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[Miliusa, 



J-1 in. ; bracteoles 2-3, basal. Sepals and outer petals subequal, ciliate ; inner 

 petals glabrous except tbe thickened margin near the tip. Ovaries about 13, glabrous; 

 style oblong or globose; ovules 1-2. Carpels pisiform; stalks ^l in. . . ' 



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Trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled. 

 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; outer small, like the sepals; 

 inner mucli larger, erect or conniving, base saccate. Stamens indefinite ; 

 anther-cells dorsal, contiguous ; connective produced into a conspicuous 

 appendage. Ovaries indefinite ; ovules 6 or more. Ripe carpels subglo- 

 bosc—DisTRiB. Species 5, Eastern Asiatic, with one Australian.— Re4ucea 

 to MUiusa by Baillon (Hist, des Plantes, 244). ' * .;i 



1. S. longrlflorum, H.f. <Sc T. Fl Ind. 151 ; leaves ovate-oblong or 

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 peduncles very short solitary in the old axils, inner petals oblong-lanceolate 

 carpels glabrous. • • 



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A tree ; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 8 by 3 in., thin, coriaceous, appressecl-pubes- 



cent beneath; petiole J in. Peduncles ^ in. ; downy. Sepals and outer petals Jm-* 



oblong ; inner petals 1^ in., tapering to an obtuse point, fiiin, downy, base subsaccate. 



Carpels l-lj in. diam., berried, black ; stalk | in. . /^ ' '. 



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2. S. tomentosum, /T./. d: T. Fl. Ind. 152; leaves ovate or ovate- 

 oblong acute glabrous above except the midrib pubescent or tomentose 

 beneath, flowers cymose, peduncles long, inner petals oblong obtuse. Bed- 

 dome Ic. PL Ltd. Or. t. 49. LFvaria tomentosa, Poxb. Cor. PL i. t. 35; 

 FL Ind. ii. 667; WalL Cat. 6472 ; IT. <j& A Prodr. 8. T 



Terai of Nepal at Gorakpore, Orissa, and Behar, from the CoNCAH^to 

 Travancor. '^ 



A large tree; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by 2 J~3 in., sometimes gja^^*'"^ 

 when old, base obliquely cordate, pale beneath ; petiole \ in. Flowers few, in 1^^^' 

 opposed or subterminal cymes, appearing with the leaves in short leafy brancnes J 

 peduncles 2-3 in., slender, downy. Sepah and outer petals J in. ; Inner petals | ^^n 

 oblong, obtuse, downy. Carpels 1 in. diam., purple, 3-4 seeded; stalk 4 i^- — Inter- 

 mediate between Milinsa and Saccopetalum. /^ 



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 obtusely acuminate glabrous. — Uvaria sclerocarpa, A. DC. in Mem. G 

 V. 27 ; WalL Cat. 6461 ; H.f. <& T. FL Ind. loa 



Martabax, WaUich. 



A tree, branches glabrous. Leaves 4-5 by 2-2| in., thin, coriaceous, base a H*"® 



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 Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series, larger than the sepals* 

 equal or the inner rather smaller. Torus cylindric or hemispheric. jSta^^^ 

 indefinite, loosely packed; anther-cells dorsal, contiguous; connective api- 

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