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MABA, J. R. & G. Forat. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers dioecious, axillarj 

 Callyx 3-partite or 3-fid, enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube longer than 

 calyx, lobes 3, twisted to the nght. Male fl. : stamens 3-22; fila- 

 ments distinct or united ; ovary rudimentary. Female fl : stami- 

 uodes 0-12 ; ovary 3-celled ; ovules G, Fruit 1-6-celled, l-6-.seeded. 

 Albumen not ruminated. 



Ovary densely hairy 

 Ovary glabrous 



.. M. nigreacens. 

 .. M. micraniha. 



M. nigreseens, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142; Fl. Br. 1.3.551. 



Raktarohida, raldarora, M. In the evergreen forests <jf the Kenyan 

 and North Kiinara, common on the North Kanara ghdts near Nilkund 

 and Gairsoppah. Fl. Dec, Feb. Fr. Apl.-May. 



M. micrantha, Hiern. in Ti-ans. Camb. Phil. Soc. XII. 133 ; Fl. Br. I. 

 3. 552 ; Ilolochilus micranthus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sjlv. 147. On the southern ghats. Fl. l^'eb., Mch. Dalz. 



DIOSPYROS, L. 



Trees. Leaves entire, alternate. Flowers dioecious, axillary, 

 usually 4-5-merous. Calyx lobed, lobes often accrescent in fruit. 

 Corolla tubular or urceolate, lobed^ lobes twisted to the right. Mala 

 fl. : stamens 4-64 often 16 ; ovary rudimentary. Female fl, : stami- 

 nodes 0-l6; ovary 4-5-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; stigmas 1-4. Fruit 

 1-10-seeded. Albumen equable or ruminated. 



Corolla tubular in bud. 



Corolla yellow, fulvous-tonientose without. Sta- 

 mens 16. Fruit clothed with stinging hairs. 

 Albumen equable... ... ... ... ... .. D. prurient. 



Corolla glabrous without. 



htamens 24-32 ; filaments glabrous D,atsimilit. 



Corolla white-tomentose without. Stamens 9-12. 



Cslj'x truncate. Albumen equable ...D. oocarpa. 



Corolla yellow-woolly without. Calyx triangular- 

 toothed or lobcd. Stamens 12. Albumen ru- 

 minated Z>. Tupru, 



Corolla yellow-lanate without. Calyx ovate-tooth- 

 ed. Stamens 12-16 Albumen ruminated ... ...D. melanoxylon. 



Corolla yeliow-tomentose without. Male flowers 

 fascicled ; calyx deeply lobed. Albumen rumi- 

 nated D. Candolknna. 



Corolla black-velvetty without. Calyx-lobes foli- 

 aceous, auricled in fruit. Stamens 20. Albumen 

 equable ..D. paniadata. 



Corolla urceolate. 



Tree often spinous. Corolla glabrous without. 



Stamens 16, glabrous. Albumen equable D.montana. 



Corolla-lobes tomentose without. Stamens 16, 



pilose. Albumen equable ... D. Kaki. 



Corolla nearly glabrous without. Stamens 40, 



pilose. Albumen equable D. Embryopterit, 



Corolla glabrate without. Stamens 1,3-22, glab- 

 rous or sparsely pilose. Albumen ruminated D, sylvaHca, , 



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