Monoporandra.] xxv. dipterocarpe^. (W. T. Thiselton Djer.) 317 



randra does not differ from the Stemonoporus section of Valeria (with which 

 genus Thwaites now unites it) except in the number of stamens. Thwaites 

 however figured and described the ovary as 2-celled,and from the examina- 

 ton of M, cordi/olia I find this to be correct. 



1. M. cordifolia, Thwaites in Hook. JournJBot vi. (1854) 70 ; Enum. 39 * 

 leaves ovate shortly caudate-acuminate base cordate or rounded midrib and 

 meral nerves depressed above, panicles about 1 in. many-flowered. A. DC. 

 rrodr. xvi. 2, 237. Vatcria cordifolia, Thwaites Enum. 404. 



Ceylon; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, elevation about 3000 ft., Thwaites. 

 1 ^'^'^^^^^^■s^zed much branched tree ; young parts puberulous or glabrescent. Leaves 

 .2^7 l"2i in., glabrous on both surfaces, opaque above, lateral nerves about 7 pairs; 

 petiole \-l in., tumid at the apex. Flowers drooping, jellow. Calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acute. Fruit the size of a pea, brown, mottled. 



2. M. elegans, Thwaites in Hooh Joum, BoL vi (1854) 69, t. 2 B ; 

 ^nmii, 39 ; leaves elliptic abruptly and slenderly caudate-acuminate midrib 

 Repressed lateral nerves prominent above, peduncles 1-4-flowered about 

 fin. A, DC. Prodr, xvi. 2, 636. Vateria elegans. Thwaites Enum. 404, 



CEYum; Saffragam district, alt. about 2000 ft., Thwaites. 

 oWo^^ ^^^^^'f^^.^^ **'®^.' young parts glabrescent. Leaves 2^-3 by f-1 in., base 



lanceolate, pulverulent. Eruit 



oiuse or rounded, lateral nerves about 10 pairs; petiole J in. Calyx segments linear- 



elnvl 8 .-^^^"^^ oblong, obtuse, pale-yellow. Anthers laucec 

 6 ODOse, ^5 m. diam., with a drooping peduncle. 



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Tinn* *7i^^^^^^* fruiting specimen of a large tree collected bj Major Beddome in South 

 iveilv and there called Karanyongoo, appears to belong to a new genus intermediate 



ttLT"^^^*^' glabrous, 'stHat^: 

 «iiclosing the superior radicle. 



Seed solitary ; cotyledons fleshy, deeply 2-fid, 



XXVI. MALVACEiE. (By MaxweU T. Masters, F.R.S.) 



.Herbs, shrubs or 



with 



densplw """^^""o inner uarK ; neroaceous puitiuns gcnci«iaj i^iv^.^ v/» ^v.^^ 



lobed ^^^^^^d with stellate hairs. Zeaves alternate, palminerved, simple 

 or J: '^ ""^^^ely compound. Stipules free, sometimes caducous. Bracteoles 3 

 calvt 'ot'^**^^'"^'^ or approximate, free or combined, '^ft^n forming an em- 



P^T^ .^^.''n^aphrodite or 1 -sexual. Sejxd 



3led or cymoso-paniculate, 

 valvate, free or connate. 



the 



petals 



-^ciiiiHpnroaite or 1-sexual. Sepals 5, vaivaie, iree or uouxiiite. 

 twisted-imbricate. Stamens oo , rarely definite, adnate to the base of 



iltimnLi '^"S ^^ reniform, cells sinuous or twisted, linear or annu ar, 

 Jnurio^,! V l:celled, bursting longitudinally: pollen globose, granular, 

 caroek fu" ,^f^*'2' 2- many- celled, entire, or lobed, of 2-5 or usually more 

 tieij ipnS.u ^ ^°"nd a central axis; styles connate below or throughout 

 fiiore o^. J stigmas linear peltate spathulate or capitate ; ovules 1 or 

 indehi^?I!f'^' attached to the inner angle of each carpel FruU of dry 

 and TnnA ^'^ ^dehiscent cocci, or capsular and loculicidal, sometimes large 

 ,J^^.^, Seeds reniform or obovid. dabrous hairy silky or wooUy; 



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