148 FLOiiA INDICA. [Jnonacea. 



teriora minuta, sepalis fere conformia ; interiora multo majora, tenuiter 

 coriacea, Eestivatione valvata, serius cohajrentia. Stamina indeflnita, 

 toro oylindrico iaserta, in dioicis totum torum tegentia, in hermaphro- 

 ditis pluriserialiter circa ovaria imbricata. Authera extrorsse, ovales, 

 subdidymte, biloculares, connective vix apiculatee. Ovaria lineari-ob- 

 longa, stylo oblongo terminata. Ovula 1-2, rarius plura ; suturse ven- 

 trali inserta.- — Arbores mediocres vel humiles, pedunculis axillaribus, so- 

 litariis vel fasciculatis, rarius extra-alaribus. 



Ht/alostemma being only distinguished from llilmm by the number of ovules, and 

 that not constantly, as H. Wallichiana and macrocarpa have not unfrequently two 

 ovules, we have united the two genera. In one species AVight indicates the occa- 

 sional presence of three and even four ovules. The original species of Miliu^a is 

 hermaphrodite, while "WaUich's Syalostemma is diojcious; but as other species are 

 polygamous, wc eaunot regard this character as of generic importance. 



1. M. montana (Gardner, mss. in Herb. Wight et Hook.) ; foliis 

 ovato- vel oblongo-lanceolatis plerumque acutis glabriusculis, pedunculis 

 solitariis flores hermaphroditos sequantibus vel pauUo superantibus, 

 sepalis petalisque exterioribus glabriusculis ciliatis, tore strigoso-piloso. 

 — Guatteria montana. Moon Cat. ex Gardn. et Wight. 



/3. major ; foliis duplo majoribus, carpellis globosis sessilibus gla- 

 bris atro-fuscis minute granulatia pisi magnitudiue. — Wall. Cat. 6433 

 C? 



Hab. In Zeylaniae montosis, alt. 3-3000 ped., ut videtur vulgaris, 

 Moon aliique. p. In Zeylania, Malabar, et Maisor, Wight! — (». s.) 



Frutex ramosissimus, ramis strictis, dense foliosis. Cortex cinereus, rugosas, ver- 

 ruculosus, glaber ; partes novella; fusco-pubescentes. Folia ovata, forma et magni- 

 tudiue valde varia, interdum panca ad ramulorum basin iuterdum ovalia, vel subglo- 

 bosa, obtusissima, in var. a 1-2 poll, longa, A-f lata, petiolo brevissimo, utrinque 

 glabra vel juuiora subtus pnberula. Pedunculi basi pluribracteati, caiterum nudi, 

 graciles. Sepala acuta, petalis exterioribus dimidio breviora. Flores ^ poll, longi. 

 Petala interiora coriacea, nervosa, acuta, glabriuscula. Ovaria subglabra, late ovalia, 

 tore circa basin ovariorum albo-piloso Cccterum glabro strigoso-piloso inserta. Ooula 

 2. Stiffma ovale. 



The smallest of aU the species. It is probably a wiry, rigid shrub, and may 

 readily be known by being much more glabrous than either of the two following. 

 The var. p appears to be only distinguished by the larger size of the leaves ; but as 

 the fruit of the smaller one is unknown, it is possible that the two may be very dis- 

 tinct. 



2. M. Indica (Ijesoh. in A. DC. Mem. p. 36); ramis tomentosis, 

 foliis ellipticis plerumque obtusis subtus pubescentibus, pedunculis 

 abbreviatis, floribus hermaphroditis, sepalis petalisque exterioribus in- 

 canis, petalis interioribus ovatis pilis stellatis pubescentibus, carpellis 

 iuoano-pubescentibus sessilibus. — W. et A.! Prod. i. 10. Wall. Oat. 

 6433 A! B! 



Hab. In montibus Travancor ad Courtalam, Lesch., Wight! — (Fl. 

 Apr.) {v. s.) 



Frutex foliosus ; ramulis giacilibus, flexuosis, fusco- tomentosis, demum glabre- 

 scentibus, et tuue cortice cinereo ruguloso-pustulato. Folia tenuiter coriacea, basi 

 rotunda.,a, eUiptico- vel oblongo-lanceolata vel elongato-lauccolala, rarius ovata vol 



