193 CXXX. THYMELEACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Helicia. 
MARTABAN Hirrzs, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis, Kurz. 
Branches very robust, Leaves 12-14 by 3-31 in. ; petiole in. Racemes as long 
as the leaves, rachis very stout, flowers 1-1} in. long (Kurz) solitary or 2-3-nate; 
pedicels stout, villous; style 14 iu. Fruit unknown.—A very distinct species. Kurz 
describes the leaves as “narrowed towards the obtuse base ;” but they are quite acute 
in our (solitary) specimen from Kurz. 
ORDER CXXX. THYMELZACEZ. 
Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs, with tough fibrous inner bark. Leaves 
alternate or opposite, simple, quite entire. Flowers usually 2-sexual, 
axillary or terminal, in heads umbels clusters spikes or racemes. Perianth 
regular, tubular or campanulate, 4-5-lobed, imbricate in bud, often with 
1-2 scales at the base. Stamens 2, er as many or twice as many as the 
lobes; anthers2-celled. Disk annular, cupular or of scales. Ovary superior, 
1- rarely 2-celled (4-5-celled in Gonystylus); style short or long, terminal 
or eccentric, stigma capitate; ovules solitary or one in each cell, pendulous 
from near the top of the cell, anatropous. Fruit indehiscent (capsular 12 
Aquilarinee). Seed pendalous or lateral, albumen fleshy or 0; embryo 
straight, radicle superior.—Genera nearly 40, species 360, temperate and 
tropical. 
Trae I. Euthymelese. Ovary l.celled,l-ovuled. Fruit indehiscent. 
* Perianth without scales. Stamens as many and opposite the perianth- 
lobes or twice as many. Flowers 4-nerved. 
+ Perianth not circumsciss in fruit. 
Perianth-tube cylindric. StyleO. DiskO . . . . . . 31. DAPHNE. 
Perianth urceolate. Style short. Disk O or minute. . . 2. THYMELMA. 
Perianth-tube cylindric. Style long, stigma linear . . . 3. EpG@EWORTHIA. 
Perianth-tube cylindric, Style short, stigma large . . . 4. WIKSTR@MIA. 
++ Perianth circumsciss after flowering. 
Shrubs, leaves flat . . . . . . . . . . . . , . B. STELLERA. 
Annuals, leaves linear . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 6. DIARTHEON. 
** Perianth with scales above the stamens. Flowers 5-nerved. 
Fruiting perianth circumsciss; pericarp thin . . . . . . LASIOSIPHON. 
Fruiting perianth not cireumsciss; pericarp thick . . . . 8. LINOSTOMA. 
Triste IT. Phaleriese. Ovary 2-celled; cells l.ovuled. Fruit inde- 
hiscent. 
Flowers sessile. Stamensexserted . . . . . . . , . 9. PHALERIA. 
Træ III. Aquilariese. Ovary 2-celled; cells l-ovuled. Fruit 4 
loculicidal capsule. 
Perianth-tube cylindric, Stamens5 . . . .. . . 10. GxRINOPS. 
Perianth campanulate. Stamens10 . . . . . . ll. AQUILABIA. 
Anomalous genus. Ovary 4—5-celled. GoNxsTYLUS. 
