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8. TRZCHADENZA, Thwaites. 



A tall tree. Leaves long-petioled, alternate, coriaceous. Stijndes folia- 

 ceous, deciduous. Flowers in short axillary racemes or panicles. ^^^^J^^y. 

 coriaceous. Petals 5, imbricate, with an adnate scale on ^^^,7 i-'^^Vq 

 Stamens 5; anthers linear. Fl. ? : Siaminodes 0. Ovary 1-ceIIed; styiw 

 3, very short, stigmas subcapitate ; ovules solitary on 3 parietal placenm 

 Betny spherical, 1-3-seeded. Seeds large, testa bony, albumen oily ; coty- 

 ledons loliaceous, rugose. J ^ 



1. T. zeylanica, Thwaites in Hooh, Kew 



Enum, 19 ; leaves oblong acuminate sinuate-toothed finely pubesceni; 



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the nerves beneath, racemes tomentose. 



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9. KITDNOCARPUS 



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Trees. Leaves alternate, serrate or entire, transverse venules "^?^^^^ 

 Stipules deciduous. Flowers solitary or in irregular axillary ^^^'"? vyj^ 

 racemes or fascicles, dioecious. Sepals 5, equal or unequal, imbricate in 

 Petals 5, with a scale opposite each. Fl. c?: Stamens 5-8 \ anthers reniio^'J* 

 connective broad. Ovary or rudimentary. Fl. ? : Stamens as m tne 

 but without pollen, or reduced to staminodes. Ovary 1-celled ; scig ^ 

 3-6, sessile or subsessile 



rietal placentas. Be..^ ^ , ....^ ^„.^, ^.....^ . 



imbedded in pulp, testa crustaceous, striate, albumen oiV; cotyleaoiis 

 broad, flat. Distkib. Species about 6, tropical Asiatic. " ' ;'v 



1- B. venenata. Qfprfn V^nrf i owa f fin f !^ • leaves lanceola 



ssile, spreading, dilated, lobed ; ovules ^^^y^ ^ ; ^any* 

 Beri^ globose, rind hard, many- seeded. ^^T^ gygrv 



oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, flowers \ in. diam. racemed pentandrouS; s ^^ 

 subequal orbicular, scales villous much smaller than the orbicular P. 

 fruit the size of a walnut. Blume Mus. Bat. lid. H. inebrians, KoA^ ^^ 

 iii. 100; DC Prodr, i. 257: Thwaites E num. 18. 



Ceylon, by banks of rivers, ascending to 2000 ft. . ■ j^curelj 



A large tree; brancblets pubernlous or silky. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2 J ^"'^ T^ les^ 

 serrate, coriaceous; nerves very oblique ; petiole 4 in., stout. Baceirtes 1 in- ^jji^^^ 

 densely tomentose ; buds J in. diani. Septals rather shorter than the P^*^ f; .^flicB- 

 tomentose on the back Stamens equalling the glabrous petals. Fruit densely ,^,^ 

 tose. Seeds grooved, ridges rough. . : =^ - 



2. H. Wigrhtiana, Blame PumpL iv. 22 ; leaves elliptic- ^r^^^^ 

 lanceolate long acuminate entire or serrate, flowers 1 in. ^^^^Vl p ovat^ 

 pentandrous, 3 inner sepals larirer. Betaln r.iliatft twice as long as tne 

 fimbriate scales, ? flowers 



pentandrous, 3 inner sepals larger, petals ciliate twice as long as t"« ^^^ 

 fimbriate scales, ? flowers with imperfect stamens, fruit the size <?i ygoj. 

 ai)ple. Mume Mm. Bot. i. 15 ; Dcdz. d- Gibs. Fl. Bomb. H. •"• ^" MuD" 



WaU. Cat. 6670 ; Wiykt ILL i. t. 16 : Bennett PL Jav. Bar. 207. ^^^ 

 lucksia, Dennstd. Clav. Hmi. Mai.— 1 Rheede Ilort. Malab. i. 6^, ^- ■>" ^ 

 repi-eseiiied as rough with large tubercles). 



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^ Western Peninsula, from the S. Concan along the coast ranges. -^^^ ; ^-^ce^^ 

 ^^ A tall tree; twigs usually brown pubescent (rarely c^labrate) as ''^^\, .jyflerra*^ 

 Leaves 4-9 by 1^-4 in., coriaceous or membranous, sometimes deeply obtus ; 



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