230. 
GENUS VII. MICROTROPIS. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Sex : Syst: 
: dapere From Micros, small, and Tropis, a keel, alluding to the, 
scaly appendage at the base of the petals. 
Gzy. Cuar. Shrubs or trees with entire opposite exstipulate 
eaves: calyx 5-partite: petals 5, inserted into the outer margin. 
of the disk: stamens rising from the edge of the disk: anthers 
introrse, sometimes alternating with short epipetalous scales: ovary 
2-celled’: cells 2-ovuled : style short: stigma obscurely 4-lobed : 
capsule 1-celled, 2-yalved, usually dehiscing on one side only : 
seeds solitary, rarely twin : albumen copious. 
(1) M. microcarpa. (R. Wy.) 
Fdent. Wight’s Icon. vol. IIT. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 975.—Spicil. I. t. 46. 
Spec. Cuan. Erect shrub: leaves ovate, mucronate, entire, 
laucous beneath: petals obovate, broad at the apex : cymes axil- 
ry, dichotomous, shorter than the leaves: capsule slightly attenu-. 
ated at the base, panied: testa of. a rusty. brown colour: flowers, 
small, white. 
; Kotagherry, flowering in July and August. 
(2) M. ovanrrotra. (R, WF.) 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. L. p. 40. 
Spec. Cuar. Large branched shrub, somewhat diffuse : leaves 
oval, rounded at both ends: cymes axillary, trichotomous, shorter 
than the leaves: petals orbicular : fruit oblong-oval : testa crimson. 
Ootacamund, flowering i in February and March, 
(3) M. ramtrrora. (R, W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Spicil. I. p. 40. 
Engrav. Wight’s Spicil. I. t. 48. 
Sprc. Cuar. Tree, middling size: leaves subsessile, slightly 
cordate at the’ base, | obtuse or slightly ‘emarginate, reflexed, very 
coriaceous: flowers subsessile, densely clustered on the branches : 
petals somewhat obovate : fruit oblong: testa reddish-orange co- 
Tour : flowers white, — ; “ 
Ootacamund, 
(4) M, pensirrora. (R. WV.) 
Ident, Wight’s Icon. vol. TIT. 
(Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1052, 
