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tile ones, ovate-acute, toothed, hairy at the back, sometinies 2-1obed 

 or 2-paTted : ovary free, hirsute, often angular : cells the number of 

 the stamens or lobes of the calyx, opposite them 1 -seeded: ovulea 

 ascending : style cylindric : berry 1-2-celled by abortion, globose, 

 or ellipsoid : seeds 1-2, erect : testa coriaceous, smooth : albumen 

 fleshy : embryo erect : cotyledons leafy and fleshy : radicle inferior. 



(1) M. Elengi. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. p. 497.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 202.— Roxb. 

 fl. Ind. II. p. 236. 



Engrav. Boxb. Cor. 1. 1. 14. — Rheede Mai. I. t. 20. — Lam. 

 III. t. 300.— Wight's Icon. t. 1586. 



Spec. Char. Tree : leaves elliptic-oblong, obtusely acuminat- 

 ed, smooth : fascicles of pedicels axillary, shorter than the petiole, 

 3-6-flowered : pedicels rusty-pubescent : lobes of the calyx lanceo- 

 late-acuminate, equal, 4 outer ones rusty-velvety outside, smooth 

 )Tithin, 4 inner ones narrower, whitish-velvety outside, smooth 

 within : flowers middle-sized, white, fragrant. 



Circars. Western Ghauts. Peninsula. Silhet. Flowering in 

 the hot season. 



(2) M. BEXANDKA. (Roxh.) 



Hint. Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 238. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 204. 



Syn. M. Indica, Dec. prod. I, e. p. 205. — Wight's lean. Vol. 

 IV. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1587. — Roxb. Cor. t. 15. 



Spec. Char. Tree : leaves obovate-elliptic, emarginate, gla- 

 brous : axils 1-6-flowered : pedicels shorter than the petiole : lobes 

 of the calyx ovate-acute, spreading, 3 outer ones coriaceous : 12 

 outer lobes of the corolla white, linear-lanceolate, 6 inner ones yel- 

 low, all spreading : berry olive-shaped, yellow. 



Mountainous parts of the Circars. Concans. Guzerat. Flow* 

 ering in the hot season. 



(3) M. BoXBURGHIANA. (JR. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight 1. e. t. 1588. 



Spec Char. Tree : leaves obovate, oval, obtuse at both ends : 

 fascicles 2-3-flowered : pedicels about thrice the length of the pe- 

 tioles : lobes of the calyx ovate-acute, about the length of the co- 

 rolla, rusty-velvety : sterile stamens about the length of the fila- 

 ments, broad-obovate, fimbriated on the margin : fruit globose, de- 

 pressed above, about 6-seeded. 



Ooimbatore district, flowering in March and April, 



