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Western Peninsular India, on the Western Ghats; in the forests of Coorg and 
Travancore,— Wight, Beddome. 
Puate 144A. Orophea uniflora, H. f. § 7. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels— 
of natural size; 3 & 4, flowers; 5 & 6, stamens; 7, pistil; 8, section of same—enlarged. 
(Nos. 3 to 8 are copied from Beddome’s Icones Pl. Ind. Or., t. 69.) 
8. OropHea Txomsont, Bedd. in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxv. 210, % 21; tc. Pl. Ind. 
Or., ¢t 67. A small tree; all parts glabrous except the under-surface of the midribs 
and the inflorescence. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly and obtusely acuminate; the base 
sub-cuneate or rounded, glabrous except the pubescent midrib on the lower surface ; 
main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, oblique, faint; length 2 to 3 in., breadth ‘8 to 1:2 in; 
petiole *15 in. Peduncles axillary, solitary, very short, 2- to 3-flowered,  strigose ; 
bracteoles minute, basal. Flowers sub-sessile. Sepals and outer petals ovate-orbicular, 
strigose on the outside. nner petals with a long claw, pubescent inside at the apex. 
Stamens 10 to 12 in two rows. Ovaries 5 or 6, ovoid, pubescent on the outer side, 
2-ovuled. Carpels pisiform. Hook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. i. 91. 
Western Peninsular India, in the Anamally Hills; alt. 1,500 to 2,500 feet,— 
Beddome, : 
Puate 144B.  Orophea Thomsoni, Bedd. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size; 
2, flower-bud; 3 & 4, flowers; 5, stamen; 6, flower with outer petals and stamens 
removed; 7, ovaries; 8 & 9, single ovaries; 10 & 11, sections of ovaries—enlarged. 
(Copied from Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. t. 25.) 
4, QROPHEA ERYTHROCARPA, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 210; Je. Pl. Ind. Or., 
t. 68. A small tree; young branches at first softly pubescent, afterwards glabrous, 
lenticellate and striate. eaves membranous, elliptic-oblong, very shortly and abruptly 
acuminate, the base rounded; upper surface glabrous when adult, the lower puberulous, 
especially on the midrib; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, oblique, faint; length 3 to 4 in, 
breadth 1:25 to 1:75 in.; petiole ‘1 in. Peduncles 1 in. long or less, axillary or supra- 
axillary, 3- or 4-flowered, golden-tomentose; bracts several; pedicels with a linear 
basal and a supra-median bracteole. Flowers about ‘d in. in diam. Sepals orbicular, 
pubescent. Outer petals ovate, acute; the outer surface and margins pubescent; inner 
petals trapezioid, hairy, with a long, narrow, glabrous claw. Stamens 12 im two rows 
(those of the outer row often imperfect), small. Ovaries 6, oblong, blunt, pubescent, 
2-ovuled; stigma sub-capitate, sessile. Ripe carpels oblong, pointed at each end, but 
especially at the apex, nearly 1 in. long and red in colour. Seed 1, scrobiculate. Hook. 
jul. LE eBre ind. 1.91. 
Western Peninsular, in the forests of the Anamally Hills; alt. 2,000 feet, —Beddome. 
Prate 145A. Orophea erythrocarpa, Bedd. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels— 
of natural size; 8, flower with inner petals removed; 4, inner petal; 5, flower with all 
the petals and stamens removed; 6, anther; 7, ovary; 8, section of the same—al/ 
enlarged more or less. (Copied in part from Beddome’s Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 68.) 
; 5. Oropnea Karscuauuica, Kurz ™m Trimen’s Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 323. A _ small 
tree 25 to 30 feet high; young branches. slightly puberulous at first, ultimately glabrous, 
