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longis, apice repente attenuatis, valde reticulato-venosis, utrin- 
que parce pubescentibus, subtus glauco-pallidis nervis venis- 
que proniinentibus ; panicubs terminalibus cymosis breviter 
pilosis; floribus subparvis^flavis,foetidis,ssepe omnibus masculis; 
calyce acute 5-dentato ; drupa olivseformq purpurea, putamine 
tenui. — Neilgberries ; v. s. in herb. Hook. [Wight). 
This is described as a large umbrageous tree, and I observe 
the specimens do not become black in diying; the leaves are 
generally 4 or 5, sometimes even 7 inches long, usually 2, rarely 
3 inches broad on a petiole f inch in length : the panicle is from 
2 to 3 inches long, much spreading, with numerous flowers ; the 
buds are ovate, nearly 2 hnes long, and the flowers, which exhale 
a rank smell of carrion, are larger than most of the species of 
this genus ; the calyx is deeply and acutely dentate ; the petals 
are very pilose outside, covered with sericeous hairs inside, and 
marked by a raised longitudinal nervure ; the anthers are oblong, 
with a mucronulate apex ; the ovarium and erect style are densely 
covered with long pilose hairs, but the former is glabrous at its 
base, where it is surrounded by a short free cup, which is quite 
smooth outside and densely sericeous within. 
4. Mappia oblonga, n. sp. ;■ — foliis oblongis, utrinque acutis, 
summo longiuscule attenuatis, supra glabris, nervosis, nerviis 
7-9-jugis, venisque subtus sparse pubescentibus, petiolo elon- 
gate, gracih, glabro, canaliculate ; panicula laxa, terminal!, 
pubescente, folio dimidio breviori, divaricate ramosa, ramulis 
elongatis, floribus majusculis valde pilosis, calyce submem- 
branaceo denticulate. — Bombay — Ghauts ; v. s. in herb. Hook. 
[Dalzell) . 
The leaves of this species are 6 inches long, 3 inches broad, on 
a petiole inch in length ; the terminal panicle measures 3inches. 
A specimen in the Wallichian herbarium, no. 9064, under the 
name of “ Cordia,” is probably only a variety of this species : it is 
from Travancore, collected by Dr, Wight, and may be thus 
designated : — 
Var. elliptica, ramulis angulatis, foliis minoribus, eUipticis, basi 
obtusioribus, apice breviter attenuatis. 
5. Mappia ovata, n. sp. ; — ramulis glabris angulatis ; foliis ovato- 
oblongis, basi insequilateribus, apice subito attenuatis, fere gla- 
bris, supra nitidis, Isete virentibus, creberrime reticulatis, 
venosis, subtus glaucis et resinoso-punctatis, margine subre- 
volutis, nervis venisque utrinque sparse pubescentibus, sub- 
tus in axfllas venarum barbatis, petiolo gracih, valde elongate, 
glabro ; panicula subterminah, floribus parvis, pubescentibus ; 
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