246 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Allophylus. 



brown with conspicuous reddish lenticels ; leaflets subcoriaceotis, 

 glabrous, broadly ovate or lanceolate,, obtusely short-acuminate 



5. concanicus. 



1. ALLOPHYLUS SERRATUS, Radlk. A. Cobbe,~Bl.; F. B. Li. 

 673, in part. Ornitrophe serrata, Roxb. Cor. PL i. t. 61. 

 Schmidelia serrata, var. a; W. & A. 110. 



Deccan, in the Hills of Kistna, Kurnool and Cuddapah ; 

 Carnatic, in Chingleput and Hills westward to the foot of 

 the Pulneys and southwards to Cape Comorin ; perhaps on 

 Malabar Coast. 



2. ALLOPHYLUS SERRULATUS, Radlk. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 

 iii. 341. Schmidelia Cobbe, Wight Ic. t. 964/2. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills up to 5,000 ft. ; 

 probably throughout the W. Ghats but more scarce. 



3. ALLOPHYLUS DISTACHYS, Radlk. A. Cobbe,~Bl.; F. B. I. i. 

 673 in part. 



W. Ghats, in Coorg, Wynaad and elsewhere, scarce. 



4. ALLOPHYLUS RHEEDII, Radlk. A. Cobbe, HI.; F. B. Li. 

 673 in part. Schmidelia Rheedii, Wt. Ic. t. 964. 



Deccan, Hills of N". Arcot, Bellary, Mysore and Coimbatore 

 at 3,000 ft. ; W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris, Anamalais and 

 Travancore Hills up to 5,000 ft. 



A large shrub or small tree, very ferrugiiious-tomentose. 

 Vern. Mai. Mukannen peru. 



5. ALLOPHYLUS CONCANICUS, Radlk. 



W. Ghats, in S. Canara (Barber), Malabar (Beddome) and 

 Travancore (Bourdillon). 



Yar. lanceolatus, Gamble, leaflets lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late, coarsely serrate near the apex, obtusely acuminate. 



Nilgiris, Anamalai and Pulney Hills (Sauliere) up to 

 4,000 ft. 



3. Lepisanthes, Bl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, paripinnate ; leaflets entire, 

 subopposite ; stipules 0. Flowers regular or irregular, polygamo- 

 dioecious, in axillary or lateral racemes or panicles. Sepals 5, 

 widely imbricate, in 2 rows, outer smaller. Petals 4, sometimes 

 5, the 5th small, erect, clawed, each furnished with 1-2 hooded or 

 reflexed, often cristate scales attached to the claw. Disk regular 

 or irregular, if the latter, crenately lobed and opposite to the 



