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2. MICROTROPIS, Wall. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, persistent, exstipulate, 

 entire. Flowers in sessile clusters or peduncled cymes, axillary or 

 supra-axillary, sometimes unisexual. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5 

 (rarely 0), connate at tbe base. Stamens 5, inserted on the disk or the 

 tube of the corolla ; filaments very short ; anthers broadly ovate. Disk 

 or annular, free or connate with the petals. Ovnry free, ovoid, per- 

 fectly or imperfectly 2-3-celled ; ovules 2 ia each cell, collateral at the 

 inner angle ; style thick ; stigma minute, 2-4-lobed. Capsule oblong, 

 coriaceous, 1-celled, 2-valved, 1-seeded, tardily dehiscent, surrounded 

 at the base by the calyx. Seed erect, exarillate ; testa polished. — 

 DiSTKiB, Singapore, Nepal, Ceylon, Malaya, Java; species 9. 



Flowers in sessile clusters 1. M. latifolia. 



Flowers in peduncled cymes 2. M. microcarpa. 



1. Microtropis latifolia, Wight, MSS. ex Laws, in Fl. B. I. v. 1 



(1875) p. i)V6. A small tree. Leaves coriaceous, opposite, 3i^-5 by 

 1|— 3 in., elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate, glabrous, light green above, 

 very pale beneath, reticulately veined, base acute, margins repand ; 

 petioles i— i- in. long, rugose. Flowers sessile, in axillary or extra- 

 axillary clusters. Calyx 5-lobed, externally rugose, the upper margin 

 membranous, lacerate. Petals -nr-g in. long, obovatecuneate, united at 

 the base into a ring. Stamens inserted on the ring, ei-ect : tilaments 

 short, tlat. Ovary somev\hafc flask-shaped, furrowed. Fruit g-| in. 

 long, oblong-elbpsoid, narrowed at both ends. Seeds rugose. Fl. .B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 613 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 47. 



Konkan: without locality, Stocks \ — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Microtropis microcarpa, Wif/ht, Icon. (1845) t. 975. An 

 erect shrub. Leaves coriaceous, opposite, l^-S by |-1 in., elliptic or 

 oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, glabrous above, pale beneath, base acute, 

 margins repand ; petioles | in. long. Flowers in peduncled cymes, 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx large, 5-lobed, pei'sistent in fruit, much 

 imbricate, the lower part thick and flfshy and externally rugose, the 

 upper part membranous, petal-like, lacerate. Petals about ^ in. long, 

 obovate, clawed, veined, soon falling off. Stamens inserted at the base 

 of the petals ; filaments very short ; anthers large. Ovary ovoid- 

 conical, ribbed ; style very short. Fruit h in. long, narrow-oblong, 

 subcylindric or ellipsoid, pointed, apiculate, longitudinally rugose. 

 Seed 1 ; testa reddish-brown, shining, Fl. B. J. v. 1, p. 614 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 47. 



Konkan: without locality, Stocks\ — Distrib. India (VV. Peninsula). 



3. LOPHOPETALUM, Wight. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate. 

 Flowers rather large, in axillary or terminal cymes. Calyx 5-lobed ; 

 lobes short, rounded. Petals 4-5, continuous with the disk, persistent, 

 the inner side cristate or lamellate, the margins usually fimbriate. 

 Stamens 5-6, inserted on the disk; filaments subulate; anthers oblong. 

 Disk large, usually 4-5-lobed. Ovary small, continuous with the disk 



