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centre and circumference ; ovary buried 



in the disc ... ... ... 5. Lophopetalcm. 



Fruit dehiscent ; leaves alternate ; ovules 2 in 



each cell, erect ; seeds arillate. 



Disc free from the ovary, the stamens insert- 

 ed on its margin, capsule 3-celled ... 6. Celastrus. 

 Disc confluent with the ovary, stamens insert- 

 ed underneath it, capsule 3-celled ... 7. Gyjixospoeia. 

 Ovary free from the disc, and crowned by a 

 tuft of hairs ; styles 2, capsule entire or 2- 

 lobed ... ... ... ... 8. Kuerimia. 



Fruit a dry or pulpy indehiscent drupe ... 9. Elaeojdendron. 



Tribe II. Hippocrates. Stamens 3, rarely 2, 4 or 5 ; the filaments 



broad, flattened, recurved so that the anthers dehisce outwardly, inserted 



on the disc ; seeds exalbuminous ; leaves usually opposite. 



Fruit flattened, dehiscent, seeds winged ... 10. Hippocratea. 

 Fruit globular or ovoid, pulpy and indehis- 

 cent, seeds not winged ... ... 11. Salacia. 



1. Microtropis, Wall. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled or subsessile, 

 exstipulate, entire. Flowers in sessile clusters or in peduncled cymes, 

 axillary or supra-axillary, sometimes unisexual. Sepals 4 or 5, imbri- 

 cate. Petals 4 or 5, rarely 0, connate at the base, erect. Stamens 5, 

 inserted on the disc or on the tube of the corolla. Disc 0, or small. 

 Ovary free, ovoid, perfectly or imperfectly 2-3-celled ; style very short 

 or absent ; stigma minutely 2-4-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral 

 at the inner angle. Capsule ovoid, coriaceous, 1-celled, 2-valved, 1- 

 seeded, surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx. Seed erect, 

 stipitate ; aril 0. — Distrib. Species about 12 ; mountains of India, 

 Ceylon, the Malayan Peninsula and Java. 



Cymes sessile, very condensed, about as long as the 



petioles, axillary, under *5 in. long ... ... 1. M. elliptica. 



Cymes and their peduncles "5 to '75 in. long ... 2. M. discolor. 



Cymes extra-axillary, on long thin peduncles. 



Cymes 3- to 5-flowered, their peduncles "5 to 



•75 in. long ; petals ovate-rotund ... ... 3. M. bivalvis. 



Cymes many-flowered, their peduncles T25 to 



3 in. long ; petals oblong ... ... 4. M.filiformis. 



1. Microtropjs elliptica, n. sp. King. A shrub or small tree; 

 young branches terete, pale when dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly 



