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[Microfropls 



1. M. discolor, AVall. ; Kurz F. M. i. 251. 



A shrub or small tree. L. thinly coriaceouSj candate-acuminate, blade 

 3-7 in., narrowed into a short petiole. Cymes bracteolate, dense, axillary or 

 supra-axillary. PL \ in. across, whitish. Fr. ovoid, 2-valved, i~| in. long, 

 seed 1, shining scarlet. 



Kumaon, Sikkim, fiom tlip foot of the hills ascending to 7,000 ft , Kliasi hills 

 Manipur, Martaban and Tenasserim. Fl. Nov.-March 2. M. latifolia, Wiglit. Western 

 Ghats from the Konkan feoutliwardh, Nilgiris. A small tree, L. very coriaceous, 

 margin thickened, blade 4-5 in., na^^o^Yed into a short petiole, cymes dense, sessile. 

 Fr. ^ in , oblong. 8. M. ramiflora, Wight Ic. t. 977. Nilgiris, Anamalais, Paliiis at liigli 

 elevations. A middle-sized tiee. L. very coriaceous, obtuse, broadly elliptic or obovate, 

 margin tbickened, blade 2J-4 in., petiole ^ in., cjanes dense, sessile, mostly on the previous 

 year's ivood below the leaver. Fr. ^ in. 4. M. densiflora, Wight Ic. 1. 1052. Higher ranges 

 of the Nilgiris and Palnib. L. resembling 3, cymes axillary, peduncle \ in. Fr. 

 cylindric, | m. 5. M. microcarpa, Wight Ic. t. 975. Western Gliats from the Konkan 

 southwardb. A shrub, 1 elliptic, obtuse, blade 1-3, petiole J in., cymes axillary, lax, 

 often clustered towards tlie endb of brandies, peduncle ^-1 in., petals obovate-cuneate. 

 Fr. 3j in., seed brown. 6. M. ovalifolia, Wiglit Ic. 976. Higher ranges of Nilgiris and 

 Palnis. A slirub or small tree. L, similar to 5, cymes axillary and below the -leaves, 

 peduncle J-1 in. Fl. numerous, petals orbicular. Fr. cylindric, J in., apiculate, seed 

 crimson. 5 and 6 are possibly not specifically distinct. 7. M. Mvalvis, Wall., Tenas- 

 serim, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. A small tree. L. elliiotio acuminate, 8-4 in., 

 narrowed into a petiole ^~\ in. Cymes extra-axillary, very lax, peduncles slender, 

 1-2 in. lopg. Fr. ovoid, apiculate \ in. long. Beddome (Fl. Sylv. Manual, 65) states that 

 M. TF«//i*c7urt??a, Wight, a Ceylon tree, is found in the western forests of the Peninsula. 



4 HIPPOCRATEA, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 623. 



Climbing shrubs or small trees. L. coriaceous, opposite, entire or serrate. 

 El. bisexual. Catyx small, 5-parted, petals 5, spreading. Stamens 3, fila- 

 ments flat, recurved. Ovary 3-celled, style short, ovules in each cell 2-10, 

 2-seriate on the inner angle. Fr. separating into 3 distinct flat coriaceous 

 usually dehiscent 2- or more-seeded carpels, seeds compressed, winged, at- 

 tached to the base of carpel. Cotyledons greenish-yellow, fleshy. Species 

 70-00, tropics of both hemispheres. 



A. FL minute, y\j in. across or less. 



1. H. indica, WiUd.; Roxb. Cor. PL t. 130. 



A glabrous climbing shrub. L. ovate, more or less serrate, blade 2-3 V^ 



petiole \ in. FL rusty 

 yellow, in axillary ped- 

 unculate cymes. Fr. 

 carpels oblong, striated 



long. 



m* 



Fkj. 7B.— Hippocratea indica, Willd. Fr., fi. I. 



1-1.} m. 

 broad. 



Western Peninsula, on 

 the west side, from the 

 Ivonkan southwards. 

 Burma. Thankyeghat for- 

 est. Malay Peninsula. 

 FL Jan.- April. *2. H. ar- 

 T}orea, Boxb. Cor. PL t. 

 205 (MefehJcar, Oudh), 

 Oudh, Bhutan, Khasi hills. 

 A large climber, ascend- 

 ing the largest forest trees, 

 often enveloping them 

 with its thick heavy 

 foliage. L. serrulate, 

 6-6 in. long. Carpel 

 B by 1| in. Probably 

 only a large form of A 

 indica. 



