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1. GOMPHANDRA, A¥all. ; "PI Brit. Ind. i. 585 {Stcmomcrus^ 

 Blinne ; Eag]. u. Prantl iii. 5. 247;. 



Trees or bhrubSj PL bisexual ox^ polygamous, 4-5- sometimes 6-merous. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, teeth short. Corolla campanula te, lobes acuminate, inflexed, 

 midrib prominent on the inside. Stamens 5^ hypogynous, alternating with 

 corolla lobes, filaments flat, as long as or longer than corolla, often papillose or 

 hairy, anther cells distinct, pendulous from the filiform apex of the filament. 

 Drupe surmounted by the remains of the disk, endocarp crustaceous. Embryo 

 minute, albumen fleshy bi|)arfcite. Species 8- 10, tropical Asia. 



1. G. polymorpha, Wight Ic. t. 953. — Syn. G. coriacea, Wight ; Bedd. 

 PL Sylv. Manual t. 9. 



A shrub, glabrous except inflorescence, which is more or less papillose or 

 puberulous. L. thinly coriaceous, most valuable in shape, cymes terminal or 

 leaf -opposed, pedunculate, much longer than petiole. EL sometimes G-merous, 

 polygamous, 



Webtern (ihatb from North Kanara soutliwardb, often forming the underwood in 

 evergreen forebtb. Fl. Marcli-S'^pt. Ceylon. 2. Closely allied lb G. axillaris, WalL 

 Khasi hills (not in llie Webtern Peninsula). L. membranous, cymes axillary, as long as 

 or shorter than petiole. S G. comosa, King, South Andaman. Fl. 4-merous, connective 

 and upper part of filaments densely coveied with long white glandiilar-pomted hairs. 



4. G. penangiana, WalL {Hfemoymria j)enan<ji(fnus^ Miers ; Knrz F. FL i. 238.) Tenas- 

 serim, Malaj" Peniiibula. FL 4-nieroub, filaments witli a few white hairs at the back. 



5. G. andamanlca, King {Apochjte^ andamanica^ Kurz). Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

 An evGigre^n tree, branchlets tawny-pnbsruloub. L. 5-8 in., filaments quite glabrous. 

 Fr. 1 in. long. 



2. MAPPIA, Jacq. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 388. 

 Species 4, ti^opical Asia and America. 



1. M. foetida, Miers, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. vol. 9 (1852) p. 895, and 

 Contributions to Botany, vol. i. p. 64 (simultaneous publications). Bedd. Fl, 

 Sylv. t. 141. Verm, Kala gm(ra^ Kahjiir^ Ganera^ Mar. ; Arali^ Tam. 



A small tree or large 

 shrub, with strong 

 smell, particularly the 

 flowers. MedulL rays 

 broad, prominent on a 

 I'adial section. Young 

 shoots and underside of 

 leaves thinly pubescent. 

 L. ovate, acuminate, 

 base often unequal- 

 sided, blade 2-8 in., 

 petiole 1-2 in. FL yel- 

 low in terminal corym- 

 bose panicles, generally 

 bisexual. Calyx hairy, 

 5-lobed. Petals free, 

 hairy above. Stamens 

 5, hypogynous, alter- 

 nating with petals, in- 

 serted outside the cup- 

 shaped disk. Ovary 

 hairy, style terminal. 

 Drupe oblong, obtuse, 

 red, 



^Yestern 



m. long. 



G-hats from 



Pia. 70. — Mappia foetida, Miers- IB'L, fr. J. 



