16 IV. ANON ACE jE. 



Eediuecl to Miliusa by Baillon {Hist, des Plmiies, 244), from which it 

 difiers (hieflj' by its saccate petals. — Disteib. Species 5, of •which 2 are 

 In dian, 1 an inhabitant of Java, 1 of the Philippines, and 1 Australian. 



1. Saccopetalum tQTa.en\.o&\yva, Uoolc. f.Sf Thcms.Fl. Ind.{\^bh) 

 p. 152. A large tree; young branches tomentose, afterwards glabrous. 

 Leaves membranous, 4-7 by 2^-3 in., ovate- oblong, acute, rounded or 

 subacute at the base, glabrous or glabrescent above (except the pubescent 

 midrib), pubescent or tomentose at length glabrous beneath, the midrib 

 sometimes tubercular; petioles g in. long. Flowers 1 in. in diam. ; 

 peduncles leaf-opposed or subterminal, 0-| in. long, 1-many-flowered ; 

 pedicels Aery slender, 1|-2| in. long, bracteate at the base. Sepals 

 minute. Petals : the exterior small, longer than the sepals, linear, 

 acute ; the interior about h in. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, saccate at 

 the base, both surfaces pubescent. Stamens numerous, in several rows, 

 shortly apiculate. Ovaries broadly ovate, hirsute at the bnse ; ovules 

 4-6, in two rows; stigma sessile. Pipe carpels 5-15, about 1 in. long, 

 stalked, subglobose, tapering slightly towards the base, succulent, purple 

 when ripe; stalks |-1 in. long. PI. B. I. v. 1, p. 88; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 4 ; King, in Ann. Eoy. Pot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1893) 

 p. 159, and part 3, t. 207 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 5 ; Woodr. in journ. 

 Bomb, Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 121 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, 

 p. 381. — Flowers : Apr. 



Western Ghats. Kanaka: 'KiwW, Bitchie \ ; H-Alkai Ghki, BahelV. S.M. Country: 

 Padsliapur (Belgaum districts), Biichiel 



9. OROPHEA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves small. Flowers axillary, solitary, fascicled 

 or cymose. Sepals 3. Petals 6, valvate, in 2 series ; the exterior oval ; 

 the interior clawed and cohering by their margins into a cap. Stamens 

 6-12, ovoid, fleshy ; anther-cells dorsal ; connective sometimes prolonged 

 into a conical, apical point, not truncate. Staminodes or 3-6. Ovaries 

 3-15; ovules 4; style short or 0. Pipe carpels 1- or more-seeded, 

 globular or oblong. — Distkib. Tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago ; 

 species about 25. 



1. Orophea zeylanica, IJool. f. 4' Thorns. Fl. Ind. (1855) p. 111. 

 A much branched shrub or small tree ; young parts fusco-pubescent. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 2-4 by 1-1| in., oblong-elliptic, 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, base narrowed or rounded, suboblique ; 

 petioles -^\^ in. long. Flowers green, less than i in. in diam. ; peduncles 

 extra-axillary, |-1 in. long, 1-3-flowered ; pedicels very slender, variable 

 in length (frequently about 1 in. long), with a bract at the base cf each 

 pedicel and sometimes another above its middle. Sepals orbicular, 

 tomentose. Petals : the exterior j in. long, similar to the sepals but 

 larger, broadly-ovate, acute ; the interior ] in. long, trapezoidal, glabrous, 

 with pubescent margins. Stamens 6, in a row, their apices pointed. 

 Ovaries 12-15, glabrous, obovoid, 2-ovuled ; stigma oblong, subsessile. 

 Carpels \-i in. in diam., smooth, glabrous, shortly stalked, 1-2-seeded; 

 stalks X in. long. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 90 ; King, in Aim. l^oy. Bot. Gard. 

 Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1893) p. 104, and part 3, t. 146, 1^ ; Trim. Fl. 



