Mappia.\ xxxix. OLACINE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 589 



1. XNE. tomentosa, Miers Conlrib. i. 67 ; leaves subcoriaceons ovate- 

 oblong acute or acuminate densely pubescent beneath black when dry. 

 Stemouurus 1 foetidus, Wight Ic. 955. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, in the Nilghiri Mts., Wight, Hohenacker. 



A large tree. Bark of branches yellow, wrinkled. Leaves 4-7 by 2-3 in., base 

 obtuse, nerves prominent ; petiole 4~f in., thinly tomentose. Cymes terminal, corym- 

 bose, many-flowered ; peduncles very thick, half as long as the leaves, ultimate pedicels 

 shorter than the flower. Flower-buds oblong, obtuse. Flmcers ^ in., polygamous, 

 villous externally, yellowish and very fetid. Petals oblong. Stamens glabrous. Ovary 

 ovoid ; style cylindric. Drupe |-4 in., olive-shaped, purple, stone thin and soft. 



2. BX. foetida, Miers Contrib. i. 64 (not Steraonums foetidus, Wight) ; 

 leaves glabrescent ovate acuminate not black in drying, base rounded. 

 Mappia fetida, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 141 (not the text). 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; NilgMri Mts. and Mysore, Wight, &c. 



A larsre tree. Bark wrinkled. Leaves 2|-7 by 2-3f in., coriaceous, thinly pubes- 

 cent, ultimately glabrous ; petiole f-1 in. Peduncles half the length of the leaves, 

 flattened, ultimate pedicels about ^ in., strigose. Flower-buds roundish-oblong. 

 Calyx minute, lobed, lobes rounded. Corolla hairy within. Anthers roundish. Ovary 

 half the length of the stamens. Drupe oblong, obtuse, f by in. 



3. Xtf. ovata, Miers Contrib. i. 65 ; leaves glabrous but with a few tufts 

 of hairs in the axils of the nerves ovate-oblong abruptly and shortly acumi- 

 nate, base inequilateral acute. M. foetida a, Thwaitts Enum. 43. M. Gard- 

 neriana and Wightiana, Miers Contrib. i. 66, 67. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; hills of the Southern Carnatic and Travancor, Wight, &c. 

 CEYLON, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Branchlets angular. Leaves 64 hy 1\ in., shining above, glaucous beneath with 

 resinous spots; petiole 2-2 4 in. Panicle terminal, pedicels strigose. f 'lower-buds 

 clavate. Flowers J in. Calyx cup shaped, 5-toothed, Btrigose. Petals 5, oblong, acute, 

 connate at the base, hairy on the inner surface. Filaments subulate, glabrous, anthers 

 ovoid, acute. Ovary ovoid, hairy, tapering into a club-shaped style and surrounded at 

 the base by an hypogynous cup-shaped disk. Fruit f in. by ^ in., ovoid, acute, stone 

 thin, 1-seeded ; cotyledons large, flat, leafy, palminerved ; radicle thick, albumen fleshy. 

 There is a little difference in the shape of the leaves in the Cingalese specimens, the 

 base being more rounded and the petiole not so long. 



4. M. oblong'a, Miers Contrib. i. 65 ; leaves oblong acute at both ends, 

 glabrous except along the nerves or sparingly setose. 1 Dah. d' Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL. 28. M. Championiana, Miers I.e. 66. M, foetida /3, Tliaites Enum. 43. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; in the Concan, Dalzell ; Travancor, Wight; CEYLON, 

 ascending to 7000ft., Champion. 



A Iree. Leaves 4-7 by 2|-3 in. ; petiole 1-1^ in. ; cymes terminal, lax. pubes- 

 cent ; ultimate pedicels as long as the flowers. Flowers g in., pilose. Fruit in , 

 ovoid-oblong, purple. The plant intended by Dalzell and Gibson may be M. tomentosa 

 of Miers. 



VAR. elliptica, Miers, I.e., branches angular, leaves smaller ovate acute. " Cbrrfia,* 1 

 Wall. Cat. 9064. Travaucor. 



16. PHIiEBOCALYMNA, Griff. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, pctiolate, simple, coriaceous. Flowers poly- 

 gamous ; males in globose heads, borne on short spikes ; females shortly 

 pedicelled. Sepals 5. distinct, imbricate. Corolla tubular, limb 5-partfd. 

 Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, adherent to the tube of the corolia ; 

 anthers ovoid-oblong, dorsih'xed, 2-lobcd, dehiscing longitudinally. DUk 



