206 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Microtropis. 



Leaves very coriaceous, margins thickened; branchlets black- 

 purple, rough : 



Leaves elliptic- ovate, acuminate at apex, cuneate to almost 

 rounded at base, prominently rugulose above, the nerves 

 obscure on both surfaces, 4-7 in. long, 2-4*5 in broad ; flowers 

 small, in clusters *5-'6 in. in diarn.; capsule ellipsoid, "7 in. 



long 3. latifolia. 



Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, rounded or slightly emargi- 

 nate at apex, rounded or subcordate at base, margins revolute, 

 cucullate, slightly rugulose above, 2-5 in. long, 1-2'oiii. broad ; 

 flowers small, in clusters '6 in. in diam. ; capsule cylindric 

 when young, ellipsoid when old, channelled, '8 in. long 



4. ramiflora. 



Flowers in axillary or extra-axillary peduncled cymes ; leaves more 

 or less elliptic, obtuse : 



Peduncles very short, '3 -*4 in. long, stout; cyme-branches short; 

 leaves up to 3 in. long 1'5 in. broad ; capsule narrowly oblong, '75 in. 



long 5. densiflora. 



Peduncles *6-l - 5 in. long, slender : 



Leaves when dry olive-grey, usually under 2 in. long; petals 

 orbicular, not clawed, scarcely adherent to the narrow disk ; 

 stamen-filaments short, anthers orbicular, large ; seed testa 



rusty -brown (Wt.) 6. microcarpa. 



Leaves when dry greenish-brown, dark above, pale beneath, 

 usually 2-3 in. long ; petals long-clawed, the claws adherent to 

 the rather broad disk ; stamen-filaments subulate, anthers ovoid ; 

 seed testa crimson (Wt.) 7. ovalifolia. 



1. MICROTROPIS WALLICHIANA, Wt. ; F. B. I. i. 613. 



W. Ghats, Sarapagi Ghat, Coorg (Beddome), evergreen 

 forests of Travancore about 4,000 ft. (Bonrdillon). 

 A small tree about 30 ft. high. 



2. MICROTROPIS STOCKSII, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1916, 132. 



W. Ghats, in Coorg (Hohenacker), Nilgiris, Aiiamalai Hills 



(Barber) ; Tinnevelly Hills at 5,000 ft. (Beddome) ; Concan 



(Stocks). 



A small tree with blackish branches and leaves pale and 



reticulate beneath. 



3. MICROTROPIS LATIFOLIA, Wt. ; F. B. I. i. 613. 



W. Ghats, in Malabar, W. Nilgiris, Bolampatti Hills, at 

 2,000-6,000 ft. 



