ILEX MA.LABARICA. (Nat. order Ilioinesu.) 



For G-ea. Char, see PI. oxlii, 



ILEX MaLABARICA. (Bedd.) A large tree glabrous or the young parts miuutely puberulous (under the lens) leaves 

 narrow oblongo elliptic slightly attenuated at both ends acute or acuminata at the apex quite entire dark shining green above very pale 

 beneath, 4-5 1 inches long by 1-1 § broad, petioles 3-4 lines long channelled above, peduncles axillary very short or almost obsolete, 

 pedicels 3-8 rarely only 1 simple 3-4 Hues long slightly pubescent, flowers hexamerous, calyx slightly pubescent, petals connate to near- 

 ly \ their length, ovary minutely puberulous with a large obsoletely 6 lobed stigma, 6 celled, cells 1 ovuled, ovules pendulous from 

 nearly the apex, drupe size of a pea. 



This species is at once distinguished from the others by its 6 inerous fiowws, the letves and inflorescence are also different. I have only 

 observed this tree in the Wynad, elevation 3,000 feet (but it probably occurs elsewhere in our western forests) ; it is abundant at Benni between 

 Mudumallay and Sultan's Buttery, it flowers in January and February and probably more or less all the year as the other species do. 



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