138 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
order without much violence to existing affinities. , : 
ith Dipterocarpeae it is associated on the one hand, by the wing-like expansion of its 
yynhous, by t : 
being twisted, not imbricative, and lastly, by the crumpled cotyledons. Much examination 
however is still required for the satisfactory elucidation of this very curious genus, but enough 
= been ascertained to shew that it is more nearly allied to Dipterocarpeae than to Malpig- 
iaceae. 
MALPIGHIA. of the same plant, or the one we had before us as 
M. heteranthera, (R. W.) Shrubby, ramous, leaves . indica is incorrectly described, as having the leaves 
roundish, armed with spiny teeth, glabrous: peduncles glabrous on both sides. This I have ascertained through 
monadelphous at the base, two of them much larger: Wita soft downy pubescence. The same I observe must 
styles three, all distinct, two larger much bent, th 
other ee and smaller: fruit composed of three first collected, as there are still some remains of it visi- 
1 pes. i 
Hab.—Uncertain, but supposed to have been t only be distinguished by the form of the wings of the 
to Madras from China. es iis beseh carpels, that is whether they are oblong or elliptic. 
und, — 
_,, This, as it appears in the Horticultural garden grow- This may be a good specific character, but not the 
ing in a flower pot, is a small, very ramous, erect, leafy Clothing. I have specimens of a third species, from 
hi ie b, + 2 
t 
diy. The petals are plai ual sized, fim ini ‘4 0 ; 
on th Pilargit, usually Leite Boge cetaicalle Se orbicular in place of elliptic; the leaves are nearly oval, 
a light rosy tinge. The fruit rare y arrives at maturity, cute at both ends, and glabrous, which marks, when add- 
but when it does seems to consist of three berries, ed to the diffuse few flowered panicles form a combination 
_ scarcely adherent except at the base, one usually much i 
which bore 
A aes _ Hl. indica, carpels each surrounded with an oblong- 
genus established by Rox- linearentire wing, = : 
‘rodromus, unless distin.  H. nutans, carpels “ surrounded with a large entire 
seem either but varieties reticulate scarious elliptical wing.” (Roxb.) 
