Iliptagc] 



XXIII. MALPIGHTACE.E 



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of leaves whitish nr yellowish-grey tomeatose. Leaves ovate or elliptic _-4 in. 

 Fl. scente<l, white or lilac, 5tli petal with a bright yellow blotch near the 

 base, wings pink, middle one lauceolate. l|-2 in., the two lateral broad, obtuse, 

 i in. long. 



Dry ami Eng fmvst in the Irawaddi valley, from Prome upwards, Manipur, Shan 

 hills. Fl. March. Cochinchina. (>. H. sericea. Hook. fil. Tenasserim, Malay Penin- 

 sula. A woody climber, branohlets ami inflorescence clothed with soft brown hairs, 

 racemes slender, 3-6 in. long. Fl. \-\ in. diam. Wings of fruit linear-lanceolate, the 

 middle one li-2 in. long, tin- lateral .mes shorter. 



2. ASPIDOPTERYS, A. Juss. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 419. 



Fl. .small, regular, yellow or white, in axillary or terminal panicles, no 

 glands on pe licel, petals quite entire, not clawed. Stamens 10, equal. Ovary 

 3-lobed, styles 3, glabrous, stigmas capitate. Fruit of 3 elongatedjnuts, 

 which separate when mature, each surrounded by an orbicular or oblong mein- 

 hr us wing. Species 14, tropical Asia. 



A. Leaves glabrous beneath, or nearly so. 



1. A. Roxburghiana, A. Juss. 



A woody climber, inflor- 

 escence, rasty-tomentose, 

 branchlets, petioles and 

 midrib beneath often rusty- 

 pubescent. Leaves elliptic- 

 ovate, blade 3-4, petiole 

 .', iii. long. Petals ^ in. 

 long. Wings oi fruit ob- 

 long, I \ in. long. 



Sikkim, Assam, BLhasi and 

 N'ng.i hills. Western Penin- 

 sula. PI. August October, 

 2, A. Helferiana, Kinz. Ten- 

 ass - 1" i in and Andanians, Slian 

 lulls. A large climber. 

 I. m \ es ii roa <l I v ellipf i>-. 

 glaucous, often -I i:_'lii ly hairy 

 beneat h. Fl. on slender ped i - 

 eels, umbellate, umbels ar- 

 ranged in axillary, Blender, 

 i n-t \ - tomentose . panicles. 

 W Lugs of fruit ovate, I b inly 

 membranous, 1 in. lung. 



Tin' follow ing t w ii species 



li:i \ -■ a snia 11 dorSQ I wilier or 



crest "ii i In- nucleus : '■'■. A. 

 canarensia, li.il/. probabVj 

 .1. ylomerala, Wight [c. t. 

 1986 Everj reen forests of 



tin- Kauara and Malabar 



Ghats, glabrous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, elliptic- 



lam late, blade 8 5, i«-i iole 



! in. Fl, crou ded in a sillarj 

 fascicles. Wings .if fruit 

 nearly orbiculc r, I in. diam.. 

 -Ii ining, thinly membi am m 9. 

 Glabn 



-Syn. Triopteris indica, Roxb.Cor. PI. t. L6 1. 



I. A. concava, A. Jus 

 Wings of fruit orbicular, thinly hyaline 



52.— Aspidopterya Roxburghiana, A. Juss. A. 



IVnii 



Tenasserim, Mala] 

 wit Ii raised veins, 



I!. Leaves tomentose or pubescent beneath. 



.">. A. nutans, Hunk. ML: Kurz, F. Fl. i. 1T.">. 



A woody ilimiici'. yming slm.iis and iniloivscci pubescent, I. tores broadly 



