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1. GOMPHANDRA, Wall. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 585 (Stemonurus, 

 Blume ; Engl. u. Prantl iii. 5. '_' 17 . 



Trees or shrubs. Fl. bisexual or polygamous, -4-5- sometimes G-merous. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, teeth short. Corolla campauulate. lobes acuminate, inflexed, 

 midrib pnaninent on the inside. Stamens 5, hyfwgynous, alternating with 

 corolla lobes, tilameiits flat, as long as or longer than corolla, often papillose or 

 hairy, anther cells distinct, pendulous from the filiform apex of the filament. 

 Drupe sunn tunted by the remains of the disk, endocarp crustaceous. Embryo 

 minute, albumen fleshy bipartite. Species 8-10, tropical Asia. 



1. G. polymorpha, Wight Ic. t. 953. — Svn. G. coriacea, Wight; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. Manual t. 9. 



A shrub, glabrous except inflorescence, which is mire or less papillose or 

 puberalous. L. thinly coriaceous, most variable in shape, cymes terminal or 

 leaf-opposed, pedunculate, much longer than petiole. Fl. sometimes 6-merous, 

 polygamous. 



Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards, often forming the underwood iu 

 evergreen forests. PI. March-Sept. Ceylon. 2. Closely allied is G. axillaris, Wall. 

 Khosi hills (not in the Western Peninsula). L. membranous, cymes axillary, as long as 

 or shorter than petiole. 3. 6. comosa, King, South Andaman. Fl. t-merous, connective 

 and upper part "f filaments densely covered with long white glandular-pointed hairs. 



4. G. penan^iana, Wall. {Slemonurus penaiigianits, Miers; Ivuiz F. PL i. 238.) Tenas- 

 serim, Malay Peninsula. PL 4-merous, filaments with a few white hairs at the hack. 



5. G. andamanica, King (Apodytes andamanica, Knrz . Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

 An evergreen tree, branchlets tawny-puberulous. L. o 8 in., filaments quite glabrous. 

 Fr. I in. long. 



2. MAPPIA. Jacq.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 388. 



Species 4, tropical Asia and America. 



1. M. fcetida, Miers, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. vol. 9 1 1852) p. 395, and 

 Contributions to Botany, vol. i. p. ill simultaneous publications). Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 1 H. Vern., Kala gaum, Kalgur, Ganera, Mar. : Arali, Tam. 



A small tr r large 



shrub, with strong 

 smell, particularly the 



(lowers. Meilull. rays 



broad, prominenl on a 

 radial section. Young 

 shoots and underside of 

 lea vea thinly pubescent. 

 L. ovate, acuminate, 

 base often unequal- 

 sided, blade 2 -8 in., 

 pet iole I -2 in. Fl. yel- 

 low in terminal corym- 

 bose panicles, generally 

 bisexual. I !alyx hairy, 



5-lODed. Tell! Is five, 



hairy above. Stamens 



6, hypogj i-. alter- 



nat ing with petals, in 

 sorted outside the cup- 

 shaped disk. Ovary 



hairy, style terminal. 



Drupe iiblniig. obtuse, 

 red. I iii. long. 

 Western Ghats from 



-Mappia foel Ida, Miers 



