34 AnonacecB. \Miiiusa 



3. B. coriacea, Hk.f. and Th. Fl. B. Ind. i. 93 (1872). K.eku, S, 

 Orophea coriacea, Thw. Enum. 8. C. P. 2612. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 93. Bedd. Ic. 71. 



A large tree, with blackish bark ; 1, 2^-4 in., subsessile or 

 on very short swollen petioles, ovate, acute, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at base, thick and coriaceous, glabrous, shining, mid- 

 rib prominent beneath ; fl, small, 1-4 together in pedunculate, 

 axillary or subterminal clusters, pedicels slender, slightly 

 pubescent, bracts small, strigose ; sep. very small, ovate, 

 acute, ciliate ; pet. about equal, ^ in., outer row broadly ovate, 

 acute, imbricate (?), inner row coherent to form a blunt cone ; 

 stam. 9, in three rows; carp. 1-2, ovules 2; fr.-carp. i or 2, 

 ^ in., nearly sessile, subglobose, oblique, smooth, 1-2-seeded. 



Lower montane region up to 5000 ft. ; rather common. Raxawa \ 

 Dimbula ; Maskeliya. Fl. April ; purple, the outer pet. pale green 

 within. 



Endemic. 



The very tough inner bark is used on estates for tying purposes. 



This must be regarded as a doubtful member of the genus. I have 

 not seen fresh flowers, but neither row of petals appears to be imbri- 

 cate in dried ones. It ought perhaps to form a separate genus from both 

 Orophea and Bocagea, but seems nearer the former, where Thwaites puts it. 



II. MIXiIUSA, Leschett. 



Shrubs ; sep. very small, distinct ; pet. biseriate, valvate ; 

 outer pet. very small, sepaloid, inner much larger, somewhat 

 cupped at base, coherent when young by margins ; stam. 20-30, 

 anther-cells not concealed ; carp, numerous, 1-2-ovuled; fruit- 

 carp, numerous, 1-2-seeded. Sp. 7; all in Fl. B. Ind. 



Leaves 1-3 in. Inner pet. ovate-oblong . . . i. M. INDICA. 

 Leaves 3-6 in. Inner pet. linear-oblong . . . 2. M. zeylanica. 



I. Tit. Indica, Lesch. m A. DC. Mon. Soc. Gctiev. V. 213(1832). 

 Cttattcrza wotiiana, Moon Cat. 43. Miliusa tnontana, Gardn. in Hk. f. 

 and Th. Fl. Ind. 148. Thw. Enum. 10. C. P. 194. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 86. 



A much-branched, twiggy shrub, bark rather rough, len- 

 ticillate, young shoots more or less pubescent ; 1. small, 

 numerous, 1-3 in., usually oval-oblong, obtuse, rounded or 

 subcordate at base, sometimes lanceolate and acute, rarely 

 subrotund, glabrous or more or less pubescent or strigose ; 

 fl. solitary, axillary, drooping on short curved ped. ; sep. very 

 small, ovate, acute, ciliate ; outer pet. very small, sepaloid, 

 imbricate, oblong, about twice as long as sep., ciliate, spread- 

 ing, subpcrsistent, inner much longer, A-i in., oblong or ovate- 



