150 FLORA INDICA. \_AnonacecB. 



partes novelise sparse puberulse, plerumque cito glabrescentes. Folia basi parum 

 obliqua, rotundata, in acumen longum attenuata, 3-6 poll, longa, |-1|- lata, petiolo 

 TOC 2 lineas longo, glabro vel puberulo, supra lacida, interdum secus nervos puberula, 

 subtus pallida, fere glabra. Pedunculi solitarii vel gemini, axillares vel pauUo supra- 

 axUlares et temiinales, puberuli vel glabri, 1-1^ poU. longi, gracUes, substricti. Sta- 

 mina in ilore foemiueo pauca effoeta, uniserialia, 4-10 (an semper?). Sepala i-poll. 

 Petala intcriora fere poUicaria, ovata, obtusa, nervosa, secus margines incana. Sta- 

 mina in flore masculo capitulam globosum formantia, toro oblongo superposita. 

 Ouaria oblouga, glabra, stylo oblongo apicidata. Carpella fabse minoris magnitudine, 

 basi subumbilicata, pedicello a;quilongo suffulta. 



The characters of this species are less accurately defined than we could wish, from 

 the imperfection of the materials available for its discrimination from the next. "We 

 have very few flowering specimens of M, Boxburghiana, and those imperfect ; but the 

 present species we have abundantly, both with male and female flowers, aud we believe 

 we are right in identifying the fruiting specimens with them. That there are two 

 very well-marked species, readily distinguishable by the fruit, cannot be doubted, but 

 careful observations are still required to discriminate the two in a flowering state. 

 Both are common in Khasia and Silhet. Guatteria ■umlilicata, Dnnal, 135. t. 33, 

 DC. Syst. i. 508, Prod. i. 94, certainly belongs to the genus Miliusa, and is perhaps 

 referable to this species. 



6. M. Roxburghiana (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongis vel longe ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis abrupte acuminatis subtus moUiter tomentosis vel 

 piibescentibus, pedunculis pubescentibus flori sequilongis, bracteis 3-3 

 lineari-subulatis munitis, floribus dioicis, carpellis torum tomentosum 

 ovalem omniiio tegentibus pedicello longo suffultis oblongis glabris 

 granulosis. — Hyalostemma Eoxburgbianum, Wall. Cat. 6434 ! Guat- 

 teria globosa, Alph. BO. Mem. 43 ; Wall. Cat. 6448 ! 



Hab. In sylvis tropiois et subtropiois Sikkim ! Assam! Khasia! 

 Silhet ! Chittagong ! Tenasserim ! — {v. v) 



Arhor parva, cortice griseo ruguloso, pubescente, ramorura junioram fusco-tomen- 

 toso. Tolia forma et magnitudine sicut indumento valde varia, 3-7 poll, longa, 1-2 

 lata, petiolo vix lincam longo. Floras axillares, sffipe fasciculati. Oarpella pediccllis 

 ^ poU. lougis suffulta, subobliqua. Semina 1-2, dum 2 plano-convexa. 



This is in general readily known from the last by the much more pubescent leaves 

 and branches, but these are sometimes, though rarely, almost glabrous. 



7. M. macrocarpa (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongis vel lanceolatis 

 basi acutis longe acuminatis glabris, floribus ignotis, carpellis numero- 

 sis oblongis glabris longe pedicellatis, seminibus 1-3. 



Hab. In sylvis densis Sikkim, alt. B-6000 ped.! — (v. w.) 



Arbor verosimiliter parva. RamuK grisei vel nigricantes, glabri ; partes novellEe 

 puberulEe. Folia B-9 poU. longa, IJ— 3i lata, petiolo 2 lineas longo, supra lucida, 

 subtus pallida, tenuia, fere membranacea. Pedicelli fructtis stricti, superne incras- 

 sati, bipoUicares. Torus fusco-strigosus. Carpella f poll, longa, utrinque obtusa, 

 pediceUis compressis Eequilongis suffulta. Semina solitaria vel bina, et tunc carpella 

 duplo majora. 



Though our specimens are only in fruit, they belong evidently to a very distinct 

 species, which we have no hesitation in considering as cougeiienc witli those species 

 described above. The carpels must be considered as transversely oblong, as they are 

 attached to the pedicel obliquely by one end ; and when there are two seeds the 

 second is superposed, and both lie transversely, as is the usual arrangement in the 

 Order. 



