Miliusa.] flora indica. 147 



pitato, antheris lineari-oblongis dorsalibus remotis. Ovaria lineari-ob- 

 longa, 8-12 vel plura, ovulis solitnriis vel binis, suturse veutrali infra 

 medium insertis, adseendentibus. Stylus oblongus, intus sulcatus. 

 Arbor ? floribus extra-alar ibm. 



The plant ou which we have founded this genus seems widely diffused throughout 

 the Eastern Archipelago. It is closely allied in characters to Gualteria and O.vy- 

 mitra, hut the large size of the inner petals, which are as much developed as in Sac- 

 copetalum, render it necessary to constitute it a distinct genus. The small size of 

 the outer petals indicates an approach to Miliusese, but its stamens are quite those of 

 the normal division of the Order. The ovule in our Indian species appears always 

 solitary, but in a second species, collected by Cuming in the Philippines (No. 525. 

 1084), we several times found a second ovule. In several species of Polyalthia ai. 

 Oxymitra, the ovules have occasionally appeared to us solitary ; but it is so difficult 

 to feel certain of the non-presence of ovules in the ovaries of dried specimens of this 

 tribe of plants, that this point must remain doubtful till these species are examined 

 in a growing state. (Name from cpaios, drown, and avQos.) 



1. P. nutans (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongis vel lanceolatis subtus 



pubescentibus, floribus longe pedicellatis, petalis interioribus ovato-cb* 



longis longitudinaliter costatis. — Uvaria nutans, Wall. Cat. S481 ! U. 



tripetala, Roxb. M. hid. ii. 667. U. ophthalmiea, Pz.co. mss. in Herb. 



Linn. Soc! ; Bon. Gen. Syst. i. 93. 



Hab. In penins. Malay ana ad Malacca, Griff.! et Singapur, JFall.f 

 (v. s.) 



Distbib. Ins. Moluccanae. 



Bamuli cinerei, rugosi, glabri, juniores cum partibus novellis ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosi. Folia basi acutiuscula, apice acuta vel acuminata, rarius obtuse acuminata, 

 4-6 poll, longa, l£-2i lata, pet. ^-poll., tenuiter coriacea, supra prater costam pu- 

 besceutem glabra, subtus (juniora densius) pubescentia, petiolo et costa tomentosis. 

 Pedwiculi oppositifolii vel ssepe in ramulo infrafoliacei, ferrugineo-tomentosi, 1-2- 

 pollicares, graciles, apice subclavati, prope basin articulati, ibique bracteas plures 

 lineari-lanceolatas parvas gerentes, in axillis interdum alabastros minutos rarius (vel 

 uunquam) evolutos foventes. Petala exteriora i-poll. ; interiora f-1 poll, longa, 

 convexo-plaua, utrinque adpresse pubescentia, sulcis 5 profundis exarata. Ovaria 

 strigoso-pilosa. 



The species from the Philippines has much smaller sepals, and the petals are 

 longer and narrower, and not ribbed. Its leaves also arc more glabrous. One of 

 Cuming's specimens i- in fruit. The carpels are oblong-apiculate, 

 a nedicel rather lonerer than themselves, and one-seeded. 



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Tribus V. Miliusile. 



Petala aestivatione valvata, baud unguiculata. Stamina laxe irabri- 

 cata; antherce late ovales. 



This little tribe deviates considerably from the remainder of the Order in the 

 structure of the anthers. Its species are all Indian, unless Anona tenuijlora of 

 Martius, which we only know by the figure given by that author, be a genuine mem- 

 ber of it. Of that species only the male plant is known. 



22. MILIUSA, Lesch., Alph. DC. 



Hyalostemma, Wall., Lindley. 



Flores dioici vel hermaphroditi. Sepala 3, uiinuta, Petala 6 ex- 



