1585. MicROPYxis TENELLA (R. W., Centunculus 

 tenellay Duby in DC. Prod.), small, erect, simple or 

 ramous from the base ; branches erect: leaves broad, 

 ovate, subacute, entire, sub-sessile or contracting 

 into a petiol : flowers axillary: peduncles slender, 



shorter than the leaves: lobes of the calyx linear- flowering March and April, 

 lanceolate, acuminato-subulate, about equaling the The flower of this species agrees so well with 

 corolla : corolla deciduous, urceolate at the base, the magnified flower of Roxburgh's M. kexandra as 



lanceolate, acute : sterile stamens about the length 

 of the filaments, broad obovate, fimbriated on the 

 margin : fruit globose, depressed above, about six- 

 seeded. 



Coimbatore district, in the neighbouring jungles, 



capsule equaling the calyx. Duby. 



Pulney Mountains, September. I learn from Dr. 

 . Arnott that this plant is identical with Wallich's 

 Lysimachia tenella. The analysis which accom- 

 panies the figure will at once show that its flowers 

 are quinary not quaternary and hence that it is a 

 Micropyxis not Centunculus which has tetramerous 

 flowers. Both Dr, Arnott and Sir W. Hooker agree 

 in considering this identical with AL pumila^ a 

 Brazilian and Australian plant, information on which 

 I should certainly have acted had not the specific 

 name "tenella" been already given. 



1586« JMiMusops Elingt (Linn.), leaves elliptic, 

 oblong, obtusely acuminate, glabrous: fascicles axil- 

 lary, 3-(>flowered ; pedicels shorter than the petiols, 

 rusty-pubescent: lobes of the calyx lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, equal, the four exterior ones externally 

 ferrugineo-velutinous, glabrous within, equaling the 



corolla. 



Widely diffused over India. The specimens 



figured grew in Coimbatore where, however, it is 

 rather rare. It has been already figured by both 

 Roxburgh and Rheede, and might have been dis- 

 pensed with in this work except for comparison 

 with the two following. 



to give rise to a suspicion that his figure is made 

 up of two plants. The short petiols, long pedicels 

 and very different form of the fruit, show that this is 

 undoubtedly a distinct species. Like the two pre- 

 ceding species the flowers vary in the number of 

 their parts. 



1588~bis, DiospYRos capitulata 9 (R. W), for 



the character of this species see No, 1224. When 



the male plant was figured, the female specimens 



were overlooked; I have therefore, to complete the 



representation of the species, introduced it in this 



It only diflfers from the male in having 



solitary flowers. The specimens are unfortunately 

 all in fruit. 



place. 



1589. IsoNAiVDRA POLTAWDRA (R. W.), arborcous 

 leaves oblong, oval, acuminated, glabrous: fascicles 

 axillary, 3-5-flowered ; pedicels shorter than the 

 petioles: calyx 4-lobed, about the length of the cor- 

 olla, very obtuse: corolla 8-cleft: stamens 16, all 

 fertile : anthers cuspidate : ovary hairy, 8-celIed, 

 with a single erect ovule in each. 



Malacca, Griffith. The specimens from which 

 the drawing was made were received from, the late 

 Mr. Griffith without any note regarding the tree. 



The species is allied to Sir W. Hooker's /. Percha^ 



^^^„ ,, T / Ai u T\n \ u u butdifl^ers in the greater number of the parts of its 



1587. MiMUSOPS INDICA (Alph. DC), branches fl^^^, ^nd rpll« nf th^ nv.rv. ^ 



glabrous; leaves approximated on the ends of the 

 branches, oval-obovate, very obtuse, emarginate, 

 glabrous; with 2-3-flowers, in the axils: pedicels 

 glabrous, reflexed, shorter than the petiols: lobes of 

 the calyx reflexed, three exterior ones ovate acute, 

 glabrous, on both sides, sub-velutinous on the mar- 

 gin: three interior ones narrower, ovate, whitish on 

 the back: corolla about the length of the calyx; 

 12 exterior lobes reflexed, 6 interior ones erect: 

 sterile stamens deeply bifid. 



Coimbatore, in forests about the foot of the adjoin- 

 ing hills, flowering March and April. This so nearly 

 accords with the figure of Roxburgh's M, hexandra 

 that for a long time I supposed it that species and 

 still suspec^that it really is so, but at the same time 

 it must be admitted, that neither the magnified figure 

 of the flower nor the description of Roxburgh's plant, 

 agrees with the flower of this species, while with 

 some very slight differences it closely agrees with 

 Alph. DCs character of M. Indica. I therefore 

 adopt his name. In the analysis there are two 

 sets of flowers represented, one with 6 the other 

 with 8 stamens ; they were both taken off' the same 

 branch. The characteristic feature of this plant 

 is the very short pedicels of the flowers and the 

 deeply divided glabrous sterile filaments. 



1588. MiMCsops RoxBURGHiANA (R. W.), leaves 

 obovato-oval, obtuse at both ends, or sometimes 

 slightly cordate at the base, short petioled, glabrous: 

 fascicles 2-3-flowered, axillary; pedicels filiform, 

 about thrice the length of the petiols: calyx 6-8- 

 lobed ; lobes ovate, acute, about the length of the 



flower and cells of the ovary. 



1590. SlDEROXTLOIN^ ATTEJSUATUM (Alph. DC), 



branches ferrugineo-puberulous at the apex: leaves 

 obovate, oblong, entire, acuminate at the base, coria- 

 ceous, shining above ; the younger ones ferrugineo- 

 sericeous on both sides, the older ones glabrous: 

 pedicels axillary, aggregate, about 4 times shorter 

 than the petioles, and like the calyx ferrugineo- 

 sericeous : lobes of the calyx roundish : corolla 

 deeply 5-cleft, glabrous, a little longer than the 



calyx, lobes obtuse : interior lacineae irregularly 

 lobed. 



Malacca, Griffith. This species is introduced 

 principally for the sake of the genus which I have 

 not hitherto had an opportunity of introducing into 

 this work. 



1591. Samaria Rheedii (R. W.), shrubby, scan- 

 dent; floriferous ramuli sub-bifarious, ascending: 

 leaves petioled, ovate-elliptic, entire, sub-acuminate, 

 glabrous, coriaceous : spikes axillary, usually solitary, 

 numerous towards the extremeties of the ramuli ; 

 from J to ^ the length of the leaves : flowers short 

 pedicelled, each furnished with a small ovate bract: 

 calyx lobes broad ovate, dentate on the margin: 

 lobes of the corolla scarcely cohering at the base, 

 ovate obtuse, ciliate towards the apex: stamens 

 scarcely exceeding the petioles : anthers glandu- 

 loso-cuspidate : drupe about the size of a pea, one- 

 seeded. 



Malabar, Neilgherries, flowering during the rainy 

 season. Flowers greenish white. On the supposi- 

 tion that this is Rheede's Pu Walli. 7. tab. 42. I 



corolla, ferrugineo-velutinous: lobes of the corolla have dedicated the species to the original discoverer. 



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