158 XXIX. MALPHIGIACEv'E, 



Seed solitary, globose. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 418; Grah. Cat. p. 28; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 1, p. 193 ; Niedenzu, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, 

 part 4,' p. 46, fig. 38, e, et p. 49, fig. 39, d ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 28 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. U (1897) p. 265; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 252. Heptage Madallota, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 33. — Flowers : 

 Jan.-Mar. Veen. Madlmmdlati ; llaludvel. 



Grows abundantly on tlie Western Ghats. Konkan : Stocksl, Law], Woodrow; 

 Eonibay, in gardens, Grcdiam. Deccan : Panchgani, H. M. Birdwood. Kanaka ; 

 Siipa, on the luila naddi, lUfchic, 1001 ! — Distrib. China, Java, Ceylon. 



2. ASPIDOPTERYS, A. Juss. 



Scandeut shrubs. Leaves quite entire, petioled, eglandular, ex- 

 stipulate. Panicles axillary or terminal, simple or compound ; peduncles 

 bracteate ; pedicels usually slender. Flowers white or yellow, inodorous. 

 Calyx short, 5-partite, eglaudular. Petals clawed, entire. Stamens 10, 

 all perfect; filaments filiform, distinct or connate at the base; anthers 

 ovate, glabrous. Ovary 3-lobed, the lobes flattened at the back, the sides 

 ringed ; styles 3, glabrous : stigmas capitate. Fruit of 1-3 samaras 

 surrounded by a scutiform, ovate or orbicular, membranous wing, some- 

 times shortly crested in the middle. Seeds oblong, subterete; cotyledons 

 straight, equal ; radicle short. — Distiub. Tropical Asia ; species 15. 



Nucleus not dorsally winged. 



Leaves ovate-elliptic, glabrous beneath 1. A. Eoxhurghiana. 



Leaves cordate, clothed with wliite toinentum beneath 2. A. cordata. 



Nucleus dorsally winged 3. A. canarensis. 



1. Aspidopterys Roxburghiana, A. Juss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 ser. 2, V. 13 (1S40) p. 267. A climbing shrub; branches slender; young 

 parts glabrous or tomentose. Leaves 3-4 by 1^-2 in., ovate-elliptic, 

 acuminate, entire, glabrous on both surfaces except on the midrib 

 Avhich is more or less pubescent, base rounded; petioles 5-^^ in. long, 

 rusty-pubescent. Flowers small, ^ in. across, in dense terminal and 

 axillary rusty-tomentose panicles ; bracts lanceolate, pubescent. Calyx 

 persistent ; lobes ovate, obtuse, tomentose. Petals obovate, concave, 

 white. Stamens 10 ; falaments connate at the base, the exterior shorter. 

 Ovary pilose ; styles slightly longer than the stamens. Samara linear- 

 oblong, 1-2 by l-f in., membranous, glabrous, yellowish-brown; nucleus 

 not winged or 'keeled. FL B. I. v. 1, p. 420; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 33; 

 Niedenzu, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 4, p. 46, fig. 38, A ; 

 Talb. Trees, ]3omb. p. 29; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 205, Jlirmi indica, Eo.xb. Hort. Beng. p. 90 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 28. — Flowers : Dec. 



Forests of the Western Ghats; not common. Konkan: Dahell ^- Gibson; Ghdt 

 forests, Talbot. Deccan : liills near Satara, Woodrow ; Khandala, DaUell 6f Gibson ; 

 Khandala Gliiit, Graham. 



2. Aspidopterys cordata, A. Juss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, v. 13 

 (1840) p. 267. A slender clind)er ; young parts tomentose. Leaves 

 4-7 in. in diam., orbicular or broadly ovale, abruptly terminated by a 

 broad acuminate tip, glabrous or nearly so above, white-tomentose 

 beneath, base cordate ; petioles 1-1:] in. long, rusty-pubescent. Flowers 

 ^ in. across, in tomentose lax panicles; bracts subulate or 0. Calyx 



