Mappia.\ xxxix. olacinbje. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 589 



1. SK. tomentosa, Miern Conirib. i. 67 ; leaves subcoriaceous ovate- 

 oblong acute or acuminate densely pubescent beneath black when dry 

 Stemonurus 1 fcetidus, Wight Ic. 955. 



Westeen Peninsula, in tlie Nilghiri Mta., Wight, EoUnacker. 



A large tree. Bark of branches yellow, wrinkled. Leaves 4-7 by 2-3 in., base 

 obtuse, nerves prominent ; petiole i-| in., thinly tomentose. Cymes terminal, corym- 

 bose, many-flowered ; peduncles veiy thick, half as long as the leaves, ultimate pedicels 

 shorter than the flower. Flower-buds oblong, obtuse. Flowers ^ in., polygamous; 

 villous externally, yellowish and very fetid. Petals oblong. Stamens glabrous. Ovary 

 ovoid ; style cylindrio. Drupe ^-J in., olive-shaped, purple, stone thin and soft. 



2. M. foetida, Miers Gontrib. i. 64 (not Stemonurus fcetidus, Wight) ; 

 leaves glabrescent ovate acuminate not black in drying, base rounded. 

 Mappia fetida, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 141 (not the text). 



Western Peninsula ; Nilghiri Mts. and Mysore, Wiglit, Jbc. 



A large tree. Bark wrinkled. Leaves 2^-7 by 2-3| in., coriaceous, thinly pubes- 

 cent, ultimately glabrous ; petiole |-1 in. Peduncles half the length of the leaves, 

 flattened, ultimate pedicels about jV in., strignse. Flower-huds roundish-oblong. 

 Calyx minute, lobed, lobes rounded. Corolla hairy within. Anthers roundish. Ovary 

 half the length of the stamens. Drupe oblong, obtuse, f by | in. 



3. Itl. ovata, Miers Contrib. i. 65 ; leaves glabrous but with a few tufts 

 of hairs in the axils of the nerves ovate-oblong abruptly and shortly acumi- 

 nate, base inequilateral acute. M. foetida a, Thwaites Ermm. 43. M. Gard- 

 neriana and Wightiana, Miers Contrib. i. 66, 67. 



Western Peninsula; hills of the Southern Carnatic and Travancor, Wight, &c. 

 Ceylon, ascending to 7000 ft. 



Branchlets angular. Leaves 6^ by 2\ in. , shining above, glaucous beneath with 

 resinous spots; petiole 2-2^ in. Panicle terminal, pedicels strigose. F'lower-Jjuds 

 clavate. Flowers J in.' Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, strigose. Petals 5, oblong, acute, 

 connate at the base, hairy on the inner surface. Filaments subulate, glabrous, anthers 

 ovoid, acute. Ovary ovoid, hairy, tapering into a club-shaped stjie and surrounded at 

 the base by an hypogyuous cup-shaped disk. Fruit J in. by J in., ovoid, acute, stone 

 thin, 1-seeded ; cotyledons large, flat, leafy, palminerved ; radicle thick, albumen fleshy. 

 — There is a little difference in the shape of the leaves in the Cingalese specimens, the 

 base being more rounded and the petiole not so long. , 



4. Itl. oblong^a, Miers Gontrib. i. 65 ; leaves oblong acute at both ends, 

 glabrous except along the nerves or sparingly setose. 1 Dah. ds Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 28. M. Championiana, Miers I.e. 66. M. foetida ;8, Thaites Enum. 43. 



Western Peninsula; in the Concan, Dalzell; Travancor, Wight; Ceylon, 

 ascending to 7000 ft., Champion. 



A tree. Leaves 4-7 by 2^-3 in. ; petiole \-l\ in. ; cymes terminal, lax, pubes- 

 cent ; ultimate pedicels as long as the flowers. Flowers J in., pilose. J'Vmj* j in , 

 ovoid-oblong, purple. — The plant intended by Dalzell and Gibson may be M. tomentosa 

 of Miers. 



Var. elliptica, Miers, l.o., branches angular, leaves smaller ovate acute. " Cordia," 

 Wall. Cat. 9064.— Travancor. 



16. FKIiEBOCAXiYniNA, Griff. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, coriaceous. Flowers poly- 

 gamous ; males in globose heads, borne on short spikes ; females shortly 

 pedicelled. Sepals 5. distinct, imbricate. Corolla tubular, limb 5-parted. 

 Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, adherent to the tube of the corolla ■ 

 anthers ovoid-oblong, dorsifixed, 2-lobed, dehiscing longitudinally. Disk 



