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IV. AN0NACEJ3 



[Miliusa 



t. 202a, a small glabrous tree of Sikkini, 2,500-6000 ft., Assam and the Khasi hills, 

 leaves lanceolate acuminate 5-7 in., ripe carpels cylindric § in. long. 3. M. Wightiana, 

 Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 86 ; Ann. iv. t. 202n, a small glabrous tree 

 of the Tinnevelli and Travancore hills, leaves 2-4 in., ripe carpels J in. long. Two 

 glabrous shrubs : 4. M. nilagirica, Bedd. I.e. t. 88 ; Ann. iv. t. 203a, of the Nilgiris. 

 Leaves 2-4 in. long. 5. M. indica, Lesch. ; Bedd. I.e. t. 85 ; Ann. iv. t. 205. Evergreen 

 forests from Kanara to Malabar, leaves 2 in., ripe carpels A in. long, purple. 



6. M. Roxburghiana, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. t. 189b. 



A tree, attains 50 ft., branchlets softly pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, long- 



Fig. 3.— Miliusa Roxburgh iana, Hook. f. & Thorns. Leaf, fl., fruit. $. 



acuminate, 3-6 in. Fl. dioecious or polygamous, sepals and 3 outer petals 

 green, lanceolate or linear, reflexed, inner petals obtuse, fleshy, J in. long, dark 

 greenish-red. Ripe carpels nearly globose, \ in. diam. on slender stalks. Seed 

 1, rarely 2. 



Subhimalayan tract in Sikkim, ascending to 2.000 ft., Assam, Chittagong hills, 

 Burma. Fl. H.S. M. tristis, Kurz F. Fl. i. 47, possibly a variety with larger leaves 

 and flowers. 



3. PHiEANTHUS, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 72. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing, the outer petals small like the sepals, the 

 inner large, flat, coriaceous, ovate-triangular from a broad base. Stamens 

 numerous, anther cells distant, connective broad, obtuse, often produced beyond 

 anthers. Ovaries numerous, style cylindric or clavate, ovules 1-2. Ripe 

 carpels stalked, 1-seeded. 



1. P. andamanicus, King, Ann. iv. t. 201a, Andamans. Leaves thin, elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate, glabrous, 5-7 in., secondary nerves slender, nearly at right angles to 

 midrib, not much more prominent than tertiary nerves and intra-marginal veins. 



2. P. malabaricus, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 36c. Ann. t. 201n. South Wainad, 2,000 ft. 

 Outer petals twice as large as sepals, inner red, thick and fleshy, twice the size of the 

 outer. 



4. SAGER/EA, Dalz. ; Gen. PI. i. 22. 



Glabrous evergreen trees or shrubs, leaves shining coriaceous, second, nerves 

 not much more prominent than intermediate and tertiary nerves. Fl. globose, 

 bisexual or unisexual, fasciculate on wocdy tubercles, often on the old -wood. 

 Sepals small, connate at base or free and slightly imbricate. Petals imbricate, 



