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Hab. Tenasserim (Heifer 1973). 



3. E. glaber, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 623 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 609.— {E. 

 garcinioides, Roxb. HBC. ; E. Timorensis, Laws, in Hf. Ind. Fl. I, 610, 

 non Zipp.). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of Martaban and Tenas- 

 serim, rare in those of the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah ; also Chitta- 

 gong. — Fl. March, Apr. 



4. E. Gtrifpithii, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 73 ; Ind. Fl. 

 I. 611. — (Hippocratea angulata, Griff. Not. Dicot. 473. t. 581. f. 1). 



Var. a. geneena, petioles thick, hardly J lin. long or the leaves almost 

 sessile and obsoletely serrate. 



Yah. /3. debia, petioles slender, 2 — 3 lin. long ; leaves entire or nearly 

 so. 



Hab. Var. a. Ava, on rocks at Loonkarim and Delvi Nempean on the 

 North from Assam (Griff. 1977) ; var. J3. not unfrequent in the damp hill- 

 forests of the Nattoung ranges in Martaban, east of Toungoo, at 6000 — 7000 

 ft. elevation. — Fl. Apr. ? 



Var. /?. will prove a distinct species, but as my specimens are in very 

 young bud only, I am unwilling to establish the species until better mate- 

 rial comes to hand. 



5. E. sclerocarpes, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 299. — 

 {Qlyptopetalum sclerocarpum, Laws, in Hf. Ind, Fl. I. 6j.3). 



Hab. Rather rare in the tropical forests around the Kambala toung 

 of the central Pegu Yomah. — Fl. Fr. Febr. 



Mierotropis, Wall. 

 Conspectus of species. 



x Cymes not much longer than the petiole, robust and crowdedly-flowered. 

 Leaves coriaceous, smooth ; capsules \ in. long, grey, M. garcinifolia. 



x x Cymes much longer than the petiole, lax and dichotomously branched. 



Leaves smooth, glossy above ; peduncle slender, 1 — 1 J in. long, 21. bivalvis. 



Leaves coriaceous, wrinkled especially above, opaque ; peduncle \ — J in. long, 



. . M. longifolia. 



1. M. garcinifolia, Wall. ap. Wight Icon. t. 761. — {Evonymus 

 garcinifolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 628 ; 31. discolor, Wall. Cat. 4337 : Hf. 

 Ind. Fl. I. 614). 



Hab. Rather frequent in the damp hill-forests of Martaban and 

 Tenasserim, at 5000 to 7000 ft. elevation. — Fl. March. 



2. M. bivalvis, Wall Cat. 4310; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 614.— (Celastrus 

 bivalvis, Jack. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1. II. 399). 



Hab. Tropical forests of Tenasserim, from Moulmein southwards. — 

 Fl. Febr. and Sept. ; Fr. Octob. 



3. M. longifolia, Wall, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873. 65. 



