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Gen. Cuan. Calyx. 5-partite, surrounded hy a 3-leaved invo« 
lucel: petals 5: stamens united into an urceolus round the ovary, 
five of which are sterile, alternating with 5 filaments, each beating 
1--2-anthers: style 5-cleft at the apex: capsule 5-celled, 5-valved : 
seeds angled, but not winged. 
(1) M.ancana. (Heyne.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 68. 
_ Sprxzc. Cuan. Suffruticose: leaves elliptical or oblong-linear, 
slightly serrated, densely pubescent on the under side: involucel 
Jeaves linear: sepals lanceolate: petals obovate, longer than the 
calyx: fertile filaments with one anther: peduncles 1-2-flowered ; 
capsule hairy: seeds 2-4 in each cell, tubereled. 
Mysore. Palamcottah. 
(2) M. asutizoipzs. ( Arn.) 
Ident. Wight’s Ill. 1. p. 77. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon, I. t. 23. 
Spxc. Cuan. ‘Shrub: branches villous: leaves broadly-ovate, 
‘pubescent above, tomentose beneath, crenately serrated : peduncles 
‘axillary and terminal, 2—3-flowered: involucel leaves broad-cor- 
‘date, closely embracing the flower: calyx segments nearly twice 
the length of the involucel: petals oblong: capsule tomentose. 
Rocky ravines among the Balaghaut Hills and in the beds of 
mountain streams. 
GENUS VIII. PTEROSPERMUM. 
Monadelphia Polyandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Pteron, a wing, and sperma, a seed, in allusion to 
the winged seeds. ; 
Gey. Cuar. Calyx 5-partite, somewhat tubular at the base: 
“sepals linear, tomentose outside, hairy within: petdls 5, oblique, 
shorter than the calyx: 5 stamens sterile: style club-shaped, slen- 
der: capsule 5-celled, 5-valved: seeds with a broad, membrand- 
ceous wing. 
(1) P. nusxernosum. (Heyne.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 68.—Don’s Mill. I. p. 538. 
Spec. Cuar. Tree: leaves ovate, quite entire, oblique, very 
unequal sided: branches calyx and leaves covered with rusty to- 
mentum: peduncles longer than the petioles. 
The locality of this species is unknown. 
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