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of reticulate veins, which anastomose with distinct intramarginal 
veins. Calyx glabrous, nearly valvate. Anthers hispid; no 
appendix. Ovary free, glabrous ; style filiform, articulate with 
ovary. 
12. STEMONOPORUS NERVOSUS, Trimen, Fl. Ceylon, i. (1893) 136. 
— Vateria nervosa, Tw. in [London] Journ. Bot. xxiii. (1885) 206. 
13. ? S. Moouir, Tw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. (1859) 39; Trimen, FI. 
Ceylon, i. 137.— Vateria Moonii, Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. (1864) 
408 ; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 316. 
15. MoworonaNnna, Thw. 
Characters of Stemonoporus, with the following exceptions:— 
Tertiary nerves not conspicuous. Stamens 5, episepalous. Ovary 
generally 2-celled, rarely 3-celled. 
1. M. CORDIFOLIA, Thw. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. (1854) 
70; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. fase. 17, t. 258 F ; Trimen, Fl. 
Ceylon, i. 137 ; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 317.—Vateria 
cordifolia, Tw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 404; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 101. 
Pedicels nearly as long as calyx; receptacle broadly obconical. 
Calyx glabrous; petals glabrous. Ovary 2-celled (Herb. Kew) 
(Beddome, 3-celled), slightly puberulous, gradually narrowed into 
cylindrical fleshy style; stigma unilateral. Fruiting-calyx ad- 
pressed to fruit; pericarp thickly coriaceous. 
2. M. ELEGANS, Thw. in Hook. Journ. Bot. vi. (1854) 69, 
t. e Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 317 ; Trimen, Fl. Ceylon, 
1. 138. 
Pedicels equal to calyx, which is pubescent; petals glabrous. 
Ovary 2-celled. Fruiting-calyx reflexed. Unripe seeds have 
thin fleshy cotyledons, emarginate at apex. Cells contain starch. 
16. Varerta, Linn. 
(Including Vateriopsis, Heim.) 
Large evergreen trees with coriaceous leaves ; stipules narrow, 
deciduous. Flowers large, pedicellate, in axillary and terminal 
panicles. Calyx-segments imbricate. Stamens 40-80, the outer 
smaller. Anthers sessile or on very short filaments, linear ; cells 
