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campaimlate, densely rufous-tomcBfcosc ; teeth 5, bi'oadly triangular, 

 Bub-erect. Petals 0. Stamens numerous ; the filaments slender, longer 

 than the calyx. Ovary ovoid-globose, densely tavvny-tomenlose, 5- 

 cclled : style longer than the stamens : stigmas short, sub-globose. Fruit 

 depressed globose, "75 in. in diam,, sparsely stellate-tomentose, becom- 

 ing glabrous, covered only at the base by the slightly accrescent calyx. 

 Johore ; on Gunong Panti, King's Collector, No. 159. 



4. Bebrya, Roxb. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, ovate, acuminate, glabrous ; base cordate, 

 5-7-nerved. Panicles large, many-flowered, terminal and axillary. 

 Calyx campanulate, irregularly 3-5-lobed. Petals 5, spathulate. Sta- 

 mens many, inserted on a short torus; anthers didymous, lobes divergent, 

 opening lengthwise. Staminodes 0. Ovary 3-4-lobed, cells 4-ovuled ; 

 style consolidated, stigma lobed ; ovules horizontal. Fruit loculicidally 

 3-4-valved, each valve 2-winged. Seeds pilose ; albumen fleshy ; coty- 

 ledons flat leafy, radicle superior next the hilum. — Distrib. The follow- 

 ing is the only species. 



Berrya Ammonilla, Roxb. Hort. Beng., 42. A large tree, glabrous 

 except the inflorescence. Leaves membranous, broadly ovate, acuminate 

 the base slightly narrowed and cordate : both surfaces shining, minutely 

 reticulate : basal nerves 2 or 3 pairs, lateral 5 or 6 pairs : leno-th 4 to 8 

 in., breadth 3 to 5 in. ; petiole '75 to 2-75 in. Panicles terminal, or in 

 the upper axils, branching, 6 to 10 in. long, scurfy-pubescent : flowers 

 •35 in. in diam. ; their pedicels slender, '3 to '5 in. long. Petals lono-er 

 than the calyx, narrowly oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Anthers half as lon^y 

 as the petals. Ovary ovoid, truncate, depressed at the orio-In of the 

 styles, 6 to 8-ridged, pubescent. Fruit with 6 radiating, falcate, mem- 

 branous, striate, deciduously stellate-tomentose wings "8 in. lono-. Seeds 

 small : 1 to 4 in. each cell, covered with prurient pale brown hairs. 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 639 ; Corom. Plants, ii. t. 264 ; Wall. Cat. 1068 ; W. 

 & A. Prodr. i. 81 ; Wight 111 t. 34 ; Thwaites Enum. 32 ; Beddome 

 Flor. Sylvat. t. 58; Kurz Fl. Burm. i. 155; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind i 

 383. 



South Andamans. Distrib. Burmah, Southern Peninsula, India, 

 Ceylon. 



5. Grewia, Linn. 



Trees or shi'ubs more or less stellate-pubescent. Leaves entire, 1-9- 

 nerved. Flowers axillary and few, or more numerous and paniclcd. 

 Sepals distinct. Petals 5, glandular at the base, sometimes 0, Stamens 



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