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cymes very shortly peduncled, as long as the petiole : male flowers 

 dense, females more loose : stigmas covered with long threads : berry 

 small : flowers minute, green. 



HiUy parts of the Concan. Peninsula. Silhet. Assam. Flower- 

 ing aU the year. 



(2) T. vELtTTiNA. (Planch.J 



Ident. Planch. 1. c. 



Xkgrao. Wight 1. c. t. 1990. 



Spec. Chae. Branchlets and leaves softly velvetty : traves ovate- 

 oblong, cuspidately acuminate, slightly unequal at the base, cordate 

 or rounded, serrated, beset above with rough points : cymes short- 

 peduncled or sub-sessile, equalling or twice as long as the petioles, 

 many-flowered : male flowers exteriorly hairy : berries ovate, gla- 

 brous or slightly hairy. 



Coimbatore. Neilgherries. 



ORDER CXLIV. MORACEJE. 



Trees or shrubs, lactescejitj usually scandent, leaves un- 

 divided or lobed, alternate, entire: stipules persistent or 

 deciduous : flowers dioecious or monoecious. Male. Perianth 

 3 — 4 parted, leaflets ovate, concave, imbricated in aestivation : 

 stamens 3 — 4, inserted at the bottom of the calyx, and opposite 

 its lobes : filaments filiform or subulate, smooth or transversely 

 wrinkled, at first inflexed : anthers introrse, 2-celled, ovate or 

 sub-globose, attached by the back, erect or incumbent, cells 

 somewhat opposite, dehiscing lengthways. Female. Perianth 

 4 — 5 parted, outer segments larger: ovary sessile, ovate, 1- 

 celled: ovule one, inserted at the middle of the partition, 

 amphitropal, incurved ; style 2-clefl, segments usually unequal 

 stigmatose within : achenia or utricles 1 -seeded, enclosed by 

 baccate perianths, free or coalescing into one, or contained 

 within fleshy receptacles : seed single, uncinate : testa crus- 

 taceous, fragile : albumen fleshy, more or less copious : embryo 

 homotropal, uncinate : cotyledons oblong, incumbent : radicle 

 more or less long, looking towards the top of the fruit. 



