S, Andaman; Kurz. King. Bnrmah i Martaban, Wallich. 
Orophea undulata^ (Pierre Fl. Forest. Coch. -Chine t. 45) mast be 
closely allied to this, as must also tho same author's 0. anceps, (1. c. t 
46). 
16. Mitrephora, Blame. 
Trees. Leaves coriaceous, strongly ribbed, plaited in vernation. 
Flmcers usually terminal or leaf-opposed, sometimes 1-sexual. Sepah 3, 
orbicular or ovate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, valvate ; outer orate, thin, veined ; 
inner clawed, vaulted and cohering. Stamens oblong-cuueate ; the anther- 
cells dorsal, remote, the connective broadly truncate at the apex. Ovaries 
oblong ; style oblong or clavate, ventral ly furrowed j ovules 4 or more, 
2-seriate. Ripe carpels globose or ovoid, stalked or sub-sessile. — Distrik. 
Species about 10 j tropical Asiatic. 
Flowers hermaphrodite ... ... ... 1. M. Maingayi, 
Flowers unisexual. 
Iiipe carpels ovoid, apiculate, mgulose ... 2. Jf« reticulata. 
,, „ globular, not apiculate, not rugulose 3. M. macrophtjlla 
„ „ sub-globular, sub-truncate at each 
end, rugulose ... ... 4. M. Praimi. 
I. Mitrephora Maihgayi, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. 1, 77. 
A tree 20 to 50 feet high : young branches softly rufous -tomentose 
afterwards glabrous dark-coloured and striate. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong to ovate, (oblong-lanceolate in var. Kurzii), acute or shortly and 
bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-enneate ; upper surface 
shining, glabrous except the pubescent midrib ; under surface glabres- 
cent, the midrib and nerves thinly adpressed-pubescent ; (pubescent 
in var. Kurzii) ; main nerves 6 to 10 pairs, oblique, curving, slightly 
prominent beneath : length 3 to 5*5 in., breadth 15 to 2 in., petiole 
•3 to *4 in. Floiuers 1 in. or more in diam., axillary or leaf-opposed, 
solitary or 2 or 3 in a multi-bracteolate and tomentose raceme ; pedi- 
cels *5 to 1*5 in. (lengthening with age), bracteolate. Sepals connate 
into a cup, broadly ovate, acute, (or obtuse in var.) tomentose. Petals 
rather thinly pale yellow mottled with red, all more or less pubescent out- 
Bide, the outer orbicular or obovate with undulate erose edges, slightly 
narrowed at the base, (oblong in var. Kurzii) j inner shorter, the outer very 
pubescent inside, vaulted, ovate or cordate with a long linear claw. 
Anthers numerous, short, with broad flat smooth tops. Ovaries gradually 
narrowed into the short style ; ovules 4 ; stigma sub-capitate-discoid. 
Ripe carpels broadly ovoid, blunt at each end, densely tomentose, 1 in. 
long, and '75 in. in diam. : their stalks Btout, '75 in. Seeds 4, compressed. 
If. Teysmannii, Schcff. in Flora LII (I860), 302. Vvaria obtusa (not of 
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