10 
KADSTJKA C RAND1FLORA. 
recorded by Atiblet, are wanting liere.—Michaux’s Schisaiidra seems to differ from the 
genus, solely in having a one-seeded berry, and in the shape of the seed, which is attribut¬ 
able, together with the slight modification in the posture of the embryo, to the first men¬ 
tioned structure. 
KADSURA GRANDIFLORA, Wall TAB. 14. 
Dioiea, polyandra; jtoribw nutantibus, solitariis ; pedunculu petiolo duplo longiori- 
bus, medio ebracteatis; sta minibus compete, filamentis subulatis; baccis dispermis, spi- 
cutis, raclti crassA, clavata- 
Ohservavi frequenter in monte Sheopore Napaliae, nec alibi; florentein Aprili, Majo, 
fruetigeram Oetobre. 
Frutcx late volubilis et scandens, omnibus partibus glaberrima. liami numerosi, 
elongati, graciles, vix pennA anserina crassiores, fusci, calloso-punctati, epidermide 
tetate do mum solutA; tern Hi glaucescentes, rubicundi. Gemma parvoe, axillares, 
subcylindricae, acuta-, squamis oblongis, ciliatis, bifarie imbricantibus, quihusdain per- 
sistentibus, basesque ramulorum juniorum luxe ambientibus. Folia valde copiosa, appro- 
ximata, patentia, alterna, lanceolato-oblonga, 4-6-pollicaria, subcarnosa, ad lucern visa 
minutim pellucideque punctulata, acuminata, basi cuneata et per petiolum leviter decur- 
rentia, remote denticulate, dentibus subulatis, incrassato-subglandulosis, laetc vuidia, 
supra lucid a, novella rufescentia, aetate opaciora, subtus pallida, penninervia, costA gra- 
eiii. nervis obliquis, alternis, venis reticuiatis. Petiolus teres, gracilis, supra suleatus, 
pollicaris, basi inarticulatA, simplici. SHpula? nullse, nec nllum earum vestigium. Flores 
magni, admodum fragrantes, nutantes, axillares, solitarii, vel sparsi circum basin raino- 
rum novorum, globoso-eampanulati, pollicem transversum emetientes, exalbo flavicantes, 
extus versus basin saepe purpurascentes. Sepala novem, ternario ordine disposita, ovato- 
rotundata, obtusa, crassa et subcarnosa, mtegerrima, interiora sensim minora. Aesticatio 
laxe imbricuta, globosu. Peduncaltis teres, laxus, gracilis, bipollicaris, sequalis, basi 
ssepius squamuIA gem mace A unA altera ve minibus. Musculorum (fig. 6, 7.) stamina 
(fig. 8.) circlter iquadraginta, calyce parum breviora, clavata, aggregata in acervum ova- 
tuVn sttper reccptaculum carnosum, leviter elevatum (filamentorum bases connatoe ?). 
Filamvnta brevia, erecta, subulate, alba, earnosa. Anthcra ovatie, compressiusculie, ob¬ 
tusa-, disco earnosa-, utrinque dehiscent** locnlo angtisto, longitudinal!, extrorsuin verso; 
pollen albiduin. Nullum pistillorum rudimentum. Foeminei (fig. 1,2,3.) maseulis parum 
liiajores, sepala,pie exteriora saturatius colorala. Ovaria (fig. 4, 3.) admodum minuta, 
numerosa, lenticularia, extrorsuin oblique acuta, subtus gibboso-convexa, smsum notata 
tnor inula rectilineft, sessilia, spiraliter et densissime aggregate super receptaculum car- 
nos,mt, oblongum, sepala tnajora suba-quans. Ovula duo minutissiuia, lateri loculi mar- 
ginula- iste obverso adfixa, oblique pendula. Stylus nullus. Stigma sesstle, carnosum, 
byfdinum, scabriusculinn, perpcndiculare, utrinque liberum, ap.ee obtasum levtcrque 
recurvum, l.asi ovario adpressmn, medio apicula- lu,jus insert.,m. Baccw (fig 9, 10.) 
ovato-subreniformes, sessiles, coccineae, laeves, nitidte, magni,udine Uibtsi.e major,s, 
valde numerosce, superne apiculd lineolaqne brevi, fuse.), decurrente notate, biloculares, 
dispe.. disposita: in spicam lax6 pend,dam, digidum crassam, clavata,n, sex ad novem 
pollices longum, insidentem pedimeulo grucili, apice leviter incrussato, coeterum vero 
immntato. Rail,is earnosa et crassa, punctulata, flavicaris. Caro pallide rubra, mollis, 
lineam crassa. Semim (fig. 11, 12, 13, 14.) dua, fusca, lioriaontuliter unum super alto- 
rum posita, septa pulposo separata, reniformia, leviter eontplanata, lateribus convexis, 
Obtusa, bilo smsum, i. e. versus apieulam verticis bacc* spec,ante. Integmnentvm ex- 
terius ernstaceuin, laeve, sub lente minutim puncticulatum; *»teWwstenuissiinum, peris- 
permuiu arc to involvens. Perixpermum album, carnosum, teres, in figuram semiluna- 
rem curvatum. extremitatibus obtusis approximate, dorso convexo notatum fasciA vascu- 
