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downwards. PL small, numerous, unisexual, pentamerous, in erect narrow 

 axillary panicles, (3-8 in. long. Sepals narrowly imbricate, glabrous, per- 

 sistent, petals in ^ as long as calyx, in ? small. Disk very haiiy. Ovary 

 globose, 2-celled, 1 ovule in each cell, style short, curved. DzTipe ovoid, \ in. 

 diam., apiculate, purple, sMning, seed 1, cotyledons mucli crumpled. 



Western G-liats from Malabar soutliward«?. FL January, Pebriiary. Ceylon, 

 eastern tropical Africa. This genus has been tran=iferred b}' Radlkofer from 

 Burseracece to Sapindacece. 



8. LEPISANTHES, BL ; M. Brit. Ind. i. G79, including 



Hemigyrosctj ib. G70. 



Trees or shrubs. L. alternate, pinnate, stipules 0, leaflets entire, nearly 

 opposite, reticulate venation prominent. M. polygamous, 4~5-merous, in 

 racemes or cylindric racemiform panicles, the branches of which are bracteate, 

 short, and of nearly equal length, bearing one or numerous flowers, sepals large, 

 concave, widel}'" imbricate. Petals usually equal, each with 1 or 2 hairy scales 

 at the base. Ovary entire, 3-celled, ovules solitary in each cell. Fr. 3-celled. 

 Cotyledons thick, fleshy, obliquely superposed, albumen (J. Species IG, Indo- 

 Malayan region, 



A. Western species. 



1. L tetraphylla, Radlk.— Syn. MoUnaea canescciiH, Roxb. Cor. PL t. GO : 

 Ilemigyrosa canescens, Thwaites ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 131, Yern. Korivfy 

 Tel. 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, bark grey. Branchlets, petioles and inflores- 

 cence pubescent or tomentose. Leaflets nearly opposite, 2 pair, entire, blade 

 4-8, petiolule thick, \ in. long. PL white, in racemes 3-5 in. long, either 

 fascicled, often on the old wood, or arranged in terminal or axillary panicles, ^ 

 petals 4, ^ pet. generally 5, obovate, claw hairy, basal scales woolly, laciniate, 

 disk creDulate, one-sided. Stamens 8, unilateral, filaments hairy. Pr. | in., 

 3-gonous, greyish-velvety. 



Beccan and east side of the Peninsula, also in the Konkan. ToBasserim. PL 

 Pebr.-May. Ceylon. 2. L. deficiens, Badlk. (Hem'u/fjro&a defieieyis, Bedd. PL 8ylv. t. 

 231) ; Anamalais, Cochin, Tinevelli Ghats. A middle-sized or hmall tree, dioecious. 

 Leaflets 4-7 pair. 'Fl. in narrow racemiform panicleb, up to 21 in. long, with mmierous 

 bhort hracteate branches. 



B. Eastern species. 



3. L. andamanlca, King ; Andamans. Leaflets 1-2 pair. PL J in. diam., izi compound 

 panicles, the ultimate branchlets \ in. long with 1-3 flowers. 4. L. "bimnaiiica, Kurz ; 

 Pegu Yoma, southern and eastern slopes. Thaukyegliat near Totingoo, Hills between 

 fSitang and Beeling rivers (D.B. February, 1862). An evergreen tree, the trunk simple 

 and palmlike with few branches. Leaflets 4-6 pair, coriaceous, 8-12 in., petiolule thick 

 and short, sec. n. and reticulate veiub prominent beneath. PL in compound panicle^, 

 the ultimate branchlets |-| in. long, many-fld. Fr. 1 in. long, obtusely 3-cornered, 

 velvety. 



9. SCHLEICHERA, Willd."; FL Brit. Ind. L (i81. 



S. trijuga, Willd. (the only species); Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 119; Brandis F. 

 FL t. 20. Vern. Gaiisanij Kosam^ Etimm^ Hind.; Baru^ Kol; Sagadi\ 

 Kan. 



A large deciduous tree, heartwood red or reddish-brown, very heavy, close- 

 grained, hard, tough and strong, youngest shoots silky. L. paripinnate, 

 leaflets opposite, sessile, those of the lowest pair 1-3, of the terminal pair 

 6-9 in. long. FL yellow, male and bisexual generally on different trees, 

 fascicled on interrupted often slender racemes. Calyx small, 4-6-cleft, petals 0. 



