150 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDIN, CALCUTTA. 
Flowers always solitary and axillary ; ripe carpels cylindric, sub- 
tubercular, 1 tol-75in. long. ‘ : ‘ » Ll. IL cylindricum. 
Flower-buds narrowly pyramidal, racemose or paniculate. 
Leaves glabrous above except the midrib; beneath glaucous, hoary, 
puberulous; ripe carpels globose or ovoid-globose, tubercled, 
i in. long ; their stalks 1 in. 12. LW. hypoglaucum. 
Leaves glabrescent or glabrous above, extent ine. midiah: en | 
softly rufous-pubescent; ripe carpels globular, densely and 
minutely dark pe Suen ‘8 in. in diam.; the stalks 
slightly longer - 13. M. parviflorum. 
Leaves harshly pubescent roves d entonilg and soy aiescen 
beneath ; ripe carpels globose, harshly and minutely a 
1-1 in. in diam.; stalks slender, twice aslong . . : . 14. WL spherocarpun. 
Secr. JI.—PyrrammpantHE. Outer petals very long, linear-lanceolate, 1°2 to 5 in. 
long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary, rarely leaf-opposed (cymose in M. lanugi- 
nosum and M. ima) ; ovules more than 4. 
Flowers 1°25 to 1°5 in. ins ; outer petals rufous-lanate externally ; ripe | 
carpels sub-globose, *75 in. in diam. : . 15. WL. lanuginosum. 
Flowers 1:2 to 1:4 in. long; outer petals Palio wat eomelitoRs externally ; : 
ripe carpels ovoid-globose, 1 to 1:25 in. long ee) 16. M. rubiginosum. 
Flowers 1:25 to 1-5 in. long; outer petals minutely riifoustomentowe 
externally ; ripe carpels oblong, tapering to both ends, 1:5 to 2in. long . 17. BL Maingayi. 
Flowers 1:5 to 2 in. long; outer petals minutely rufous-tomentose outside ; 
ripe carpels ovoid, tuberculate, 1-4 in. long; ovules 4 , - + 18. ML. prismaticum. 
Flowers 3 to 5 in. long; outer petals adpressed-puberulous externally . . 19. Df. macranthum. 
Sect. II[.—Kenria. Outer petals not much longer than broad, . broadly ovate or 
sub-orbicular, with broad thick margins. Flowers axillary. Ovaries glabrous, 2- ‘to 
8-ovuled. Seeds pitted. | | 
Ovules about 8 ; ripe carpels ovoid or ovoid-globose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 20. IV. elegans. 
Ovules 2; ripe cepa ee leaves eae or ewe sometimes 
obovate 3 : 7 .  . 21. ML. pisocarpum. 
1,. MeLopoRuM. RuFINERVE, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 121. A large climber; 
young branches slender, glabrous, dark-coloured, buds golden-pubescent. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, narrowly’ elliptic, tapering, obtuse or slightly acute, the base rounded; upper 
surface glabrous; the lower glaucous, minutely pubescent; main nerves about 12 pairs, 
spreading, faint; length 5°5 to 9 in,, breadth 2°5 to 4 in.; petiole -5 to °65 in., glabrous. 
Flowers minute, in pubescent Spent cymes ; - pedicels -25: in. long, with a small 
median bracteole. The rest unknown, Hook. fil. :Fl.Br. Ind: i: 81. 
Forests between. Sylhet and Cachar,—J. D. Hooker.:. ie 
A species known only by the imperfect specimens collected: io Sir J. D. Hooker 
many years ago; but - well cennee ee its ee. sep eeu Bey en 4 leaves 
and -small “flowers. 
