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}, ovata, obtusa, 3 mm. longa, foveolis binis obliguis 
die Sie manita. Stamina 4; filamenta revla, crassa, 
antherarum thecis divergentibus, Ovarium cum. disco sae 
oculis 4 uniovulatis, stylo brevi. Capsula (immatura) sub- 
globosa, glabra, 1°4 cm. lata, seminibus conspicue arillatis. 
Sovrn Inp1a. Nilgiri Hills, Wight; Sigur Ghat, North 
pas me M. A. Lawson; Geddesala Ghat, Coimbatore, A, W. 
Lushington., 
872. Microtropis Stocksii, Gamble Kemmis ys 
species M. latifoliae, Wight, affinis, foliis minus coriaceis el ip- 
ticis vel oblanceolatis apice acutis, nervis subtus conspicuis, 
capsula oblonga differt. 
Arbor, ramutis nigro-violaceis teretibus interdum rugosis. 
Folia elliptica vel oblanceolata, apice acuta, basi cuneata, 
~-16 em. longa, 2-5-6'5 em. lata, coriacea, marginibus reflexis, 
nervis utrinsecus 8-10 p marginem arcuatim a 
secundariis ut reticulatione subtus conspicuis supra 0 
petioli crassi, 5-7 mm. longi ; 
vel foliorum delapsorum glomerati. Se pala 5, ovata, inaequalia, 
margine dentata. Petala 
nato. 3 
marginem disci inser 
laribus. Ovarium 
oblonga, laevis, a 
plani, elliptici. 
Sourn Inpra. C 
malai hills of Coimbatore District at Aiyarpad j 
C. A. Barber 3839, 3899, 3971, 5418 (coll. 1901-1903); withou 
) 
ine seri ecimens clearly show it to be ac 
rete Hao latifolia, especially in the size, shape and texture 0 
873. Hippocratea Bourdillonii, Gamble [Hippocrateaceae] 
species H, obtusifoliae, Ro b., affinis, foliis oblongis magis 
coriaceis basi rotundati i 
mucronatis et disco apice puberulo differt. 
Folia wigeetndens, ramulis subcrassis ultimis quadrangularibus. 
igs oblonga, ‘pice subito acuta, basi rotundata, 6-10 cm. longa, 
coriacea, glabra, lucida, marginibus recurvis, 
