Saccopetalui 



IV. AXOXACE.E 



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1. S. tomentosum, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 39 ; Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. A'.); Ann. iv. t. 2U7.— Syn. Uvaria tomentosa, Itoxb. Ccr. PI. t. 35. 

 Vera. Aw;-/, <'//,■, 

 Umbi, IIP in. Hin- 

 di, Mar.; Ome, 

 South ; Gonda 

 palaso, I'riya ; 

 f 7/ ///.a - diidu, 

 Tel. ; Hcssa re, 

 Kan. 



A large tree, 

 branchlets tomen- 

 tose. Full grown 

 leaves glabrous, 

 excepting midrib, 

 3-6 in. long, ovate 

 l blong. Fl. soli- 

 tary or in pairs, 

 pedicels hairy, 

 very slender, '2-3 

 in. lung : minute 

 bracteoles at the 

 base. Sepals and 

 outer petals lan- 

 ceolate, spreading; inner petals i-f in. long, ovate-lanceolate. Eipe carpels 

 tomentose, dark purple, with a pungent smell, 1 in. diam., 3-4 seeded, on 

 stalks !,-}, in. lung. 



Oudh and Gorakhpur forests, Aravalli liills, Sat.pura range, Behar, Orissa, Northern 

 Circai s. (not uncommon in Sal forests), Western ' ; 1 1 a t s and throughout the Peninsula. 

 Fl. H.S. 



2. S. longiflorum. Hook. til. : Ann. iv. 208, inner petals 1 ', in. long, is cultivated in the 



Botan. Garden, Calcutta, said to have I □ brought fr Chittagong. 3. S. sclerocar- 



pum, Hook. I. & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. t. 2HS liis. — Syn. M Hi una icier ocar pa, Kuiz F. Fl. i. Is. 

 Martaban ami Tenasserim, is imperfectly known. 



2 Saccopetalum tomentosum, Hook. f. «.v Tl.oms. 



Leaf, fr : section of fruit. 11. A. 





2. MILIUSA, Lcschenault ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 86. 



Deciduous trees, fl. usually bisexual, in one species polygamous. Sepals 3, 

 small, petals 6 in 2 series, the outer similar to sepals, the inner thin, flat and 

 much larger. Stamens definite or indetinite, ronnortive more or less apiculate. 

 Ovaries indefinite, linear-oblong, ovules 1-2. Species 21. [ndo Malayan. 



1. M.velutina,H.f.& Thorns.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 37 ; r c . PL Ind. Or. t. 87; 

 Brand., Forest Fl. t. 2: Ann. Hot. tiard. Calc. iv. t. 2<m] ; Vera. DomsOl, X. YV. 

 India: Har/ii, Liiri, Knjrii uin . Tier, Oudh, Central Provinces; OtnS, OrnbC, 

 Singbhum ; Kfum Kaifha, Mai.: Thabut gyi, Burm. 



A middle-sized tree, branchlets, leaves ami flowers densely silky t. mentose. 

 leaves '.', ii in. long, from a rounded or slightly cordate ha-'- ovate-oblong, 

 petioles short. Fl. on slender 2 3 in. long pedicels, in Bhorl racemes at the 

 ends of short branchlets, generally with a lew leaves a) the base. Sepals and 

 i iit ii- petals lancei late or ovate, inner petals 8 times their length, triangular 

 or ovate, silk} tomentcse outside, dark purple ami glabrous inside. Ovaries 

 pubescent, ovules 2. Ripe carpels A in. diam., 2-seeded, on stalks \ \ in. long, 

 terming a round bead. 



Sub-himalayan tract from the Gauges eastwards, ascending to 1,500 ft., Central li 

 Chota Nagpore, Northern Circars, Burma. Fl. II. s The young le irinApril 



or May. 



Other species wiili bisexual fl. are : -J. M. macrocarpa, Hook, f & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. 



