i3i 



ttai-gin, all obtuse, inflexed at the apex : stamens included, fred : 

 filaments filiform : anthers ovoid-Spherical, cordate, 2-celled : ovary 

 adnatg to the calyx, half superior in flower : placenta basilar within, 

 the calyx-tube :, style short: stigma capitate> often obseletely 3-5- 

 lobed, lobes distinct, opposite the lobes of the calyx : berry covered 

 by the calyx, ovoid. 



(1) M. RAMENTACEA. (Walt J 



ident. Wall, in Roxb. fior. Ind, 11. p. 230. — Dec. prod. VIII- 

 p. 77. 



Spt. Baeobotrys ramentacea, Roieb. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuihiilatM, tn^mbrana- 

 tjeous : panicles axillary, soiiiewhat shorter than the leaf, branched 

 from the base, slightly glelbroUs : bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 ciliated, shorter than the pedicel : bracteoles close to the flower, 

 ovate : calycine lobes ovat6 : CtiroUa a half longer than the calyx : 

 flowers small, greenish yellow. 



Siihet, flowering in March and April. 



(i) M. MONTANA. (Dec.) 



ident. bee. prodi VIII. p. 79. 



Syn. Baeobotrys nemoralis, Raxi, p. Ind. II. p. 232.-^B. IiIa 

 dica. Wall. 



Spec. Char. Branches slightly glabrous : leaves ovate-oblong, 

 Acuminate, obtuse at the base, subrevolute at the margin, remotely 

 denticulate : racemes axillary, twice as lori^ as the petiole, puberu- 

 lous, simple or branched at the base : bracts lanceolate-acuminate : 

 bracteoles Iknc'eolate, aiid with the ovate-acute calycinfe lobes pube- 

 ruloiis : corolla 3 times larger than the calyx : lobes obovate, sub- 

 ciliated : ovary half-superior, hemispherical above : stigma sohie'* 

 what lobed : flowers small, white. 



Siihet, flowering in March. 



(3) M. Indica. (Dec.) 



IdenL Dec. prod. Vltl. p. 80. 



Si/n. Baeobotrys Indiea, Raxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 230,-^M, Perot* 

 tetiana, Dee. prod. VIII. p. 80. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1206. — Spieil. II. t. 134. 



Spec. Ciiar. Leaves ovate-elliptic, acuminated, coarsely tooth- 

 ed, membranaceous, subi-evolute at the margin : racemes axillary 

 and terminal, simple or branched at the base, twice as long as the 

 fietiole' : bracts lancieolate-acuihinate : bracteoles ovate-acute : caly« 

 cine-lobes ovate, subciliated : corolla 5-cleft, 3 times larger Ihaa 



