144 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
but agree with Jack in considering the number of petals 5, of which three only are petaloid, and 
the other two bifid and adnate to the base of the two fertile stamens, It appears to me, how- 
ever, that in reality, in M. simplicifclia at least, there is very great irregularity in the propor- 
tion of the parts of the flower; in the calyx I find six pieces, two very minute and external, two 
larger, but uneqnal, next the first, and two more, also unequal,in the inside; petals I see only 3, 
on the face of the largest of which is a distinct trace of a rudimentary scale; the stamens are 5, 
three of them being deformed, lobed, and opposite to the three petals, the other two fertile, 
alternating with two of the petals, with a membranous tooth on each side at the base (not the 
apex, as Roxburgh has it), and a remarkable saucer-like connective, on the upper face of which 
grow two anther-cells, the valves of which are extremely unequal. I do not, therefore, perceive 
how the genus differs from Sapindaceae, except in the pisil being composed of two carpels in- 
stead of three. But although the number three is what usually prevails in Sapindaceae, yet 
there are instances of two in Schmidelia, Lina, &c. and of four in Talisia and Dodonaea.”’ 
GeroerapaicaL Distrisution. The genus Millingtonia has a wide range though as yet 
limited to few species. Roxburgh received his specimens from Silhet, of the only two species 
e knew, since then, I have received specimens from various parts of the Peninsula, Ceylon and 
Maulmain. Dr. Wallich has also found two, distinct from Roxbargh’s, one of which, .¥. pun 
is found in the Peninsula, 7. Arnottiana is a native of the more elevate? regions of both Cey- 
Jon and the Peninsula, my continental specimens are from the Neilgherries The leaves in this 
species are unequally pinnated, which at once distinguishes it from Roxburgh’s . pinnata, 
which has abruptly pinnated leaves. 
Propertirs AND Uses. Nothing is known on this head except that the timber of some of 
_ the species is used for various purposes by the natives of the districts where they grow. 
Remarks on Genera ann Species. Of this order only one genus is yet known, that from 
which it takes its name. Of the species now 5 in number, Roxburgh knew only two, J/. sim- 
plicifolia and M. pinnata, to these Dr. Wallich -has added MM. dilleniifolia and M. pungens, 
the last Mf. Arnottiana is now for the first time published under that generic name, and is @ 
native of both the Peninsula and of Ceylon. The characters of two Species are already pub- 
lished in our Prodromus, those of the remaining three I shall introduce here with the view of 
making them better known to Indian Botanists. 
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_ MILLINGTONIA. two of them bracteiform: the exterior petals roundish, 
M. dilleniifolia, (Wall.) Leaves simple, elliptic, ob- the interior ones cleft to near the middle equalliug the 
long, attenuated at the base, pubescent beneath; the petals. , 
secondary nerves parallel, straight, extending beyond M. Arnottiana. Leaves unequally pinnate, pinnee 5-7 
the margin in Coca teeth, panicles slender, lax, pairs: leaflets ovate, aciminate, coriaceous, glabrous 
bescent; rac 
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pu rachis angled; flowers Somewhat remote on above, pubescent beneath, quite entire, panicles axillary, 
the extreme branches, calyx ebractiate, sepals 5, nearly large lax and like the petiols of the leaves thickly 
equal, ciliate on the margin, exterior petals roundish, clothed with short rusty coloured hairs, rachis terate, 
concave, the interior ones cleft nearly to the base, or Sepals somewhat unequal, exterior petals roundish, 
half shorter than the petals. es : pointed, interior ones cleft nearly half their length, the 
M. pinnata, (Roxb.) Leaves abruptly pinrate, pinne points reflexed, filaments furnished with two. scales 
6- 12 pairs; leaflets elliptico-lanceolate, glabrous ou both below the middle. 
sides, denticulate, serrated, the teeth incurved, with the Supendus microcarpus, W. and A. Prod, L. p- 112. 
econ I uents; Sey ¥ 
_ panicles lax, puberulous, rachis angled, sepals unequal, Hab.—Neilyherries and Ceylon. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 53. 
. 1. Flowering branch of Millingtonia Amottiana—ne- 5, Back and front views of the stamens and anthers. - 
tural size. aes ». A diagram of the flower. 
2. A flower partially open. ae eg Heme GhGeine ik les 
3. The same dissected. ae a € ovary cut vertically, showing the ovules 
he petals removed, showing the Sta- oy a he sins eut transverse] y. 
