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192 flora indica.. [Men isperra ace<? x 



Plant. Jav. Rar. 167. Menisperaram laurifolium, Roxb. FL Ltd. Hi. 

 815. 



Hag. In Himalaya subtropica media et occidental!, alt. 2-5000 ped. ; 

 in Nipalia centraJi, Wall) Knmaon ! Simla J Jamu !— (Fl. vere.) (». v.) 

 Distjub- Japonia, Hasdwl. 



Arbor parva, vel /hiter tranco abbreviate Ifcwii divaricati, apice penduli, s^pc 

 elongati et aairocutosi, angulati, striatal!, glabri ; ramali basi fasciculo pilorum eir- 

 cumdati. JW/a lanceolata, coriacea, lucida, subtus pallida, acuta vel acuminata, mu- 

 cronulata, trinervia, 3-6 poll, longa, 1-1$ lata, petiole) -i-£-polls<ari, 

 axilfara vel paullo snpra-axillarcs, solitarue, vel 2 super posits basi fasciculo pilorum 

 stipatee, 1-2-pollirares, corymbose; raascnla? plerumque majoves. B ciea nn'uut®, 

 cito decidure. Flore* minuti Sepal a exteriora interioribus diznidio minora, acuta. 

 Vetata profuade biloba, lobis obtusis vei acutiusculia. Stat na sterilia in (lore 

 fcemineo 0. Ovaria late ovalia. Styli cylindriei, reflexL Jbrupa miuiinee, rotim- 

 date. Pidamen fragile, dorso obscure cavinatum, rugis transversa validis notatum, 

 utnnqiu? profunda excavatnm, imperforatus. 



This plant is remarkable in the Order for its erect habit. It is, however often 

 decidedly aarmentose, and on the ticket attached to WallicVs Kipal specimens'™ the 

 Liimcan Society's collection (Cat. No. 4965 A), we find it noted that the plant is 

 [' valde smnhs M. ImrifoHo, Ro*b., sed seandit. 1 ' The axilhij corymbs vary much 

 m size. Sometimes they are very short, and eight or ten flowered, as described bv 

 De Candolle. More rarely, in very luxuriant specimens, they are expanded into 

 compound panicles, leafy at top. A Java specimen from Mr. Lobb (we presume cul- 

 tivated) is broader-leaved than the ordinary state of the Himalayan plant, but we can 

 Bee no other difference. 



3. C. Leaiba (DC. Syst. i. 529, Prod. i. 99); foiiis glabriusculis 

 obfoogn vel trapezoideis integria vel Iobatia, floribus in axillis faseicu- 

 latis, nemiiwu subsolitariis.— A. Richard, FL Seneg. i. 13 ; Webb Spic 

 Gorg in Hook. Niger Flora, p. 97. C. Cebatha, DC. Syst. \. 527, 

 Prod.x. 99; Mters in Hook. Niger Flora, p. 215. C. ellipticus, DC. 

 £K i 527, Prod. i. 100. G. Epibaterium, DC. Syst. i. 530, Prod. i. 

 100. C. lams, Wall. Cat. 4975 ! C. glaber, Wight et Am. Prod. i. 13. 



* "jatba, Fonh. FL Mjypt. Arab. Epibaterium, Forster, Gen. 



i^ii r SSS 8 "^/^* m ' M ^ *• 5L / 2 > »• M. edule, 

 Vahl, Lorn., W did. M. ellipiicurn, Point. 



Hab. In Carnaticae montosis aridis prope Madura, Wight) et Coim- 



bator, Gardner/ in dumetis aridia Sindh, Ficary/ Panjab, Edaeworth! 



usque ad Firozpur! et Lodhiana!; et in Afghanistan, Griffith!— (Fl. 

 per totum annum.) (v. v.) 



Bistrib. Arabia! ^gyptua ! ins. Cap. Viridis! Senegambia J 



jut trapewidca angnlis rotondatis, ant obscure triloba rutins obtuse 3-5-loba, interdum 



*. 54. 



r M /i •,n7,«.rrT I -r s " g . , /, ' <ww ' axmilces > ^txecuh piloso insert! ; »«- 

 ^^^^r^^^^ feuriautibus P lu4 pedicellispetiolos 



flcquantibus pnbeacentibua. Drte/kf 



amn and A sla , *. bavc been able to compare extmshc mites of spedmew. C 



