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GENUS IV. STILPNOPHYLLUM. 



MoncBoia Monandria. Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Stilpms sidning, and Phyllon a leaf. 



Gen. Chae. Eeceptacle involucrate, braeteolate within : flowers 

 on the same receptacle staminigerous mixed with the pistil-hearing 

 ones, sessUe or peduncled, enclosed by imbricated bracteoles : 

 perianth 3-leaved, leaflets valvate. Male. Stamen one, filament 

 very short, anther 2-celled, cordate. Female. Ovary sessile, 1- 

 celled : style lateral : stigma thick, short, papillose. 



(1) S. ELASTICUM. 



Ident. Endl. gen. suppl. iy. p. 35. 



Syn. Picus elastica, Roxh. Macrophthalma elastica Gaspar. 



Engram. "Wight's Icon. t. 663. 



Spec. Chak. Tree: leaves oval or oblong, pointed, thick, firm, 

 glossy : fruit in axUlary pairs, sessile, oval, smooth : stipules nearly 

 as long as the leaves, smooth, rose-coloured. 



Khasia hills. 



GENUS V. UEOSTIGMA. 



Monoecia Monaiidria. Sex: Syst: 



Berw. From Oura a tail, and Stigma, alluding to the prolonged 

 appendage of that organ. 



Gen. Chae. Eeceptacle involucrate, braeteolate on all sides 

 within : flowers on the same receptacle pistil-bearing with the 

 staminigerous ones mixed, or the former uppermost, all pedicelled, 

 pedicels imbricately braeteolate : perianth 3-leaved, leaflets imbri- 

 cated. Male. Stamen one, filament cylindric or compressed, anther 

 2-celled, sub-globose. Female. Ovary sessile, 1-celled: style 

 lateral : stigma elongated, villous. 



(1) U. Bengalensb. fOaspar.J 



Ident. Gasparrini Eicerche 81 t.,7 fig. 1 — 5. Dalz. Bomb. flor. 

 p. 240. 



Syn. Ficus Bengalensis, Linn. F. Indica, Roxh. 



Engram. Wight's Icon. t. 1989. Eheede Mai. I. t. 28. 



Spec. Chae. Branches drooping roots, which form stems : bark 

 smooth and of a light ash-colour : leaves alternate, about the extre- 

 mities of the branchlets, petioled, ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, entire, 

 smooth and shining when old : fruit paired, axillary, sessile, of the 

 size and colour of a cherry, downy, appearing in the hot season. 



All over India. 



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