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Erythroxylon, L. 



Conspectus of species. 

 § 1. Erythroxylon. Styles free from the base. • 

 Leaves oblong lanceolate, shortly acuminate glaucescent beneath ; pedicels about \ in, 

 long, ... ... ... ... ... E. Kunthianum. 



§ 2. Sethia. Styles united for about \ of their length. 

 Leaves obovate or oblong, blunt ; pedicels usually 3 lin. long, rarely longer, 



...E. monogynum. 

 Leaves broadly obovate or oblong, retuse ; pedicels shoi-t, ... ... E. cuneaiiim. 



1. E. Kunthianum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 291 ; Hf. ' 

 Ind. Fl. I. 414. {Sethia ? Kunthiana, Wall. Cat. 6849, nomen cliarta- 

 ceum). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the drier hill-forests, especially the stunted 

 ones, on the Martaban hills E. of Tounghoo, at 5000 to 7200 ft. elevation ; 

 also Tenasserim, top of Thoungjeen hills, (Parish). Fl. March. 



2. E. MONOGTNUM, Koxb. Corom. PL I. t. 88. and Fl. Ind. II. 449 ; 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 414. ( JE. Indicum, Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. Madr. t. 81 ; Sethia 

 Indica, DC. Prod. I. 576 ; Wight 111. t. 48). 



Hab. Pegu (accord. Dr. Mason). 



3. E. CUNEATUM, {Urostigma ? cuneatum, Miq. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. YI. 585 ; E. Burmannicum, Griff. Not. Dicot. 408. t. 581. f. 3. ; 

 Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 414). 



Hab. Tenasserim, from Moulmein (Falconer, Wall.) down to Mergui, 

 along the coast of Madamaca (Griff.). Fl. Apr. 



MALPIGHIACEjE. 



Conspectus of genera. 

 Trih. I. MALPIGRIE^. Carpels never winged, free or united into a fleshy or drupa- 

 ceous 1- to 3-celled fruit. Usually erect shrubs, with usually opposite leaves and 

 connate stipules. 



1. Malpighia. Calyx 6-10-glaudular. Filaments at base glabrous. Ovary entire, 

 2'3-celled, styles terminal and free. Drupes containing 3 or fewer crested nuts. 



Trih. II. HIEEJE. Samaras 1-3, obliquely accumbent to a short pyramidal torus, or 

 the carpels united into a winged indehiscent capsule. Woody climber or rarely 

 erect shrubs or trees, the stipules minute or wanting. 



* Stamens definite, usually 10, all perfect. 



O Style 1, rarely 2. 



2. HiPTAGB. Calyx with a single large gland adnate to the pedicel. Carpels 3- 

 winged. Trees or woody climbers. 



O O Styles 3. Ca'yx without glands. 



3. AspiDOPTEEYS. I^tals .not clawed Stigmas capitellate. Samaras broadly 

 winged all round. Woody climbers. 



* * Stamens numerous. Styles 3, consolidated. Calyx minute, without 



glands. 



4. Plagioptekon. Capsules indehiscent, 3-4-wiuged as in Hiptage. Petals re- 

 flexed. Woody climbers. 



