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parted, female 3 — 5-parted : stamens numerous : filaments free or 

 cohering at the base : anthers dehiscing lengthways : ovary 2 — 5- 

 celled, very often 3-celled : styles simple, as many as cells in the 

 ovary, coarsely papillose within, connate at the base into a distinct 

 styline column : capsules 2 — 5-coccous. 



(1) M. BAEBATUS. (Mwller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. in Linnsea vol. 34. p. 184. — Dec. prod. XV. 

 s. 2. p. 957. 



Syn. Eottlera barbata, Wall. Baill. Etud. gin. HupJiorl- 

 p. 423. 



Spec. Chae. Small tree : leaves broadly round-obtuse at the 

 base : lobes shortly triangular, acute, upper side pubescent, lower 

 tomentose : prominently denticulate at the margin : female flowers 

 simply racemose : racemes long, fructiferous ones rusty-floecose : 

 female calyx 4-cleft: hypogynous disc dwarf with 1 — 8 stiff 

 lacinulsB, thickened at the apex : capsules 3 — 4-coccous, sub- 

 globose. 



Concan. 



(2) M. EoxBTiEGHiAirTTS. (Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 186.— Dec. 1. c. p. 962. 



Syn. Eottlera peltata, Bocob.flor. Ind. III. p. 828. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1873. 



Spec. Ohae. SmaU tree : young branches petioles, and in- 

 florescences tawny-pubescent : stipules linear-lanceolate, villous : 

 leaves broadly triangular-ovate, acuminated, base round-obtuse 

 and peltate, repand-denticulate, membranaceous : hypophyllous 

 glands very small, somewhat golden : male racemes long : bracts 

 linear, subulate-bistipulate, females l-flowered, males 3 — 5- 

 flowered : female flowers spiked : capsules very shortly echinate : 

 prickles thick and densely hairy : flowers greenish-yellow. 



Silhet. Khasia. Assam. Flowering in April and May. 



(3) M. AiBus. (Muller.') 

 Ident. MuU. Arg. 1. c. p. 188.— Dee. 1. c. p. 965. 



Syn. Eottlera alba, Soxb.flor. Ind. III. p. 829. — E. tetracocca, 

 do. p. 826. — E. mappoides, Balz. Bom. h.flor. p. 230. 



Spec. Chae. Tree : younger branchlets with the petioles, 

 both sides of the leaves, and inflorescences very densely covered 

 with short rusty stellate hairs, afterwards with the upper side of 

 the leaves glabrate : leaves broadly triangular-ovate, shortly acu- 

 minate, very shortly acute at the base, slightly peltate or not pel- 

 tate, biglandular above, subentire or repand-denticulate, rusty 

 white above, opaque above : inflorescences terminal, paniculately 

 spiciform, rusty -tomentose : bracts triangular- ovate : female calyx 

 unequally 4 — 5-parted segments ovate and lanceolate, deeply con- 



