148 floka indica. [Anonacets. 



teriora minuta, sepalis fere conformia ; interiora multo majora, tenuiter 

 coriacea, sestivatione valvata, serins cohaercntia. Stamina indefinita, 

 toro cylindrico inserta, in dioicis totum torum tegentia, in hermaphro- 

 ditis pluriserialiter circa ovaria imbricata. Antherce extrorsse, ovales, 

 subdidymae, biloculares, connectivo vix apiculatae. Ovaria lineari-ob- 

 longa, stylo oblongo terrainata. Ovula 1-2, rarius plura ; suturae ven- 

 trali inserta. — Arbores mediocre^ vel humiles, pedunculis axillaribas y so- 

 litariis vel fasciculatis, rarius extra- alar ibm. 



Hyalostemma being only distinguished from Milium by the number of ovules, and 

 that not constantly, as If. Wallichiana and macrocarpa have not unfrequently two 

 ovules, we have united the two genera. In one species Wight indicates the occa- 

 sional presence of three and even four ovules. The original species of Miliusa is 

 hermaphrodite, while Wallich's Hyalostemma is dioecious; but as other species are 

 polygamous, we cannot regard this character as of generic importance. 



M. montana (Gardner, mss. in Herb. Wi 



lunculis 



ull 



ipaiis petalisque exterioribus glabriusculis ciliatis, toro strigoso-piloso. 

 latteria montana, Moon Cat. ex Gardn. et Wight. 

 0. major ; foliie duplo majoribus, carpellis globosis sessilibus gla- 

 bris atro-fuscis minute granulatis pisi magnitudine. — Wall. Cat. 6433 



at 



Hab. In Zeylaniae montosis, alt. 2-3000 ped., ut videtur vulgaris, 

 Moon aliique. (3. In Zeylania, Malabar, et Maisor, Wight! — (v. s.) 



Frutex ramosissimus, ramis strictis, dense foliosis. Cortex cinereus, rugosus, ver- 

 ruculosus, glaber ; partes novelise fusco-pubescentes. Folia ovata, forma et magni- 

 tudine valde varia, interdum pauca ad ramulorom. basin interdum ovalia, vel subglo- 

 bosa, obtusissima, in var. a 1-2 poll, longa, -i-f lata, petiolo brevissimo, utrinque 

 glabra vel juniora subtus puberula. Fedunculi basi pluribracteati, cseterura nudi, 

 graciles. Sepala acuta, petalis exterioribus dimidio breviora. Flores -§ poll, longi. 

 Petala interiora coriacea, nervosa, acuta, glabriuscula. Ovaria subglabra, late ovalia, 

 toro circa basin ovariorum albo-piloso ca^terum glabro strigoso-piloso inserta. Ovula 

 2. Stigma ovale. 



The smallest of all the species. It is probably a wiry, rigid shrub, and may 

 readily be known by being much more glabrous than either of the two following. 

 The var. j8 appears to be only distinguished by the larger size of the leaves ; but as 

 the fruit of the smaller one is unknown, it is possible that the two may be very dis- 

 tinct. 



2. M. Indica (Lesch. in A. DC. Mem. p. 36); ramis tomentosis, 

 foliis ellipticis plerumque obtusis subtus pubescentibus, pedunculis 

 abbreviatis, floribus hermapliroditis, sepalis petalisque exterioribus in- 

 canis, petalis interioribus ovatis pilis stellatis pubescentibus, carpellis 

 incano-pubescentibus sessilibus. — W. et A.! Prod. i. 10. Wall. Cat. 



nontibus Travancor ad Courtalam, Lesch., Wight! — (Fl. 



6433 A! B! 



. _ , — — j ^ 



Apr.) (v. s.) 



Frutex foliosus; ramulis gracilibus, flexuosis, fusco-tomentosis, deinum glabre- 

 scentibiid, et tunc cortice cinereo ruguloso-pustulato. Folia tenuiter coriacea, baffl 

 rotundata, elliptico- vel oblongo-lanceolata vel elongatu-lauceolata, rarius ovata vel 



