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the length of the calyx : stamens 6, unequally hairy at the basfe : 

 ovary S-celled, ovules paired : stigma 3-lobed : berry 3 -seeded. 



Woods about Conoor on the Neilgherries. 



(3) M. NiGRESCfiUs. (Dale.) 



ident. JDalz. Bomb. flor. p. 142. 



Spec. Char. Small tree : branches rigid, erect : branchlets co- 

 vered with rusty-pubescence : leaves small^ subsessile, ovate of 

 bvate-acute, margins slightly narrowed and undulated : tawny with 

 ikdpressed hairs beneath especially on the margin and midrib. 



Forests of thi Western Ghauts. 



ORDER CI. AQTJIFOLIAGEiE. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs whose branches are often angular ; 

 leaves alternate or opposite, simple, coriaceous, without stipules ; 

 flowers small, white or greenish, axillary, solitary t»r clustered, 

 sometimes unisexual by abortion, sepals 4:-6-imbricatfed in aesti- 

 vation, corolla 4-6-parted, hypogyiious, imbricated in aestiva- 

 tion ; stamens inserted in the corolla, alternate with its seg- 

 ments; filaments erect; anthers adnate; two-celled, opening 

 longitudinally ; disk none : ovary fleshy, superior, somewhat 

 triincate, with frora 2 to 6 or moi-e cells ; ovules solitary, ana- 

 tropal, pendulous, and often hanging from a cup-shaped funi- 

 culus ; stigma suhsessUe, lobed ; fruit fleshy, indehiscent, with 

 from 2 to 6 or more stones ; seed suspended ; nearly sessile ; 

 albumen large, fleshy • embryo small, 2-lobed, lying next the 

 hilum, Tvith minute cotyledons, and a superior radicle. 



GEKUS I. ILEX. 



^JrettraiuIMa Tetragyiiia. Sexi Spsh 



Veriv. Originally from Oci or Ac, a Celtic term having ailu-* 

 Sion to the prickly leaves. 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, 4-6-lobeci, perrnanent : corolla 

 rotate in 4-6 deep elliptical, spreading, concave lobes, or as many 

 petals, slightly cohering by their bases, much larger than the calyx : 

 filaments oval-shaped : shorter than the corolla and alternate with 

 its lobes : anthers 2-lobed : ovary roundish : Styles none : stigmas 

 4-6j obtuse : berry globular, 4-6-celled : seeds solitary in ea«b 

 cell, oblong, pointed, angular inside, rounded externally. • 



