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■1. M. tomentosa, Mierf^ Conirib. i. 67 ; leaves subcoriaceous ovate- 

 oblong acute or acuminate densely pubescent beneath black when dry. 

 btenionurus ? foetidus, Wight Ic. 955. 



Western Penixpula, in the Nilghiri Mts., Wight, Hohenacker. 

 u ^^^^ *'^*^* ^^^'^ ^^ branches yellow, wrinkled. Leaves 4-7 bv 2-3 in., base 

 'i 'VV !' '^^''^'^^ prominent ; petiole i-f in., thinly tomei 



1.; peduncles very thick, half as lon£ 

 .,, _ ^^ --**^y^''", ^F'lower-huds oblon?^, obtuse. Flowers \ in., polygamous, 



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tomentose. Cymes terminal, corym- 



; t>^e,niaTiv-flowered.; peduncles very thick, half as long as the leaves, ultimate pedicels 

 snorter than the flower. Flower-buds oblons^, obtuse. Flowers I in., polygamous, 

 ; .yiilous externally, yellowish and very fetid. Petals oblong. Stamens glabrous. Ovary 

 ■ . ovoid; style cylindric. Drupe ^-J in., olive-shaped, purple, stone thin and soft. 



. ^. M. foetida, Miers Contrib, \, 64 (not Stemonurus foetidus, Wight) ; 

 leaves glabrescent ovate acuminate not black in drying, base rounded 

 Mappia fetida, ^('rfc?. ^/. ^y^z;, t. 141 (not the text). ;.. 



Western Peninsula ; Nikhiri Mts. and Mysore, Wight, &c. ^ 

 A large tree. Barh wrinkled. Leaves 2^-7 by 2-3f in., coriaceous, thinly pubes- 

 cent, ultimately glabrous ; petiole f-1 in. Peduncles half the length of the leaves, 

 ^ttened, ultimate .pedicels about ^^g- in., strigose. Flower-buds roundish-oblong. 

 Cflty^r minute, lobed, lobes rounded. Corolla hairy within. Anthers roundish. Ovary 

 nalt the length of the stamens. Dmpe oblong, obtuse, f by | in. 



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3. INC. ovata, Miers Contrib. i. 65 ; leaves glabrous but with a few tufts 

 Oi hairs in the axils of the nerves ovate-oblong abruptly and shortly acuini- 

 ^^te, base inequilateral acute. M. foetida a, Thwaites Enum: 43. M, Gard- 

 ^eriana and Wightiana, Miers Gontrib. i. 66, 67. 



Western Peninsula; hills of the Southern Carnatic and Travancor, Wight, &c. 

 ^Evi^N, ascending to 7000 ft. 



^ranchlets angular. Leaves 64 by 2^ in., shining above, glaucous beneath with 

 ^sinous spots; petiole 2-2^ in. Panicle terminal, pedicels strigose. Flotcer-buds 

 ^vate. Flowers ^ in. Calyx cup shaped, 5-toothed, strigose. Petals 5, oblong, acute, 

 "innate at the base, hairy on the inner surface. Filaments subulate, glabrous, anthers 

 tW' ^^"'^' Ovary ovoid, hairy, tapering into a club-shaped style and ^surrounded at 

 :?? base by an hypogynous cup-shaped disk. Fruit J in. bjr ^ in., ovoid, acute, stone 

 ^™, l-seeded ; cotyfedons large, flat, leafy, palminer%'ed ; radicle thick, albumen fleshy. 

 ^Inere is a little difiFerence in the shape of the leaves in the Cingalese specimens, the 

 ase beiug more rounded and the petiole not so long. 



^ M. oblong-a, Miers Confrih. i. 65 ; leaves oblong acute at botli ends, 

 ^abrous except along the nerves or sparingly setose, 1 Dak. d- Gibs. Bomb. 

 *'• 28. M. Championiana, Miers Lc. 66. M. foetida /?, Thaiks Enum. 43. 



■^"^mERN Peninsula; in the Concan, JDalzell; Travancor, Wight; Ceylo.v, 



T™gto 7000 ft., C'Aawmcm. . , , 



■>A tree. Leaves 4-7 hy 2 k-3 m.; petiole l-U in. ; cymes terminal, lax, pubes- 



^n' ; ultimate pedicels as long as the flowers. Flowers * in., pilose. Frmt f in , 



. JJ<jd^blong, puiple._The plant inteuJcd by Dalzell and Gibson may be M. tomentosa 



;.r^f«- ^Wi>?;ea, Miers, I.e., branches angular, leaves smaller ovate acute. " Cordia," 

 "^a'l- Cat. 9064.— Travancor. 





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Trees.' 2eave5 alternate, petiolate, simple conaceous. Flowers po]y- 

 gmous; males in globose beads, borne on sbort spikes ; /W.s shortly 

 '^icelled. Sepals 5. distinct, imbricat«,;:t„C^?'?/^ .V'^"'f ' ^'^^ 5-parted. 

 ^((irneiis 5, alternate'with the petals, adherent to the tube of the coroHa : 

 =>athers oVoid-oblong: dorsifixed, '2-lobed, dehiscing longitudinally. Duik 



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