ANONACEA OF BRITISH INDIA. 157 
6 & 7, anthers; 8°& 9, pistils—much enlarged. (Copied from Beddome's Ic. Pl, Ind. 
OF, ten Ole) 7 el 
5. Murusa LONGIPES, King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt, 2, 124. A small tree 
15. to 30 feet high; young branches dark-coloured; all parts glabrous except the edges 
of the sepals and outer petals. Leaves Peirat ore shining, oblong-oblanceolate, acumi- 
nate, the base sub-cuneate or rounded; main nerves about 12 pairs, spreading, faint ; 
length 5°5 to 7 in., breadth 1°75 to 2°75 in.; petiole *1 to +15 in. Flowers +5 to °65 
in. long, axillary, solitary; pedicels slender, *5 to ‘75 in, long (longer in fruit), with 
3 or 4 lanceolate bracteoles at the base. Sepals and outer petals sub-equal, minute, 
ovate, sub-acute, the edges ciliate. Inner petals very much larger than the outer, 
ovate- oblong, veined, sub- -acute, greenish-yellow, ‘5 or ‘6 in, long. Stamens about 18, 
compressed, short, often bent; the apiculus broad, shallow, Ovaries numerous, elongate, 
glabrous; stigma large, ata, sessile. Ripe carpels numerous, globular-ovoid, blunt, 
glabrous, sub-granular, *25 to *8 in. long; stalks ‘75 to 1 in., slender. Sveds ovoid. 
Perak: at low elevations,—Scortechini, King’s Collector. 
This species approaches J, macropoda, Miq., but its leaves are more narrowed to 
the base and more acuminate. 
Prats 204, Miliusa longipes, King. 1, Branch with flowers and ripe fruit—of 
natural size; 2, flower dissected—enlarged; 3, anther—(much bent); 4 & 5, pistils—much 
enlarged, | 
6. Mrrrusa Zeyuanica, Gard. ex Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind, 149." A ‘small tree} 
young branches rugose or smooth, minutely tomentose at first like the other young parts. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acute, shortly ‘acuminate, or obtuse; the 
base sub-cuneate, slightly oblique; both surfaces glabrous except the midrib which is 
pubescent on both; main nerves about 7 pairs, spreading, very faint; length 2 to 4 in,, 
breadth *65 to 1°5 in.; petiole *15 in., tomentose. Flowers Acie solitary ; pedicels 
puberulous, minutely bracteolate, -4 to -5 in. long. Sepals and outer petals small, sub-equal, 
ovate, pubescent, sub-acute.. Inner petals many times larger than the outer, narrowly 
oblong from a broad base, green in the upper, purple in the lower, half, °6 to *75 
in, long, adpressed-puberulous. Stamens intermixed with hairs, numerous; the apex conical 
and not concealing the anthers. Qvaries numerous, pubescent, oblong, oblique, 1- to 
2-ovuled; stigma oblong. Ripe carpels . numerous, sub-sessile, crowded, ovoid, blunt, 
alabironies nearly *5 in. long. eee Enum. Pi. Ceyl. - -10; Beddome de, Ll, dnd, Ors 
t. 89; Hook. fil, Fl.. Br, Ind. i. 87. 
Ceylon: in the southern = 2 : 
Pirate 203B. Miliusa Zeylanica, Gard. 1, Flowering and fruiting branch—of natural 
size; 2, flower dissected; 3, 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7,. pistils—enlarged. (Nos. 3 t 7 are 
copied from Beddome’s Ie. Pl, LInd,. Or.,: t. an. : | 
7. . Mintusa INDICA, . Lesch. in AC DC. Mem. Soc. Pa. y. 86, A much-branched 
variable shrub ; young branches tomentose strigose or glabrous. Leaves sub-sessile, thinly 
coriaceous, Dit or -ovate-cordate and obtuse, or lanceolate and acute or acuminate ; 
