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"the calyx : lobes obpvate, subcUiated, patent : ovary hemispliericBt 

 above : stigma capitate, somewhat lobed : corolla white, wiA pur- 

 plish veins. 



Neilgherries. Silhet. Ohiltagorig. Flowering in March and 

 April. 



(4) M. DUBiA. CT^all.) 



Ident. Wall, in Roxb. ft. Ind. II. p. 235.— Dec. prod, till, 

 p. 81. 



Spec. Char. Branches, petioles, and nerves of the youngl^ 

 leaves slightly hirsute : leaves ovate-acute, coarsely tootKed, obtuse 

 at the bape,- membranaceous, glabrous above: racemes axillary-, 

 composite, somewhat shorter than the leaf: bracts lanceolate-acur 

 minate : bracteoles ovate-ac\ite, : calycine lobes ovate, round, su,bf 

 ^ciliated : corolla twice as large as the cajyi : lobes oboyate) patent ; 

 ovary half-superior ; style Very short ; stigma obtuse. 



Wynaad and Coorg. 



(5) M. GLABRA. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 233. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 82. 



Spec. Char. Small ti-ee : branches straight, smooth : }eav6i 

 bvates-lanoeplate, entire : panicles a?(iUary> 

 ^hittagong, flowering in March. 



GENUS n. EMBELIA. 

 JPentandria llEOMegryiila. Sexi St/tti 



Derii). The Cingalese name latinised. 



Gen. Char. Climbing shrubs or small trees: leaves alternate'- 

 often entire, petioles frequently marginate.and denticulate': panicles 

 or racemes many-flowered : flowers often almost disecious : calyx 

 5-parted or deeply 5-cJteftj Kibes convolute to the left in aestivation: 

 petals 5, patent or reflexed often quincuncj^l in estivation, 2 oirterj 

 $ inner, rarely convolute at the left: filaments connate at the base 

 •with the opposite petal, flliforiia above : anthers much shorter thari 

 the filament, ovoid, at the base and sometimes at the apex emargii 

 nate, 2-celledi eells ovalje, longitudinally dphifjciflg, s^bdivi^ed >\ith 

 a longitudinal membranaceous nerve : ovary oVoid, often very smajl • 

 style short: stigma included, capitellate, snblobed : ovules 4-l" 

 often abortive, itiserted on a central (often very small or almost 

 wanting) placenta: drupe globose: seed single, not filling the 

 cavity of the pericarp. • "s 



