ANNAL3 OF THE EOTAL BOTANIC GABDEN, CALCUITA.
t h e base rounded, slightly oblique; both sui-faces glabrous or sparsely c
main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, inter-ai-ching widely fai- f r om the margin, very faint ;
length 1 to 2-5 in., breadth -75 to 1-25 in.; petioles '05 in. long, pubescent. Flozoors
axillary, solitary, greenish, dashed with purple near the base; pedicels slender, -25 to
•65 in., with several bracteoles near the base. Sepals ovate, pubescent outside. Inner
petals broadly ovate, twice as large as the sepals, and pubescent like them; inner petals
ovate, acuminate, pubescent, nerved, three or four times as long as the outer, deep
purjile. Stamens numerous, intermixed with stiff hairs, with rounded apiculus not concealing
the anthers. Ovaries numerous, densely pilose, oblong, 1- to 2-ovuled; stigma
oblong. Ripe carpels numerous, globose, ovoid, sub-sessile, glabrous, purple, -5 in. long.
Secds\ plano-convex, grooved. Tf. Sr A. Prodr. 10; Wall. Cat. 6433; B. f . 8f T. Fl.
hid. 148 ; Hook. fit. Fl. Br. Jnd. i. 86 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or., t. 85.—M. montana,
Gardner ex Fl. Ind. I.e.; Thwaitcs' Emm. PI. Ceyl. 10; Beddome I.e. t , 84.
"Western Peninsula: in Slalabar and Mysore. Ceyloji.
A very variable plant, of which three varieties have been recognized by Hook. fil.
& Thorns. These are characterised as below:—
"VAE. 1, tomentosa; branchlots and leaves beneath tomentose, carpels pubescent.
VAE. 2, strigosa; branchlets and leaves beneatli strigose, carpels glabrous.
VAR. 3 montuna ; branchlets and much smaller leaves glabrous. M. montana,
Gardìw."
PLATE 205A. Miliusa indica, lesek 1, Floweiing branch; 2, ripe carjiels; 3, seeds—
of natural size; 4, flower with sepals and outer petals tuiiiod back, the inner petals
haviti"- been removed; 5 & 6, anthers; 7, instil—enlarged. [Copied from a drawing
lent hg Dr. E. Trimen, F.R.S.. Director of the Royal Botanical Garden, Ceglon.)
8. MILIUSA VELUTINA, Book. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. \b\. A tree 30 to 50 feet high;
young branches and all the other parts more or less densely tomentose. Leaves thickly
membranous, ovate-oblong to elliptic or sub-rotund, very variable in size, minutely
apiculate, acute or obtuse; the base rounded or slightly cordate; both surfaces pale
tomentose, the upper less so; the lower velvety when young, sometimes both pubescent
especially when adult ; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, oblique or spreading, rather prominent
on both surfaces; length 4 to 10 or even U in., breadth 2-5 to 4 or even 7 i n . ; petiole
•2 in. Flowers -35 to '5 in. long, on slender, 2 to 3 in. long (elongating in fruit), very
tomentose, ebracteolate pedicels arising singly or 2 or 3 from a shorter, tomentose,
leaf-opposed peduncle. Sepals and outer petals small, ovate. Inner petals much larger
{•25 to -3 in. long), broadly ovate to rotund, blunt, all (as also the sepals) densely
tomentose outside, blackish-purple and glabrous inside. Stamens short, with very slight
sub-acute apiculus. Ovaries ovoid, pubescent, 2-ovuled; stigma sub-scssile, sub-capitate.
Ripe carpels ovoid to oblong, blunt, often oblique, puberulous, bluish pm-ple, '5 to '75
in. in diam.; stalk -25 t o -35 in, Ssed 2, transversely ridged. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i.
87; Eurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 47; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 5 2 ; Brandis For. Flora
6, t. 2; Beddome Fl. Sgivat., t. 37, and Ic. PI Ind. Or., t. 8 7 ; Pieire Fl. Forest. Cock-
Chine, t. 39.—Uvaria velutina—¿>M«ai Anon. 91.—U. villosa, Boxò. Fl. Ind. u. 664.—
Guatteria velutina, A. DC. Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 42; Wall. Cat. 6441.
ANOKACE^ OF CEITISH INDIA. 159
The diier parts of Northern India and in Burmah, at low elevations: common.
PLATE 206. Miliusa velutina, H. f . ^ Th. 1, ^'lowering b r a n c h ; 2, ripe, carpels;
3 & 4, sections of carpels—<?/«aforai size; 5 & 6, anthers; 7, ovixty—enlarged.
Doulfful Species.
MILIUSA PLAVIDA, Kurz mss. The only specimens thus named are in the Calcutta
Herbarium, and they are too unperfcct for description.
24. Saccopetalum, Bennett.
Trees. leaves deciduous. Flotvers axillary, solitary or fascicled. Sepals 3, small,
valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series; outer small, like the sepals; inner much larger,
erect or conniving, base saccate. Stamens indefinite; anthcr-cells dorsal, contiguous;
connective produced into a conspicuous appendage. Ovaries indefinite ; ovules 6 or more.
Eipe carpels sub-globose. Distrib.—Species five. Eastern Asiatic, with one A u s t t u l i a n . -
Reduced to Miliusa by Bâillon (Mist, des Plantes 244), from which it differ.s chiefly
by its saccate petals.
Sgnopsis of the species.
Flowers hermaphrodite.
Flower pedicels 175 to 2 5 in. long ]. S. (ouimiiKim.
Flower pedicels -25 in. long 2. S. longifiovim.
Flowers dioceous.
Flower pedicels "25 to -35 in. long 3. sderocavpum.
1. SACCOPETALUM TOMENTOSCM, E. /. ^ Tk. Fl. Ind. 152. A large tree; young
branches tomentose, afterwards glabrous and pale. Leaves thickly membranous, ovate or
ovate-oblong, acutc, the base sub-acute or rounded; upper surface glabrous or glabrescent,
the midrib always pubescent ; under-suiface pubescent or tomentose, nearly glabrous when
o l d ; main nerves 6 to 11 pairs, spreading, prominent beneath; length 4 to 6 in.,
breadth 2-5 to 3 in. ; petiole "2 in. Flowers 1 in. in diam., leaf-opposed or sub-tenninal,
solitaiy or in pairs; their pedicels very slender, puberulous, 1-75 to 2'5 in. long,
bracteolate at tJae base; peduncle (when present) less than -5 in. long, tomentose. Sepals
and outer petals minute, sub-equal, lanceolate, reflexed, pubescent, -15 in. long. Inner
petals much larger than the outer, -45 in. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, pouched at the
base, minutely pubescent on both surfaces. Stamens in several rows, numerous, compressed,
minutely apiculate. Ovaries ovate, pointed, hirsute at the base, otherwise sparsely
pubescent; ovules about 6, in two rows; stigma sessile, capitate. Ripe carpels globose,
succulent, tapering slightly to the base, pubescent, dark purple when ripe, 1 in. in diam.;
stalks -5 in. Dalz. Bomh. Flora 4 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or., t. 49.—Uvai'ia tomentosa'
Roxh. Coram. PI. i. t. 35; Fl. Ind. ii. 667; W. A. Prodr. 8; Wall. Cat. 6472.
Nepal Terai ; Goojerat ; Eajputana, Central India ; Orissa ; Bihar ; Concan ; Travancore.
I n leaves this often resembles some of the forms of Miliusa velutina, but the latter
have shorter petioles. The flower pedicels, and even the flower.s themselves, are also
superficially somewhat alike; but the inner petals of this are pouched at the base and