180 



connectivum produced into a gland 2-lobed at the apex : style 

 elongated: capsule large, armed with soft, hairy, subsetiform 

 pricklea. 



Hilly parts of the Conean. Meera hills. 



(7) M. Lawii. (MuUer.) 

 Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 192.— Dec. 1. c. p. 974. 



Spec. Chae. SmaU tree : leaves elliptic or obovate-lanceolate, 

 often slightly subfalcately curved, narrowed at both ends, cuspi- 

 date at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base, repand-toothed, 

 spotted at the base, golden-dotted beneath : flowers spicately 

 racemose : female racemes few-flowered, axillary : male bracts 

 3 — 7-flowered : male pedicels fascicled, jointed at the apex : sta- 

 mens about 50 — 60 : connectivum obtuse or apiculate : male 

 calyx pubescent, 3-parted, female spathaceous, soon deeply 1 — 2- 

 parted : ovary densely and long echinate : prickles soft, thin, 

 hairyish : styline column very short. 



Malabar. Conean. 



(8) M. BiSTANS. {Muller.) 

 Ident. MuU. Arg. 1. c. p. 194.— Dec. 1. c. p. 976. 



Spec. Chae. Undershrub : branchlets, petioles, and inflores- 

 cences clothed with dense tawny pubescence : leaves ovate, acute, 

 or slightly obtuse, slightly peltate at the base, glabrous above, 

 pubescent beneath, and sparingly golden-dotted : female racemes 

 distantly few-flowered : calyx 3 — 4-parted, segments lanceolate- 

 ovate, obtuse : female bracts 1-flowered, linear-lanceolate : ovary 

 densely tawny-tomentose. 



Camatic. 



(9) M. ATEOviBENS. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. 1. c. p. 195.— Dec. 1. c. p. 978. 



Spec. Chae. Undershrub : leaves lanceolate-obovate, acute at 

 the base, not peltate, dotted thick with rusty glands beneath, 

 darkish brown above and glandular-dotted : segments of the female 

 calyx 5, linear-lanceolate, acute : racemes axillary : stamens about 

 40 : anthers emarginate at both ends : connectivum narrow : ovary 

 smooth, glabrous, densely covered with rusty glands: stigmas 

 recurved, strongly papillose. 



CourtaUum. 



