HOMALITJM TRAYANCORTCUM. (Nat. order Samydacea.) 



For Geu. Char, see letter press to Plate ccx. 



HOMALIUM XRAVANCORICUM. (Bedd.) A middling sized tree, leaves oval to ovate quite rounded at the apex 

 or attenuated into a blunt point, crenate, membranaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous on both sides, 2-3 inches long by 1-2 broad, petioles 

 3-5 lines long, racemes axillary puberulous about the length of the leaves, flowers densely hairy small not so crowded as in H. Ceylanicum, 

 subsessile, generally 5-merous, petals 2-3 times as large as the sepals, stamens in fascicles of 3-4 opposite each petal (hence 15-20 in the 

 pentamerous flowers), glands, styles, &c, as in the generic character. 



This very handsome middling sized tree I have only detected on the South Travaneore and Tinnevelly ghats ; it belongs to the section 

 Racoubea of the Genera Plantanan, and the genus CordylantMts, Blame, differing from our other species in its numerous stamens. Nothing is 

 known of Us timber. 



Analysis- 



1 . Magnified portion of a raceme. 



2. A flower bud. 



3. A flower, side view. 



4. A 5-merous flower showing 4 stamens opposite each petal and 3 styles. 



5. Vertical section, of a 5-merous flower, showing the ovaries and only 3 stamens to each petal. 



6. Anthers, front and back view. 



7- A 3-styled ovary cut transversely, showing the 3 placentas. (Drawn from flowers in spirit,) 



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