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Erythropalum.] xxxix. OLACiNE^. (Maxwell T, Masters.) 679 



n^tf ^j.P^^^^l^^s, anatropal. Fruit 1 in., ovoid-oblong, surmounted by the remains ' 

 oitde disk, epicarp fleshy whitish; raesocarp somewhat bony, brownish; endocarp 

 nitish, spongy. Seed solitary, large, pendulous, ovoid, acute below, without coat 

 waistmction of parts except a trace of a radicle (Griffith).— The structure of the seed 

 requires iurther investigation. Materials are wanting for this purpose. 



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a STROMBOSXiL, Blume. 



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Trees or shrubs. 



Leaves alternate^ petioled, simple, 1 -nerved. Injloresceixce 



^ose, cymes short. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, dichlamydeous, 



^ay'a; cup-shaped, more or less 5-lobed, inferior,or partly superior. Petals 



) iree, hairy within. Stamens 5, opposite the petals and adnate to their 



ase ■ anthers 2-celled, introrse. Staminodes 0. Ovary wholly superior,' or 



df t . ^^^f ^^^^F' iwiperfectly 4-5-celIed, surrqrunded by a perigynous 5-lobed 



sk; style simple; ovules 4-5, pendulous from a central placenta. Fru'd 



jupaceous, surmounted by the remains of the calyx -lobes and of the style ; 



^^e crustaceous. Seed pendulous, embryo minute within fleshy albumen. 



7 y^^' Species 6, natives of the Western peninsula, Ceylon and the 



chipelago. In the Indian snecies I find the flowers cleisto, 



amous, 



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•-Kt^ 1. Eustrombosla. Ovary free. 



1 J* ^' Javanica, Blume 

 (/), \^oWong acuminate f 



**8TERN Peninsula; TEXASSEKUf, SeZ/er; Penang, Wallich; Malacca, i/a/n^ay. 

 6-7 K o*^^^ ^^^*^^ ^^^^ white wood. Branches terete, purplish, glabrous. Lea 



Leaves 



6-7 K o * wiiire wooa. Mfrancries lerere, purpiisn, giaurous. ±jeuuc9 



Hi^ ^"*' ^^^j^c^ous, glabrous; petiole 4~f in. Flower-hud ellipsoid. Floioers 

 (jIj^jI ^*' ^^^9^^ish, in short axillary cymes, which scarcely exceed the petiole. ^ Cah/j: 

 Ha\^' n ' ^^* accrescent and adherent to the fruit. Petals 5, much exceeding the 

 i short T^^* coriaceous, slightly hairy within near the revolute tip. Stamens 5, 

 ^bsti ^ ^ *'^° petals. Ovary conical, style short. Fruit drupaceous, turbinate, 

 isadlf^ ' V abortion 1-seeded.— Although the ovary of this species is free, the fruit 



^ 2. tavalle 



■tube. 



adherent 



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oum. Nat Hist vi. 350 ; leaves 

 ! entire, calyx 5-fid. Miq. FL Ind. 

 Strombosia javanica, ThwaUes 



iii 27' ^^^ ^^ot of Blume, Sidiierocarya le{)rosa, Balz. in Hook. KewJouni. 

 361 > ^ ^' ^' ^^'^5- J^oTnb. FL 223. Lavallea ceylanica, BaiU. Adansonui, \u 



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^TERjf Pexixsula ; in the Concan and Canara. Ceylon, in forests of the Central 



prow 



i7;Valt.3000ft. 



mondJ^ ^^^^r«l^ ^ith greyish bark. Leaves 6 by 21 in., glabrous, coriaceous base 

 iV-t^^ '^''"^^^^at tapering; petiole i in. Flower%tds oblong-rlavate. I hwers 

 ciiial! "^-^ ^"Dsessile, in axillary glomerules, or on a thick spur. Cah/x-hbes rounded, 

 nflexed n^ ^ ^^^^^s '^^»g^r tban the calyx-lobes, acute, h^iry within, tips ultiniatdy 

 ¥cuktl \^^y 4-5-celled below, ovules 5. ' Fruit 1 In, pyriform, rugose deep pui-plo, 

 ; . aie. c^<.7_ , . . , -^ _ ' ■ .rpjjg gpecies varies in stature and lu the form 



^ninsjj^ ^te Cingalese forms have often more oblique 





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