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(1) G. rotymorrna. (R. W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. I. p. 21. 
Syn. Platea axillaris, Thwaites enum.—Stemonurus axillaris, 
Miers in Ann. H. H. X. p. 41. 
_ Engrav. Wight's Spicil. I. t., 22. 
Spec, Cuan. Large rambling shrub: leaves oblong, or obovate 
lanceolate, acuminated, glaucous beneath: cymes axillary, solitary, 
or in pairs, about the length of the petiole, many-fowered in the 
male, 2~3-flowered in the female: calyx minutely 4—5-toothed : 
stamens projecting: fruit oblong, crowned with the stigma: flowers 
whitish. 
Courtallum and Coonoor jungles, flowering in March and April. 
(2) G. cortacza. ( Wight.) 
Ident, Wight’s Tl. p. 103. 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves oval or obovate-cuneate, attenuated at 
both ends: male cymes axillary, few-flowered : female flowers soli- 
tary, or 2~3-racemose : fruit oblong, cylindrical: flowers tetran- 
drous. 
Pulney Hills. 
GENUS VI. STEMONURUS. 
Diweia Pentandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv, From Stemon, a stamen, and Ouros, a tail or appendage. 
Gen. Cuar. Flowers bisexual or ditecious by abortion: corolla 
5, tarely 6-petalled, cohering at the base: anthers introrse, 2-cell- 
ed: ovary free, 1-celled, with two ovules: stigma obtuse: drupe 
1-seeded. 
(1) S. verrpus. (R. W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. I. p. 21. 
Syn. Mappia oblonga, Miers ?—Dalz, Bomb. flor. p. 28. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 955. 
. Spec. Cuan. Middle-sized tree: leaves alternate, entire, ellip- 
tic, oblong, acuminated, pubescent beneath: flowers small, terminal, 
cymosély panicled, everywhere clothed with short hairs; yellowish- 
white, very fetid : drupe succulent, olive-shaped, purple when ripe. 
Goa Mountains. Neilgherries. Flowering during the rainy season, 
