus 
