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Tetractmia.] xxxiri. rutace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 401 



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filaments 



f if ? 'i ^^^^^^^^^' flattish or pulvinate, obtusely 4-angle(l Stamens 8. 

 omT •! t ^^^"'^te with the petals, 4 smaller with imperfect anthere (or 0) 

 siiK f f n P^^^^^ ^^^ partially adnate to them at the base ; fi 

 «^tuate, flattened at the base; anthers 2-lobed, dorsifixeJ. Ovari/ 

 ^ersed m the centre of the disk, 4-celled, with 4 free projecting lobes ; 

 otqI ??^^ the base, connate above, stigma capitate obscurely 4-lobed ; 

 obW o ^*^^'?'*^^^1 i" ^^ch cell. Fruit of 4 coriaceous laterally compressed 

 scDap^- tf^ ^^^P^^®' splitting ventrally, the horny endocarp partially 



wiVi ] ^' k ^ inserted towards the base of the carpels (nucleus small 

 a large oblong obtuse membranous wing, embryo unknown).— Distriu. 

 ^^ree species, natives of the Malayan Peninsula and Borneo. 



DiL^^7 u '^f^^^^ ^^°"^' ^^'^^ ^ fi^d in no Indian Herbarium but Maingay's, who 

 nod2t h ^^^^^^^ '" 3867-8, and describes ^. majus in hh Mss. as a Bio^mea, 

 ^inlv * "^l^^'^s^ ef the staminodes, and the leaves as alternate, in which he is cer- 

 from p"^^'^ P"® ^*^ these two is, however, the Mdicope tetrandra of Koxburgh, 



aad see!?^'^'^^' ^.^ ^® nearly allied to Evodia, differing in the staminodes, valvate petals 

 BeccaH f g *^"'^ species (JI. Beccarii, Hook, f.) tvom Borneo was dL^covered by Dr. 

 cjaes T r"^^''^^^^ (^^- 1880), it has obovate leaves and small trichotomous glabrous 

 feet) L . p'^^y^ *lescribed the seeds as I found them \n H. majus (vjXnoh are imper- 

 in a veil "^^ ■J^''^^ describes them in his Mellcope tetrandra as oblong and immerse*! 



'*PrecisT '^ ^^^^' ■'• ^^^® "^ ^^^^^ of this sj^ecies, but the structure of the capsule 

 oeijas in H. majus, 



riahrS **^^J^»» ^^'^^^^ / ; leaflets 8 in. obovate rounded at the tip, cymes 



e^aorous or nearly so. 



A^tJe^e^t ^^t^'^y {^^^ distrxh, 290). 

 l^rk J ^ranchleta stout, woody, as thick as the finger, covered with rough brown 



'%ht]y8 ^f* apparently crowded on the branchlets; petiole 2-2^ in., stout, terete, 

 **'^eba^ ? *^ *^^ ^^^® ^"^ apex; leaflets very coriaceous, quite entire, narrowed 

 ^' ^(^i ^ i,^ ^^^^ *^''^ "'^^^^ obscure darker spots, nerves numerous slender spread- 

 copjcliai!! above, beneath with minute prominent gland-dots crowned with micros- 

 ^i^<^«4^'-^^^"'^^ reticulate, obscure, most visible on the upper surface (Maingay). 

 ^ altem /°' 1 *™*' opposite, glabrous or minutely pubescent, branches stout spread- 

 f^celieJ^ ^^ branchlets opposite; bracts minute, persistent. Flowers k in. diam., 

 ^l>fk n ^^''^f^^olate, glabrous. Filaments exceeding the petals and style. liipe 

 the carDe) . *^^^^ * "*• ^*^"^' obtusely keeled at the back. Seeds nearly as long as 

 ^ > "ucleus basal, oblique, very much smaller than the oblong wing. 



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ot'ttMv****^"''^''"' ^(^^- /• J leaflets 3-5 in. elliptic or cuneate-obovate 

 /«(/ ii ^..^^oiinate, cymes pubescent. Melicope tetrandra, Hoxb. 11. 



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Diffe*rt"fV ^"^^Z '■ ^'^cxroRE, Maiugay (KewdlstHb. 278, 2). , . , . 



**<*-ou;i J ""V**-* conspicuously in size, the branchlets not being thicker than a 

 ■^^atlonf'k*, ^^^ ^^"'^'•s k in. diam., and ripe carpels | in. long. lu texture an-.l 

 ceous pubg^ leaflets are identical ; the cymes of this are laxly clothed with a turfura- 



7. MEZiZCOFE, Forst. 



pOncS^' ^^^^ opposite (in the Indian species) 1-3-fpIiolate, pelliicid- 

 ^PartitP V^"*^'* small, in axillary cymes or panicles. Cali/x 4^1<)bed or 

 entire or fiiu^^* 4, sessile, spreading, valvate oi- imbricate, pif Urge, 

 *^'5se onn • ^^ "'■ obsolete. Stamens 8, inserted at the base of the disk, 

 oblone ™'^e the petals shorter, filaments subulate or flattened; anthers 

 *lbtennT'^?'^*^^*e. OmW4-ceUed, deeply 4-lobed ; style basilar or styles 4, 





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