158 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
the base rounded, slightiy oblique; both.surfaces glabrous or sparsely adpressed-pubescent . 
main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, inter-arching widely far from the margin, very. faint; 
length 1 to 2°5 in, breadth ‘75 to 1°25 in.; petioles ‘05 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, greenish, dashed with purple near the base; pedicels slender, ‘25 to 
‘65 in., with several bracteoles near the base. Sepals ovate, pubescent outside. © Inner 
petals broadly ovate, twice as large as the sepals, and pubescent like them; tnaer petals 
ovate, acuminate, pubescent, nerved, three or four times as long as the outer, deep 
purple. Stamens numerous, intermixed with stiff hairs, with rounded apiculus not con- 
cealing the anthers. Ovaries numerous, densely pilose, oblong, 1- to 2-ovuled; stigma 
oblong. Ripe carpels numerous, globose, ovoid, sub-sessile, glabrous, purple, °5 in. long, 
Seeds 2, plano-convex, grooved. W. & A. Prodr. 10; Wall. Cat. 6483; H. f. & T. Fi. 
Ind. 148; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, i. 86; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., ¢. 85.—M. montana, 
Gardner ex Fl. Ind, lec. ; Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 10; Beddome i.e, t., 84. 
Western Peninsula: in Malabar and Mysore. Ceylon. 
A very variable plant, of which three varieties have been recognized by Hook. fil. 
& Thoms. These are characterisel as below:— | | 
“Var. 1, tomentosa ; branchlets and leaves beneath tomentose, carpels pubescent. 
Var. 2, strigosa; branchlets and leaves beneath strigose, carpels glabrous. 
Var. 3, montana ; branchlets and much smaller leaves glabrous. MM. montana, 
Gardner.” | 
Prare 205A. Miliusa indica, Lesch. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 8, seeds— 
of natural size; 4, flower with sepals and outer petals turned back, the inner petals 
having been removed; 5 & 6, anthers; 7, pistil—enlarged. (Copied from a drawing 
lent by Dr. H. Trimen, v.28. Director of the Royal Botanical Garden, Ceylon.) | 
8. Mrcrusa veturina, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 151. A tree 30 to 50 feet high; 
young branches and all the other parts more or less densely tomentose. Leaves thickly 
membranous, ovate-oblong to elliptic or sub-rotund, very variable in size, minutely 
apiculate, acute or obtuse; the base rounded or slightly cordate; both surfaces pale 
tomentose, the upper less so; the lower velvety when young, sometimes both pubescent 
especially when adult; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, oblique or spreading, rather prominent 
on both surfaces; length 4 to 10 or even 14 in., breadth 2°5 to 4 or even 7 in.; petiole 
‘2 in. Flowers *35 to °5 in. long, on slender, 2 to 3 in. long (elongating in fruit), very 
tomentose, ebracteolate pedicels arising singly or 2 or 3 from a shorter, tomentose, 
leaf-opposed peduncle. Sepals and outer petals small, ovate. Inner petals much larger 
(25 to 3 in, long), broadly ovate to rotund, blunt, all (as also the sepals) densely 
tomentose outside, blackish-purple and glabrous inside. Stamens short, with very slight 
sub-acute apiculus. Ovaries ovoid, pubescent, 2-ovuled; stigma sub-sessile, sub-capitate. 
Ripe carpels ovoid to oblong, blunt, often oblique, puberulous, bluish purple, °5 to ‘75 
a Se stalk +25 to 35 in, Seed 2, transversely ridged. Hook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. i. 
; , pe on ae Burm. 1. 47; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 52; Brandis For. Flore 
Chines | Syloat., t. 87, and Ie, Pl. Ind, Or., ¢. 87; Pierre Fl. Forest.’ Coch.- 
ne, t od—Uvaria velutina—Dunal Anon. 91.—U. villosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 664.—~ 
Guatteria velutina, A, DC. Mem. Soc. Genev. y. 42; Wall. Cat, 6441. os 
