Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Extra Number 1907

Carpels 6– oo-ovuled ; fruit of 2 follicular mericarps (Subtribe 3. ElIPLUMERIIN/E) :- Leaves in whorls main-nerves prominent ; cotyledons flat :- Follicles slender long cylindric ; seeds small olong with tufts of hair at the ends ; style filiform ; stamens usually near the top of the tube.. 11. [...] broad ; midrib stout impressed on the upper raised on the lower surface ; main nerves 12 to 16 pairs starting at an angle of 50' to 60°.with the midrib and curving upwards to anastomose near the margin ; secondary nerves few chiefly near the ends; reticulations transverse fairly prominent ; petiole 2 to 6 in. [...] broad ; midrib broad flat on the upper raised on the lower surface ; main nerves 10 to 15 pairs irreglarly spaced the lower ones rather near together the middle and upper ones further apart starting at about 70° with the midrib and gradually curving upwards to anastomose near the margin ; secondary nerves few and inconspicuous ; reticulations many irregularly netted ; petiole stout 25 [...] Leaves thinly chartaceous ; oblong or ovatoblong or ovate-lanceolate or obovate shortly bluntly and abruptly acuminate at the rounded apex or with a short broad obtuse or marginate point acute or cuneate at base ; both surfaces shining the lower paler ; margins recurved undulate ; 3 to 10 in. [...] broad ; midrib stout impressed above ; main nerves slender 16 to 20 pairs rather irregular in angle and spacing usually at from 70° to 80° with the midrib and curving gently to and along the margin raised beneath ; secondary nerves many between the main-nerves and similar to them ; reticulations very oblique sometimes nearly parallel to the nerves raised beneath ; petiole 4 to 6 in.