158 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
slender, ebracteolate, 1:25 to 1:75 in. long. - Sepals thick, somewhat concave with everted 
pubescent edges, ovate, acute, pubescent, inside glabrous: and granulate outside, ‘35 in. 
long. -Outer petals similar -and about the same in -size,- beth reflexed; inner petals erect, 
much larger (65 in. long), lengthening after expansion, glabrous outside, glabrescent inside. 
Stamens intermixed with hau's, very numerous, short, compressed, with obliquely truncate 
apices not concealing the linear anthers. Ovaries small, numerous, pubescent, on a long 
narrow torus, oblong, 1- to 2- ovuled ; style oblong. Ripe carpels oblong, terete, blunt, 
glabrous, grooved, ‘6 in. long and °35 in. in diam.; ; pericarp slightly pulpy. Seed one, 
rarely two, Hook, fil. Fl. Br, Ind. 1. 86. | 
Sikkim-Himalaya, Khasia Hills; at elevations of 2 500 to 6,000 feet. | 
Prats 202A, Miliusa macrocarpa, H. f. § T. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels 
—of natural size; 2,* flower dissected—enlurged; 3 & 4, anthers; 5, pistil—much 
enlarged. a 
8, Mirusa Wicuttana, Hook. fil. § Thoms. Fl. Ind. 149... A small tree ; young 
branches striate and lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or 
narrowly oblong, obtusely acuminate; the base sub-cuneate or slightly rounded; both 
surfaces glabrous, shining, reticulate; main nerves about 9 pairs, spreading, forming several 
series of intra-marginal arches, faint; length 2 to 4 in., breadth ‘65 to 1 in.; petiole 
"05 in, Peduncles slender, 1 to 1:5 in. long (longer in aan, puberulous or aaneogee 
bracteoles minute, several basal and one sub-mesial, Sepals: and outer petais.yery small, 
equal, ovate, ciliate. Inner petals -many times. larger (5 in. long), oblong, sub-acute, 
glabrous or glabrescent. Stamens numerous, slightly -apiculate. Ovaries numerous, oblong, 
glabrous, 1- or 2-ovuled; style short; stigma oblong. Ripe carpels 1-seeded. and globular, 
or 2-seeded and ovoid, *4 to ‘5 in. long, always mucronate, glabrous, sub- granulate ; 
stalks *3 to 5 in, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 86; Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. i, 87, 
W. Peninsula, on the Travancore and arenes Hill ranges. 
PLATE 202B. Miliusa Wightiana, H. f. & T. 1, Branch with flowers and young 
fruit; 2, flower; 3, ripe carpels—of natural size; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistes: 
enlarged. (All copied from Beddome’s Ic. Pl, Ind. Or. sate 86.) 
4, Muviusa nitacrrica, Beddome Ic. Pl, Ind. Or., t. 88. A large glabrous shrub; 
young branches rugose, _lenticellate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or elipue: 
lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate: ; lower surface reticulate; main 
nerves about 7 pairs, spreading; length 2 to 4 in., breadth ‘7 to 1:5 in; petiole +25 
to °35 in, Peduneles slender, solitary, axillary, °5 fi. 15 in, long (longer in fruit), with 
2 or 3 small basal ‘bracteoles. Flowers -4 in, long. Sepals and outer petals minute, 
equal, ovate, ciliate. Inner petals much larger than the outer, thick, ovate, oblong, acute, 
4 m. long, glabrous except the thickened margin towards the apex. Stamens few. 
Ovaries more numerous than the stamens; stigma oblong or globose, 1- or 2-ovuled. 
ftipe carpels globose, apiculate, . glabrous, o in. in diam, ; en 35 In. 
Ni ilgiri Hills, elevat. 5,000 feet,—Beddome, , 
Pirate 203A. Miliusa nilagirica, Bedd. 1, Flowering Aridi Frniting. branch; 2, ripe 
carpel—of natural sizes 8, section of pe carey 4, flower; 5, flower dissected—enlarged ; 
