116 A S > ' A L S OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
acute or acuminate, entire or minutely and remotely serrate, bnse acute, glabrous or
glaberulous above cxcept the li to 18 pairs of bold spreadiug pubescent nerves, under
surface minutely tomentose; length of blade 5 to 10 in.; breadth 3 to 4 in., petiole
about 1 in. i'lowers about 3 in. in diam., axillary, solitary, on slender tomentose
peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, or in few-flowered, Hnear-bracteolate pedunculate racemes.
¿'<7>ats 5, ovate-oblong, velvety-tomentose externally, glabrous internally, 2'eMs 5, obovate,
palo yellow, veined, wavy, .itowija^ indefinite, in several series nearly ires; anthers linear,
erect, opening by apical pores. Pislils about 12, with linear recurved stigmas, ovules
numerous. Follicles with several compressod arillate seeds. DUlcnia vielmmccfoUa, Hook,
fil. & Th. Fl. Jir. Ind. I, 36.
Malacca, Pei-ak.
OrigiDnl'y desoribeJ as a DiUeiua hy Sir Josopli Hooker wlio had not seen the fruit.
Plate 130. Wormia meUoim.rfolia. King. 1, branch with solitary Howet just opeain-.? i 3, l.rnneh with
ust oiwning; 3, fully eipanded no^ret dissectcd; 4, flowor after tlic pctols have fnllon off, slion-ia({ tlio
sppuls; 5, rip« follÌBles: of n
«; 6, anther: enlarged.
PLATE 131.
COCCULUS Kunstleei, King in Jonrn. As. Soc. Bengal, for 18i.9, pt. 2, p. 28.
Nut, Ord. Menispermacece.
A glabrous climber. Young branches striate, pale. Leaves membi-anous, with long
petioles, peltate, rotund, acute; nerves 9, radiating from the petiolar insertion, thin but
prominent on the pale under surface; length of blade 3-25 to 4 in., breadth about
3 in., or less; petiole slender, terete, not dilated at the base, about 3 in. long. Panid'-s
racemoid, in fascicles of 2 to 4 from ilat warty tubercles on the stem, narrow, the
lateral branches only about -5 in. long, few-flowered. Sepals 6, 2-seriatc, the outer
smaller. Feiak C, rhomboid, smaller than the sepals. Male floiver; stamens 6, each
embraced by a petal; filaments free, clavate; anthers broad, 4-celied. Female Jlozocr;
sfaminodcs 6 or 0. Bipe drupes 1 to 1-25 in. long, and about -7 in. broad, narrowly
sub-obovoid, compressed; pnricarp of a thin pulp; endocarp horny, narrowly horso-shoeshaped,
the edge boldly ridged, the sides with deep radiating grooves and the central
part with a deep vertical hollow; embryo sausage-shaped, bent along the circumferentiiil
chamber of the endocarp.
Perak, Ulu Bubong; King' s collector, Nos. 4417 and 10282.
This tns the flower of Oocvulas, but the fruit of Stephanin. It ooraos nearest to the Indian
C. macrocarp'is, whieli has a similar though smaller fruit, and, like that species, would belong to Mier's
genus DiploclMd. It must be near D. pidinervls oi that author.
Platb 131. CoKulaa KmHleri, King. 1, brauoh wiih leares; 2, raceme.like paoicles of male-flowers removed
from the stem; 3, panicles with ripe fruit also from the stem; 4 and 6, seeds: of natural size; 6, male dowor disseot<;d,
tlie six sepals beic^ detached; 7, pnther embraced by a petal; 8 anther: cnlargtd.
PLATE 132.
Cyclla elegans. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for
Nat. Ord. Menispermaceoe.
i9, pt. 2, p. 387.
Scandent; young brandies .spirally striate, puberulous, as are the petioles and
panicles; otherwise glabrous. Leaves slightly peltate, mombninous, shining on both
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surfaces, tlie reticulations minute, distinct, ovate to ovate-oblong, sh rtly acuminate
the base votindeJ. or cordate, 7-nerved (4 oE the nerves minute) ; length of blade 3 to 4
in., breadth 1'5 to 2 in., petiole about 1 in. Main and female pnniclos sub-equal, slender,
solitary, axillary, shorter than the leave«. Male Jlowors crowded, minute; sepals
4, connate into an inflated 4-lobed calyx. Petals 4, more or loss connate into a
4-l(»bed corolla. Anthers 4, connate, crowning the staminnl column, bursiing transversely.
Female flower-, sepal 1, oblong. Fe/al 1, orbicuhir. Ooary Ì; stylo short, 3-to 5-lobed,
lobes radiating. Drupe pisiform, slightly compressed, stylc-scar subbusal; evdocarp
horse-shoo-shaped, dorsally tuborcled, sides convtix, 2-locollate, pulp thin, iieed curved;
cotyledons slender, ^-terete, appresscd.
Perak; at elevations of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet; King's collector, Scortechiui. A slender ereoper
15 to 25 ieet long: not common.
Plate 13'2. Cyclea eUgam, King. 1, flowering branch: of nuUval s
5 and 6, male flowers ; 7, stuminal column ; S, anliiers : snlaygad.
PLATE 133A.
li; 3 (iiid i, eoihryoi
Cleome Hollkttii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pt. 2, p. 392.
Nat. Ord. Capporideat.
A much-branched, sub-decumbent, small shrub; the stem striate, puberulous, and
with a few short prickles iu distant pairs. Leaves dimorphous; those of the lower
part of the stem petiolate, trifoliolate, the leaflets obovate; those of the upper part
simple, sessile, ovate; all pubescent and from -o to -75 in. long. Flowers solitary,
axillary, about -o in. in diam., on slender pedicels longer than the leaves. Sepals 4,
ovate, spreading, much smaller than the petals. Pet'/Is 4, rotund, naixowly clawed.
Stamens 6, the filaments longer than the anthers. Ovary sessile, oblung, style 0.
C'n'sules terete, striate, glabrous, from 1 to 1-5 in. long; seeds large, murieate the
embryo curved.
Singapore, in dry place by roadsides.
This is allied to the Peninneuliu' Indian species C. uspcru, Koen, and C. Jiur " I , AV. & A .
but differs from both in its dimorphous leaves,
Plate 133A. Cleome ITul/eitii, King. 1, branch in flower and fruit; 2, ripe capsule dehiscing: 0/ xaiitra/ she;
3, flower dissected ; 4, serda: ealar gei.
Cappakis, Linu.
Trees or shrubs, erect, decumbent or climbing, unarmed, or with stipular thorns.
Leaves simple, rarely 0. Flozoers white or coloured, often handsome. Sepals 4, free,
imbricate in 2 series, or 2 outer subvalvate. Petals 4, sessile, imbricate. Stamms
indefinite, V inserted on the torus at the base of the long gynophore. Ovary stalked.
1 to 4-celled; stigma sessile; ovules many, on 2 to 6 parietal placentas. Fruit
fleshy, rarely bursting by valves. Seeds many, imbedded in pulp, testa cnistaceous or
coriaceous; cotyledons convolute.
ANN. ROY. 13ot. Gauix CAJ.C., VOL. V.