Olyptopetalum.] xli. CBLASTRiNEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) 613 



2. G. sclerocarpum, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, pt. iL 299 

 leaves 8-12 by 2-3| in., cymes not half as long as the leaves. 



Pecju, Kv/re. 



A tree with thick coarse hranohes. Leaves very coriaceous, finely serrate or entire. 

 ■ Oymfis stoutish. Flowers ? i!Vm'< gloBose, the size of a large cherry, rough with mi- 

 nute tubercles ; pedicels 1 J in., straight. 



3. G. ^randiflorum, Bedd. Ic. PI. Tnd. Or. 21, t. 102 ; Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixv. ; peduncles longer than the leaves. 



Western Penihscla ; damp forests of the Wynaad, alt. 2-2800 ft., Beddome. 



Leaves aubcoriaoeous, 3^-5 by 1^-2 in., oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, acute or 

 acuminate. Pedvmeles filiform, 3-flowered ; pedicels 1 iu., arcuate. Flowers IJ in. across. 

 Petah obovate. Fruit ! 



3. laXCROTBOFXS, Wall. 



Trees or shruba, glabrous. Leaves opposite, petioled, or subsessile exsti- 

 pulate, entire. Flowers in sessile clusters, or in peduncled cymes, axillary or 

 supra-axiUary, sometimes unisexual. Sepals 5, imbricate.^ Petals 5, rarely 0, 

 connate at the base, erect. Stamens 5, inserted on the disk or on the tube 

 of the corolla. Bisk 0, or annular. Ovar^ free, ovoid, perfectly or imperfectly 

 2-3-ceUed ; style very short ; stigma minutely 2-4-lobed ; ovules 2 in each 

 cell, collateral at the inner angle. Capsule oblong, coriaceous, 1-celled, 

 2-valved, 1-seeded, surrounded at the base with the persistent calyx. 

 Seed erect, stipitate ; aril 0.— Distrib. Species 9 ; mountains of Indian 

 Geylon, the Malayan peninsula and Java. 



* Flowers sessile, clustered on the tranches. (See 4, densifhra.) 



1. M. VTalllchiana, Wight mss-; leaves 2^4 by 1-2 in. petioled oblong- 

 elliptic acute at both ends, flowers few small, fruit tapering at the base 

 (lounded at the apex. Thwaites Enum. 71 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. Ixv. 



Cetlon ; forests of the Central province and Saffragam, alt. 2-5000 ft. 

 A middle-sized tree with slender branches. Petals -^ in., ovate-lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base, rounded at the apex. Fruit | in. 



2. M. latlfolia, Wight mss. ; leaves 4-5 by 2|-3 in. petioled oblong- 

 lanceolate subacuminate, flowers large and more numerous than in the 

 last species, fruit pointed at both ends. ? M. longifolia. Wall. Cat. 4339 

 in part. 



Westebn Peniksula ; from the Concan to the Nilghiris. 



Asmalltree with almost black branches. Leaves pale green, 'very coriaceous and 

 with a thickened margin, rugulose and opaque above. Petah J in., subovate. Fruit \ in. 



3. n. ramiflora, Wight Ic. t. 977 ; leaves subsessile l-3i by |-2 in. 

 broadly-elliptic or obovate rounded and slightly emarginate at the apex 

 margins revolute, flowers in dense clusters, fruit acute at the apex. 

 Thwaites Enum. 72 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixv. 



Westeen Peninsula ; Nilghiri Mts., Wight. Ceylon ; common in the more elevated 

 parts of the Central Province. , 



A small tree with thick coarse branches. Leaves very coriaceous, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, rugulose and opaque above. Petals J in., broadly obovate. Fruit 

 I in. Testa reddish brown. 



