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1. M. buxifolia, Persi Km : Wight Ic. t. 763 : Bertd. Manual t. ltt. — Svn. ,1/. neilgher 

 Wight 111. t. 14s, bis; .1/. Ebemu, Wight Ic. t. 1228-9: Fnreota buxifolia, Roxb. Cor. 

 PI. t. 45. Uli, Tel.; Irambali, Tarn. Western Peninsula, extending t" Orissa on the 

 east sid._-. I'ommoii in the semi-evergreen scrub of the Coromandel coast. Martaban, 

 Tenasserim. Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Archip. A much branched shrub or small 

 tree, branchlets nearly glabrous, l. coriaceous, very variable in size and shape, £-1 in. 

 long, petiole very short, t'l. small, white, pinkish or yellowish, 3-merous, calyx 

 hairy, segments triangular, acute, corolla twice as long as calyx, campanulate, hairy 

 outside. Fr. ovoid, red, * in. diam. 2. M. nigTescens, Dalz. Western Chats from the 

 K..nkan to South Kanara. in evergreen forests. A large shrub or small tree, branch- 

 lets, petiole and midrib beneath with long fulvous hairs, 1. lanceolate, blade 2-3, pet. 

 J in. long, reticulate reins distinctly visible on both sides. Fl. $ 3^1-merous. corolla 

 \ in. long, stamens 4-9, ■? solitary or in pairs, ovary 3-celled. Fr. ovoid J in. long. 

 3. M. andamanica, Kurz. Andamans. Nieohars. A small shrub, branchlets, petiole and 

 midrib beneath softly tomentose, 1. chartaceous. elliptic-oblong, blade l^s. pet. J in.. 



see. n. 6-9 pair, prominent beneath, fr. ellipsoid, more than 1 in. long. 



B. Ovary glabrous. 



4. M. micrantha, rHern. Western Ghats of the Konkau. A small tree, branchlets 

 glabrous. 1. coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, except the minutely puberulous 

 petiole, blade 3-4. pet. \ in. long. 5. M. mergnensis, Hiern. Mergui. Malay Penins. 

 and Archip. Branchlets nearly glabrous, 1. chartaceous. glabrous, ovate-lanceolate. 



blade 4-6, pet. J in. Fl. 4- rarely 3-merous. 2 in dense i pound minutely pubescent 



cymes, ? in small cymes, fr. h in. long, supported by the thick calyx \-f. in. across, 

 lobed half-way down into 3 or 4 segments. 



Order LXX. STYRACEjE. Gen. PI. ii. 666. 



Si/iitj>1iii-arrtr and Sti/rai-accir, (nuke in Easier u. Prautl iv. i. pp. lt>5, 172. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, stipules 0. Fl. - bisexual, regular, 4— 5-nierous, 

 calyx campanulate, superior or inferior, limb persistent, petals free or connate. 

 Stamens 10 or numerous, adnate to petals, ovary 2-5-celled, style filiform, 

 ovules 1 or few on the inner angle. Seeds few, albuminous, radicle as long as 

 or longer than cotyledons. 



Stellate hairs and flat round peltate -coles are frequent. The wood fibres have 

 bordered pits. 



Stamens numerous in several -lies, ovary inferior 3-celled 1. SvMPLOCOS. 



Stamens l" in one series, ovary free, dissepiments reaching 



only to the middle ........ 2. Styhax. 



I. SYMPLOCOS, Linn.: PI. Brit. Ind. iii. 572. 

 (Brand in Engler, Pflanzenreich iy. 242. 13.) 



Leaves often drying yellow. PI. whit pale yellow, rarely pink, supported 



by 1 -3 bracteoles, and one bract at the base of pedicel. Petals imbricate in 

 bud, in a few species i nate into a tube. Stamens numerous, adnate to corolla- 

 tube, often more or Less distinctly pentadelphous, anthers short. < (vary inferior, 

 usually 3-celled, ovules 2, pendulous from the inner angle. Drnpewith a 

 woody 1-3-seeded endocarp, embryo often curved. Specie- 282, according to 

 Brand, tropica] and subtropical regions of America, Australia and Asia. A 

 few . if the Indian species have a wide distribution, the majoritj have only 

 been found within a restricted area. Nbl less than 17 sp. endemic in 

 ( ley Ion, 



I . I 'eta Is free or nearly SO, fl. buds stlbgl >b ■-'. 



A. PI. solitary, axillary. 



1. S. villosa, Brand I.e. 68. Travn ire ■'< 1,000 ft., in moisl forests, common Bour- 



dlllon 21, 901 a -mall tree, branchlets, young -1 ts, petioles and midrib beneath 



olothed with long soft spreading hairs. I. lam late, blade 2-8, pet. J in. long. PI. 



