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T^-i ^0- ; "bracts minute. Flowers variable in size, l-\ in. diam., heavj-scented ; buds 

 oblong. Petals narrow-oblong, subacute, finely pubescent. Stamens altematelj longer; 

 anthers didyraous. Ovary usually hairy ; 2-7- but usually 5-celled. Berrij ovoid or 

 oblong, as large as a large pea, yellow. Seed nearly as long. — There is a specimen from 

 N.W. India in Royle's Herbarium, but probably from a garden, as be makes no mention 

 of it in his Illustrations of Himalayan Plants. Ihe following varieties are established 

 ty Prof. Oliver ; — 



Var. 1 ; leaflets 2J-3i by 1-1 1 in., calyx subentire, style equalling or exceeding the 

 ovary. Bergera villosa, Wall. Cat 6372. Cookia punctata, Hassk. ; Miq^. FL Ind. Bat. 

 i. pL. 2, 524. — Penang (Java, Philippines). 



Var. 2 ; leaflets 34-6 by 1-1 J-2 in., cymes broader, flowers larger, calyx with trian- 

 gular lobes.—B. integerrima, Boxh. I.e.; DC. Prod{r, i. 537. B. villosa, Wall Cat. 

 6372. — Sikkim, ascending to 4000 ft. ; Nipal, Assam, Birma, 



Var. 3; leaflets narrower 1^-3^ by 4-1^ in., calyx lobulate, style often exceeding 

 the ovary. — Ceylon. . ! 



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tomentose, 



leaflets 10-25 obscurely toothed, cymes densely tomentose almost hirsui 

 ovary 5-celled, stigma about as broad as the style, berry very hairy. 

 Aunmtiacea, Wall. Cat. 8516. 



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Penang, Jac\ Porter, &c.; Sincafore, Wallich ; Pegu, McLelland; Tenassekim, 

 Griffith J Heifer. — Distiub. Philippine Islds. 



Very like M. puhescemy and probably only a variety of that plant, but more tomen- 

 tose, especially the inflorescence, which is almost hirsute, as is the berry. The flowers 

 are as small as the smallest var. of M. nuhp.fice.ns. 



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tJnarei«d shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets alternate, 

 petioled base oblique or cuneate. Flowers solitary and axillary, or iB 

 terminal corymbs or axillary cymes. Cal^x 5-fid or -partite. I^etals 5, 

 free, imbricate. ^Stamens 10, inserted round an elongate disk, filaments 

 linear-subulate, the alternate shorter ; anthers short, small. Ovarff 

 2-5-celled, narrowed into a long deciduous style, stigma capitate ; ovules 

 sohtarj^ or 2 superimposed or collateral in each cell Berry 1-2-cellea, 

 oblong or ovoid, 1-2-seeded. Seed with a woolly or glabrous testa; 

 cotyledons equal.— DiSTEiB. Species 4, tropical Asiatic. 



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Vt. exotlcai Linn. ; leaves glabrous 3-8-foliolate, le; 

 ;s terminal corymbose. Oliv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. Si(ppl 



leailets oblique 



11. Ind. ii. 374 ; Wall. Cat. 6368 : ThwaUes Enum. 45 ; Wight Ic. t. a" . 



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Chalcas 



lor. Sylvat. Anal 

 intermedia ayid Q 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from Garwhal to Assam and BiKMA, an^ 

 southward to Chittagong, Tkavancor, and Ceylon.— Distkib. Eastward to tmna, 



Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 



A very variable evergreen plant, of which two forms occur— a bushy aBa a ^" 

 arboreous. Branches slender, young parts pubescent. Leaves 4-5 m- J ^^r^l^ 

 shortly petioled, 1-3 in., ovate or obovate, or rhomboid, obtuse or obtusely acummaif 

 and often notched at the tip, usually very oblique at the base, shining above, quj 

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campanulate, 4 in. diam., pure white, very fragrant. Sepals glandular, acute;_ /^^^ 

 oblong-lanceolate, spreading above. /Seamen* alternately longer. V Ovarj/2'Cene^ 

 Btyle slender, sti^nna caoitate: ovnlps Qnlitarvin Pflr-li /^^ll or 9 fiiinerDOsed. . Berry i •> 



superposei, , Berry 



Va&. rj^i&mbby, corymbs many-flowered, ovafy2-ceIIed.--M. efonca, ^^^• 





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