JTim-iwta.] CELA8TRACEAE. 207 



A sDiall tree of evergreen forests with very thick rugulose 

 leaves, obscurely nerved. 



4. MlCROTROPIS RAMIFLORA, Wt. Ic. t. 977 ; F. B. I. i. 613. 



W. Ghats, iii Shola forests of the Nilgiris and Pulneys at 



6,000-8,000 ft. 



A moderate-sized tree, common about Ootacaniund and 



Coonoor. 



5. MlCROTROPIS DENSIFLORA, Wt. Ic. t. 1052 ; F. B. I. i. 614. 



W. Ghats, on the W. slopes of the Nilgiris, scarce. 



6. MlCROTROPIS MICROCARPA, Wt. Ic. t. 975 ; F. B. I. i. 614. 



W. Ghats, common in Shola forests of the Nilgiris and 

 Pulneys at 6,000-8,000 ft. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, with a grey, soft wood. 

 Leaves usually small, but occasionally found up to 4 in. 

 long by 2 in. broad. 



7. MlCROTROPIS OVALIFOLIA, Wt. Ic. t. 976 ; F. B. I. i. 614. 



W. Ghats, in the Shola forests of the Nilgiris at 6,000- 

 8,000 ft. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree, closely allied to the 

 preceding and hardly separable from it, but considered 

 quite distinct by Wight. 



5. Kurrimia, Wall. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, glabrous, towards the end of the 

 branchlets, nerves parallel as also the transverse nervules; 

 stipules large, deciduous except at the terminal bud. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, in axillary, simple or paniculate, racemes. Calyx 

 5-lobed. Petals 5, spreading or recurved. Disk fleshy, entire or 

 5-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted under or on the margin of the disk ; 

 filaments subulate ; anthers ovate, the cells opening by vertical 

 slits. Ovary ovoid, seated on the disk, 2-celled ; styles 2 (rarely 3), 

 slender; stigmas small, capitate; ovules 2 in each cell, erect. 

 Fruit a leathery deeply 2-lobed capsule, each lobe 2-valved, 

 1-seeded; one lobe frequently abortive. Seeds large, thick- 

 stalked, covered completely or partially by a fleshy aril; testa 

 coriaceous, smooth ; albumen fleshy : cotyledons small, flattened ; 

 radicle inferior. 



KURRIMIA INDICA, Gamble n. comb. K. bipartita, Lawson; 



F. B. I. i. 622. Trochisandra indica, Bedd. Fl. t. 120. 



