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(1) M. GrMMiPLrA. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. s. 2. p. 1000. 



Syn. Mappa gummiflua, Miq^. flor. Bat. — M. truncata, Mull. 

 Arg. m Linnma v. 34. p. 198. — M. WallicMi, Baill. Etud. qen. 

 Ei^ph.p. 430. 



Spec. Chae. Tree : stipules narrow-lanceolate : leaves slightly 

 peltate at the base, and at length broadly retuse, triangnlar-orate, 

 acute, entire, glaucescent beneath, sprinkled with waxy yellowish 

 or rufescent glands: male panicles pyramidate abbreviated: 

 lower male bracts petioled, rhomb-ovate, small, thick, entire: 

 upper ones more membranaceous, sessile, triangular-ovate, acu- 

 minate : females very small, 3-flowered : stamens 14 — 9 : ovary 

 2-celled, waxy glandulose, unarmed, glabrous : capsules small. 



Khasia. Assam. 



(2) M. DiGYNA. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 1007. 



Syn. Claoiylon digynum, JR. Wight. — Eottlera digyna, Thwaites 

 Enum. pi. Zeyl. p. 273. — Mappa digyna, Mull. Arg. in Imnma 

 Ml. 34. y. 198. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1884. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree : leaves lanceolate, long-cuspidate- 

 acuminate, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, lightly repand- 

 toothed, biglandular at the base abovcj the same colour on both 

 sides, beneath densely glandular, with brown waxy dots : racemes 

 spiciform, simple, very slender : female calyx 3 — 4-parted : anthers 

 10 — 15 : stigmas very long : ovary puberulous, more or less obso- 

 letely echinate: capsules dotted rough. 



Neilgherries. 



(3) M. Indica. {B. Wight.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. 5. p. 2. p. 23. 

 Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. 1883. 



Spec. Chae. Tree: stipules triangular-ovate, gkbrous, glau- 

 cescent : . leaves orbicular-ovate, acute or very shortly cuspidate- 

 acuminate, rounded obtuse from a bi'oad peltate base, not 

 emarginate-retuse, entire, soon glabrate and glaucescent beneath, 

 covered with waxy dotted glands, young ones densely rusty-to- 

 mentose : flowers of either sex panicled : male bracts petioled, 

 elliptic, aU occupied by a large elliptic disc-shaped gland : females 

 linear-lanceolate, without glands : stigma ascending, sublinear, 

 acute, flexuose. 



Neilgherries. Travancore. Plowering in December and 

 January. 



