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obovate-spattulate, somewhat 3-lobed: ovary scattered witli 

 tawny tairs : fruit globose, 3-celled. 



Malabar. Concan. 



(5) C. STiPULABis. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 509. 



Bridelia stipularis, SooTc. et Am. Bot. Beech, p. 211 



(not Linn.'). — Lebidiera stipularis, Mull. Arg. I, c. p. 81. 



Spec. Chae. Brancblets sligbtly tomentose : stipules lanceo- 

 late, long-acuminate, comose at tbe apex of tlie branchlets, yel- 

 lowish, thin, tomentose : leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse at 

 both ends, glabrous above, grey-tomentose beneath: flowers 

 short pedicelled : calycine segments triangular-ovate, subto- 

 mentose externally : petals of male flowers long-unguiculate tri- 

 angular obovate, subentire, folded, puberulous at the back : disc 

 above very shortly loosened from the calyx, crenated: rudi- 

 mentary ovary 3-lobed. 



NeUgherries. 



GENUS XVIII. LEBIDIEEOPSIS. 

 Polygamia Blonaecia. 



GrBif. Chae. Segments of the calyx valvate in aestivation, 

 petals alternating with them : glands of the disc adnate to the 

 calyx, perigynous, alternating with the petals : stamens verti- 

 ciUately inserted on a central column : anthers erect : rudiment 

 of an ovary developed : cells of the ovary 2-ovuled : fruit capsular : 

 seeds ecarunculate, exarillate, not furrowed at the hilum, 

 sparingly albuminous: radicle of the straight embryo short: 

 cotyledons flat, fleshy, suborbicular. 



(1) L. OEBioriAEis. (Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. s. 2. p. 509. 



Var. a. ooLLiifA. — Tree : leaves elliptic or obovate, round- 

 obtuse, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, soon glabrate or 

 beneath pubescent on the rib: flowers subsessile, softly grey- 

 hairy white: calycine segments oblong-triangular-ovate: petals 

 very minute, above irregularly rhomboid, glabrous: capsules 

 glabrous : seeds globose. — Cluytia coUina, Boxl. -flor. Ind. III. 

 p. 732. Cor. t. 169. — Bridelia collina, Sooh. et Am. Bot. Beech. 

 p. 211.— C. patula et retusa. Wall— Jj. collina. Mull. Arg. in 

 Linnma v. S2.p. 80. 



Circars. 



Var. b. GENUiNA.— Leaves smaller, glabrous, beneath pale glau-> 



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