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nervis rufulis, eleganter reticulatis, venulis in areolis libcris et 
furcatis, margine revolutis, petiolo gracili canaliculate, costa- 
que sparse pubescentibus : panicula terminali dichotome 
ramosa, sparse pubescente, floribus adpresse pilosis, calyce bre- 
vissimo, denticulate, hirsute, disco intus longissime hirto. — 
]\Iadi’as; v. s. in herb. Hook. (Wight, ‘Beureria?’ no. 647). 
This is certainly a very distinct species, and bears much 
analogy with the preceding : it is distinguishable by the shape 
and greater length of its more flattened leaves, which are almost 
membranaceous in texture, their reticulations being regularly 
anastomosed like the fronds of some ferns ; the leaves are 7 to 
8 inches long, 3 inches broad, on a petiole If in length; the 
raceme is 3 inches long; the flowers are remarkable for the 
gi’eater rigidity of the pubescence, for the small size of their 
hirsute calyx, and for the length of the rigid hairs that spring 
from the inteimal face of the cupular disk, which form a close 
erect crown, concealing more than half the ovarium. 
9. Mappia tomentosa, n. sp. ; — folds oblongis, basi obtusis, apice 
acuminatis, vix attenuatis, coriaceis, supra glabriusculis, nervis 
8-jugis, subtus demissu fulvo-tomentosis, rachi versus basin 
valde prominenti, petiolo crasso, canaliculato, tomentoso ; 
panicula terminali, tomentosa, multiflora, ramo ramulisque 
crassis, pedicellis confertis, cum floribus articulatis ; di’upa 
sanguinea pilosa, majuscula, pulposa, putamine rugoso, nigro. 
— Neilgherries; v.s. in herb. Champion. 
This is also a very distinct species : the leaves are much 
channelled at both extremities, and the midrib is very prominent 
towards the base, so that the continuous thick petiole stands at 
a considerable angle with the plane of the blade ; they are smooth 
above, and below are thickly covered with dense yellowish tomen- 
tum ; they are 6 inches long, and 2| broad, on a petiole 1 inch 
in length ; the panicle is 4 inches long, its stem being 2 hnes 
thick. The specimen in Capt. Champion^s herbarium is very 
short, so that the lower leaves are probably much larger ; the 
berry is nearly an inch in length and | inch in diameter. 
10. Mappia montana. Nothapodytes montana, Bl. Mus. Bot. 
Jjugd. Bat. 248 ; — arbor ramosissima, ramis dichotomo-ramu- 
losis, folds sparsis, oblongis vel lanceolatis, utrinque angustatis, 
integerrimis, subcoriaceis, glabris, supra lucidis, subtus reti- 
culato-venosis, petiolatis ; paniculis coiymbosis axillaribus vel 
infra gemmam terminalem ortis, cum alabastris pube sericea 
obductis ; floribus parvis, brevissime pedicellatis, subcalyce 
articulatis, ebracteatis. — Java. 
As the features ofiered by Prof. Blume in the work above cited, 
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