258 XXII. HYPERiciNE^. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Cratoxylon. 



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3. C. arborescens, Blume Mus, Bot ii. 17; leaves obloiig-obovate or 

 elliptic, cymes forming a pyramidal panicle, petals glandular-dotted. Hy- 

 jiericum arborescens, Vald Sy7nb. ii. 86, t. 43. H. coccineiim, Wall, Cat. 4823. 

 Ancistrolobus glaucescens, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. 1858, i. 383. Yismia? arbores- 

 cens, Choisy Prod, Hyp, 36. 



MouLMEiN, Lohb; Malacca, Griffithj Maingay ; Singapore, Anderson, — Distrib. 

 Java, Borneo. - 



A bush? Leaves Z~A\ in. by lJ-2 in., coriaceouB. Panicle 4-9 in. long. Flowers 

 i in. diam., scarlet. Capsule ^ in. long; seeds ^ in. long, with an equilateral wing. 



Sect. II. Tridesmis, Spach. Petals not persistent, with a basal squa- 

 mule. Stamens 3- or 5-adelphous. 



4. C. formosum, Benth.&IIook.f. Gen, Pl.l 166; branchlets alter- 

 nate spreading, hypogynous glands triangular attenuate, fruit pedicels 

 drooping. Tridesmis formosa, Korth. Verh. NaL Gesch. BoL 179, t. 37. !• 

 ocliuoides, Spach, Suit. Buff. v. 359. Elodea formosa, Jack in Hook. Jouriu 

 BoL i. 374. 



Malacca, Mt. Ophir, Griffith; Sincapore, Maingay; S. Andaman, Zwrs.— Distbib. 

 Borneo, Philippines. * ir ' r 



A very large tree with habit of a Cerasus. Leaves 2-3^ in., decussate, elliptic or 

 oblong-eiliptic, papery, glabrous. Cyines in the axils of* fallen leaves, shortly racemose, 

 flowers white. Sepals not accresent, i the length of the petals. Basal squarmde ot the 

 petals usually rounded, Stamens 3-adelphous. Styles dimorphic. Capsule | by J !«•» 

 triquetrous. Seeds ^ in. long, with a very obtuse, obovate, unilateral wing 



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5. C. niaing-ayi. Dyer ; branchlets* spreading opposite, hypogynous 

 glands triangular, fruit pedicels ascending. ' 



Penakg, Maingay, ' .,. * 



A tree above 30 ft., with a very thick stem. Leaves 2-3^ by 1-1 4 in., elliptic, 

 tapering at both ends, acuminate, midrib reddish-brown beneath, papery, glabrou • 

 Cymes in the axils of the often persistent old leaves. PetaU with black-dottt'd veins^ 

 basal squamule acute. Stamens 3-adelphou8. Styles filiform, as long as P^^^j^lj^ 

 probably dimorphic). Capsule \ in. long, yV i^. broad, slender, cylindric. Seeds i 

 long, with an oblong unilateral wing. 



6. C, prunifolium, Dyer ; branchlets opposite ascending, leaves pubes- 

 cent, hypogynous glands very short ubtuse transversely grooved. ^^W 

 ricum prunifolium, Wall. Cat, 7276. Tridesmis pruniflt>ra, K 

 Asiat, Soc, Beng. 1872, pt. ii. 293. v 



MouLMEiN, Wallich, ^ Mj^j.y 



Stems woody, compressed, rather rigid. Flowers precocious, in small, lax, a ^^ 

 fascicles: pedicels and calyx closely pubescent. Sepals J the length of the p 

 Basal aquamule of the petals acute. Stamens S-adeljmous. Fruit not seen. 



Order XXIII. GUTTIPERffi. (By T. Anderson, F.L.S.) 

 Trees or shrubs, abounding in a yellow or greenish juice, -^^^^^/^^^il- 



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Journ, 



site, coriaceous or membranous, rarely whurled or stipulate. ,^^^\\^ot 

 lary or terminal, solitary fascicled suhrnnprnoRP nr naniclcd, white yei ^ ^ 



red. ^F/o^^'^6' regular, dioecious 

 imbricate or in decussate pairs 



lary or terminal, solitary fascicled subracemose or paniclcd, w*.^— ^ , ^-g 

 red. Flowers regViVdx, dioecious, polygamous or hermaphrodite. ^^^ .y^(^\C 



imbricated or contorted. M^le 



irs. Petals 2-6 (rarely more, or 0), ^^^ually ni^ j 



XEfl. : >S^^ame«s usually indefinite, hypogy^^^^^^^^ 

 . — of« ^.i^u..,,.:^. ;., oQ TTiflTiv bundles f*' 



filaments free or variously connate, monadelphous or in as raanj[ oui ' ^ 

 there are petals ; anthers various. Female fl. : Staminodes y^'^^^^^ ^jiV 

 1-2-Qo -celled : style slender, short or (2 in Pceciloneuron)^ stigmas as 



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