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•5 to 75 in. in diam., campannlate, solitary, rarely in pairs, extra- 

 axillary : pedicels '2 in. long, bracteolate at the base. Sepals very small, 

 semi-orbicular. Outer petals slightly larger than the sepals and about 

 •1 in. long; inner petals united at the base, oblong-ovate, siab-acute, "5 to 

 "7 in. long, 4 or 5 nerved. Anthers numerous, flattened from front to 

 back, about as broad as long with truncate not apiculate heads. Ovaries 

 numerous, elongate, narrow, 2-ovuled : stigmas elongate. Ripe carpels 

 sub-globular, "5 in. in diam. : stalks "5 to '7 in. Seeds two, plano-convex, 

 pale. 



South Andaman, King's Collector. 



This is a very distinct species recognisable at once by the un- 

 usual character of having its petals united at the base and by its 2- 

 seeded carpels. 



22. MiLiusA, Lesclienault. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers usually bi-sexual (dioecious or polygam- 

 ous in No. 1), green or red, axillary or extra-axillary, solitary, fascicled 

 or cymose. Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; 

 outer smaller, like the sepals ; inner cohering when young by the 

 margins, at length free. Torus elongated, cyliudric. Statnens definite 

 or indefinite ; anthers subdidymous ; cells contiguous, ovoid, extrorse ; 

 connective more or less apiculate. Ovaries indefinite, linear-oblong ; 

 style oblong or very short ; ovules 1-2, rarely 3-4. Bipe carpels globose 

 or oblong, 1- or 2- or many-seeded. — Distrib. SjDecies 8 ; all Indian. 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous ... 1. 31. Boxburghiana. 



Flowers hermaphrodite .., ... 2. M. longipes. 



1. MiLiuSA RoxBURGHiANA, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 150. A 

 small tree ; young bi*anches softly pubescent, ultimately glabrous, striate 

 and pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, shortly 

 acuminate, the base rounded ; upper surface glabrous, the lower sparsely 

 adpressed, pubescent to tomentose ; main nerves about 10 pairs, spread- 

 ing, inter-arching '15 in. from the base ; length 2"5 to 4 in., breadth "85 

 to 1"4 in. ; petiole "05 in., pubescent. Pedicels 1 to 3 together, axillnry, 

 slender, "5 to 1"5 in. long, sometimes on a short peduncle ; bracteoles 

 several, linear. Flowers dioecious or polygamou.s, about 5 in. long. 

 Sepals and outer petals subequal, lanceolate or linear, rusty-tomeutose. 

 Inner petals "5 to "6 in. long, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, nerved, 

 red. Stame7is in male flower numerous, with obliquely truncate, broad 

 apices. Ovaries (in female flower) oblong, glabrous ; style oblong, 

 ovules 1 or 2. Bipe carpels ovoid or oblong, blunt, ghibrous, granulate, 

 •25 to '35 in. in diam.; stalk '4 in. long, slender. Seeds \, vavoly 2. 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 87 ; Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 47. ill. Wallich- 



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