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mentioned, this plant has the characters of Orophea,—the leaves, stamens, ovaries, and 
carpels being, in my opinion, quite those of this genus. | 
Pirate 152A. Orophea obliqua, H. f. § Th. 1, Flowering. branch; 2, ripe carpels— 
of natural size; 3, flower-bud with outer petals opened up; 4, mature flower with the 
imner petals removed; 5 & 6, anthers; 7, pistil; 8, section of ovary—enlarged. (All 
copied from a drawing made im the Peradeniya Herbarium and kindly lent by Dr. H. 
Trimen, ¥.2.8.) 7 | 
Norre.—Imperfect specimens of a plant, which appears to be Orophea latifolia, Mig., have been sent 
from Perak by Mr. Ridley (No. 2985); but in the absence of full materials I hesitate to include that 
species here. 
17. Mitrephora, Blume. 
Trees. Leaves usually coriaceous, strongly ribbed, plaited in vernation. Flowers 
usually terminal or leaf-opposed, sometimes 1-sexual. Sepals 3, orbicular or ovate. Petals 
6, 2-serlate, valvate; outer ovate, thin, veiried; inner clawed, vaulted, and cohering, 
Stamens oblong-cuneate; the anther-cells dorsal, remote; the connective broadly truncate 
at the apex. Ovaries oblong; style oblong or clavate, ventrally furrowed; ovules 4 or 
more, 2-seriate. Ripe carpels globose or ovoid, stalked or sub-sessile, Distrib.—Species 
about 10; tropical Asiatic. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Leaves pubescent or tomentose beneath; ripe carpels densely tomen- 
tORSy Nob LUTOWEO es. da Sree ee. A eh he OU) Aa tomeniona, 
_ Leaves. glabrescent beneath. 
Ripe carpels densely tomentose, notfurrowed . . . ... 2D Maingayi. 
Ripe carpels minutely tomentose, furrowed . . . . . . . 98. ML grandifiora. 
Leaves quite glabrous when adult . .... ....-.z.. =. 4. Al. Heyneana, 
Flowers unisexual. 
Ripe carpels ovoid; apiculate, rugulose =; 6 eww es 
Ripe carpels globular, not apiculate, not rugulose . . .... =. 6 
Ripe carpels sub-globular, sub-truncate at each end,rugulose . . . 7. DL, Prainii. 
. Mf. reticulata. 
. Mf. macrophylla. 
1. MrrrerHora tomentosa, Hook. pil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 113. A tree 20 to 40 feet 
high; branchlets and young parts generally tawny-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate, ovate-oblong to elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate, the base rounded; upper 
surface shining, glabrous except the puberulous midrib; the lower softly pubescent or 
even tomentose; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs, oblique, rather straight; length 3 to 7 in., 
breadth 1:75 to 3 in.; petiole -3 in. F.owers in small, tomentose, pedicelled, leat-opposed 
cymes; pedicels ‘25 to °6 in., each with.a large amplexicaul bract. Sepals broadly ovate, 
acute, tomentose outside, glabrous inside, ‘3 in. long. Petals rather thick, tomentose 
outside; the outer nearly 1 in. long, ovate, acute, parallel-nerved; the inner trapezioid 
above, narrowed at the base, shorter than the outer. Ripe carpels sub-globose, densely 
tawny-tomentose, 1 in. long when quite ripe; their stalks 1 in. long. Seeds 2, thick, 
plano-convex. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 76; Kurz For. Fl, Burm. i, 44. 
