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PtKEANTHUS MaLABARICTTS. (Bedd.) A sbnib or small tree, young parts ferrnginen-pnbescent, leaves (adult) glabrous 
OU both sides except the midrib below, oblongo-lanceolate gradually attenuated at the apex into a fine point, more or less cordate at tbe 
base, 4-7 inches long 1-2 inches broad, petioles 2 lines long peduncles ferruginous leaf-opposed or on the boughs between tbe leaves I to 
) an inch long furnished with 2 bracts at tho base, subclavate at the apex, sepals small ovate pointed densely ferrugineo-pubescent outer 
pends about double the size of the sepals ovate acute, inner petals more than double the size of the outer, very thick and fleshy cymbifom 
indexed and meeting at the apex, stamens about 170, oonnectivom truncate capitate, ovaries about 50 strigose, style obovate, ovules 2 
rarely 1 , on the ventral suture, ' 
Hab. South YVjnnad, abundant in the moist forests of the Tambacherry ghat about 2,000 feet elevation ; the fiowers are 
reddish, the venation of the leaves is the same as in Goniothalamus. This is the first species found on the Continent-one specie, is 
described from Malacca. L 
PLATE No. LXXYI. 
MlTREPHORA HliYNEANi. (Thw.) A small tree, leaves glabrous coriaceous, ovate 
the apex, or obtuse, 1| to 3 inches long, by about I inch broad, shining abov 
HUU an ooiusc pome at uie apex, or obtuse, U to 3 inches long, by 
venules reticulated, peduncles leaf-opposed short 1-3 flowered, sepal. 
1 §| cuneato-lanceol; 
o lanceolate, often attenuated 
-,-pale beneath, veins oblique, 
Jtundate, pnberolpua outside, deciduous in fruit, exterior petals 
. J ® acuminate, puberulous on both sides, interior petals villous 
^HTp. 8 r aUh ' 8 **° 8e 1 an “ **** ml 11 and 
,h. J J “! 7 - Th “ -M-Sd figured ie from tbe foot of 
Malay Peninsula, and there are several species in Java!^ 68 0WU ^ S * ° ae 18 described from Assam, and two from the 
PLATE No. LXXVII. 
or lanceolate actmbate^itffi^' Synches •° me, “ 0Se ad “ lt6Ubr0US ’ Iea ™ eUi P tiC 
peduncles solitary terminal or leaf-onoosed scarcelv iJ 'it * ’ , ° gld » vems “conspicuous, petioles 1-2 lines long, 
bod globose, dower, reddish .hi,T T - X J long tomentose, furnished with 2-3 small oblong braeteoles near tbe base, 
glabrous within, stamens short obloteo'cnnL ’"l K,melcr > E ' ! P ! ‘ ls 0 '; ale membranaceous, petals ovato-oblong pubescent on the outside, 
W hosry „iX^STTSd^ T,’ T**' 8 ^ °™ “ ° bI °” g ’ "V "rtly mucreunlate at the 
102 ; -U.Hey»ea„a, W. A. Prod. 
and Ceyloe. P ” 18 fr ° m tb<! ■i“ Dglts nGar Q“ llon (“ ‘be plains), where it is common j it is also found in Malabar 
PLATE No. LXXVIIL 
oblong or "i‘b a few stellate hairs,,eaves coriaceous 
broad, petioles J inch long, peduncles terminal solib. w S , e 4 A 3lde3 ’ shlmng above P aIer beneath, 3-6 inches long 1-2 inches 
l«ds,sepals tubulate ^ ** ^ - - the flower 
on both sides (sometimes all joined at the base) stamens t 7uTTt t! T* ^ ° Val -° b,on g “early 1 inch long tomentose 
about 10 in 2 series, torus in fruit thickened subglobose carpels I s\n 6 C ° Unectivura 8carceI y Produced beyond the anther ovules 
long glabrous granulose 3-ribbed, reddish colored, seed * , 3 ° T 7 ° ng pedice!led ( 3 * 6 inches) oblong mneronate 1-2 inches 
-»* « *> p. 6. ^ SCed C ° mpre83ed 8m ° 0th White oWong 5 lines long. Hook. andThom. FI. Ir>d. p. 101; 
PLATE No. LXXIX. 
£"■ lea.es narrow obovau'^e^mhion”'etdtg^ m '‘TT T ° mg paFta 
beneath stellato-tomentose 3-5 inches long 1^21 broad petiole 1^7 u ^ 7 Kt " 8 ° at ,b ° bMe> abo ™ mi “ utol y ^rouv, 
lob^or** mbricate 8( l aftm *fo r m, dowers*duirydfo^wh^greeiTscareefr Tan^ucli ^ 60 * ttcb ‘ on g tomentose 1 flowered, 
r subemire cup densely fulvo-tomentose, subpersistent in fruit i “ ch “ d «meter, sepals joiued into an obtusely 3 
..TatT 1 r u,e8 " b ° ui ,o in 2 Mrus in tbe i ° wCT .^ p Tir i ::,rr to r"r’ tor " 8 intmit de P' M3 °-8 i » b ° M 
Hal) 186 P tomentos o« above the middle irregularly tubercuUte.—ITooilr. and Thom AT/Lf qq 0 " 1 ^ l0Dg r ° Unded 
Hab. Ceylon, up to 1,500 feet elevation. Ind ‘ p ' 99 ^~Tkw. En. FI. Zty. p. 6, 
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