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Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-cleft: petals 5: ovary 2-celled: cells 
2-seeded: capsule 2-lobed: seed solitary, with an aril. 
(1) M. cetoniopes. (Roxb.) 
‘ Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 69.—Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 52. 
. Spec. CHar. Small tree: leaves alternate, short-petioled, broad- 
lanceolate, entire, tapering : stipules subulate, villous: capsule trans- 
versely oval, 2-lobed, dehiscent, covered with grey down: seed en- 
veloped in red aril: flowers numerous, collected in axillary, solitary, 
short-peduncled fascicles. 
Ram Ghaut, Bombay. Silhet. Flowering in April and May. 
ORDER LIV. HOMALIACEZ. 
Trees or shrubs: leaves alternate, toothed or entire: stipules 
deciduous or wanting: flowers in spikes, racemes or panicles: 
calyx 5-15-cleft: petals alternate with the segments of the 
calyx: stamens arising from the base of the petals, either singly 
or in threes or in sixes: anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise: 
ovary 1-celled, with numerous pendulous ovules: styles 3-5, 
simple: fruit baccate or capsular: seeds slightly albumenous. 
GENUS I. HOMALIUM. 
Polyadelphia Polyandria. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From the Greek Homalos, equal or regular ; the stamens 
are 21, and regularly divided into fascicles of threes. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx somewhat conical, the limb disposed in a 
double series, 10-14-parted: inner lobes narrowest: ylands 6-7, 
inserted at the base of the inner lobes of the calyx: stamens fasci« 
cled, 3 or 6 in each bundle: styles 3, filiform. 
(1) H. Zeyranicum. (Benth.) 
Ident. Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc. IV. p. 35. 
. Syn. Blackwellia Zeylanica, Gardn. in Calc, Jour. Nat. Hist. 
VII. p. 452.—B. tetrandria, R. W. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1851. 
Spec. Cuan. Tree: leaves ovate, bluntly serrated, somewhat 
abruptly acuminate : racemes elongated, slightly tomentose: flowers 
small, white. 
Ram Ghaut. Bombay. Pulney Hills. ? 
