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Lxxii. CORNACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 



[^Marlea. . 



narrow calyi-limb.-^The Japan M. maerophylla and M, heterophylla hardly differ 



from this. 



Vah. al'pina ; leaves not angular, hairy all over teneath and no tufts in the nerve- 

 axils.— Sikkim, alt. 6000-9000 ft.; H.f. # T. Marlea sp. 2. 



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3. CORMirS, Linn. 



Trees and struts, glabrous or hairy, hairs often centrally attached. Leaves 

 opposite or alternate, petioled, entire. Flotvers small, hermaphrodite, white or 

 yellow, in branched cymes or in involucrate heads. Calyx-tube campanulate or 

 lum-shaped ; limb with 4 short or long teeth. Petals 4, oblong, valvate. 'Sta- 

 mens 4, anthers oblong. Ovary 2- (very rarely 3-) celled ; style filiform *^^*^y^^°" 

 dric, stigma capitate sub-2-lobed ; ovule solitary pendulous in each call. 

 Drupe ovoid, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; endocarp bony. Seeds oblong, compressed, 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons leafy.— Distrib. Species 15, in N. temperate regions 

 and 2 in Burma and Hongkong. "" 



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Sect. I. Thelycrania, Endl. Floicers cymose, without bracts. 



1. C. sanguinea, iz«n.; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 1092; a shrub, leaves 

 opposite rarely exceeding 3 in. shortly or not at all acuminate not very glau- 

 cous beneath. DC. Prodr. iv. 272 ; Brand. For. FL 253, C. australis, 

 C. A. Mey.) Boiss. I.e. 



Kashmir; alt. 7000 ft. ; Gulmurg, Sfev: art, -^BisrmB. W. and N. Asia, Europe. 



An erect shrub, branchlets leaves beneath and cymes with minute white nair . 

 Leaves (in Kashmir examples) 1-^ by 1 J in., ovate from a rounded base, obtuse, benea 

 paler and with appressed hairs, nerves 4 on each side with spreading crisped nair ^ 

 beneath; petiole nearly ^ in. Fruit | in. diam., subglobose, minutely hairy. 



2. C. macrophylla, WalL in Boxh. FL Lnd. ed, Carey ^ WalL i. 433 ; 

 a tree, leaves opposite or alternate usually exceeding 3 in. 'distinctly acurainaie 

 glaucous beneath. Don Prodr. 141; WalL Cat. 469; DC. Prodr. ^v- ^^-^ ' 

 Brand. For. FL 252, t 32. 0. brachypoda, C. A. Mep. ; Walp. Ann, u. 7-^o. 



Throughout the Himalaya, alt, 4000-8000 ft., frequent.— Distrib. China, Japan. 



An erect tree 40 ft., branches horizontal. Leaves 6 by 3^ in. (often much ^^^^^^^ 

 ovate; base rounded or subacute : secondary nerves 6 on each side, ultimately g 

 brous above, beneath with scattered minute appressed hairs ; petiole 1 in, ^f^^ 

 terminal, erect, often 4-5 in. diam., branches opposite or alternate. Calyx-tube w 

 shaped, whitish from the numerous appressed hairs. Fruit ^-| in. diam. ^^''^^' 

 —C, alternifolia, Linn, f., a N.American species differs very little, if at ^^^'/^^^ ^ J 



Var. Sirachcyi; panicle densely clothed with spreading fulvous hairs, you 6 

 leaves silky hairy.— Kuniaon, alt. 7000 ft., Kathi ; Strachey cj- Winterboitom. 



. ^ , ^, ^ , , Vv . o TTr^77 ; i?."?.' leaver-* 



3. C. oblongra, Wall 



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uuiung narrowea at Dotn ends aauit giaorous ui mni^^^'^v — . 

 Dmi Prodr. 140: WalL Ch^. 468: DC. Prodr. v. 272; Brami. 



From the Jhelum to Nipax, alt. 4000-7000 ft.; frequent. ^"^^^^-£a ft ; 

 Xhasu Mrs., alt. 4500 ft.; C. B. Clarke. Martaban Hills; alt 4000-7uuu .•. 



, -^ ._., ^jraewhat coriaceous, nerves m^*'^^ ^^^^J"^}^ 



beneath; petiole J in. Pedicels and cyme-braQches minutely pubescent; Dract 



■ - * J' - - p^^aZs almost glabrous. ^'•«'; 



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A tree 20-30 ft. Leaves 5 by 1 J in., somewhat coriaceous, 

 -,^eath; petiole J in. Pedicels and cyme-branches 

 small, .jjCTa^yx-tube campanulate, hardly urn-shaped 

 •v^y i in-j ellipsoid, glabrous or nearly so., r 



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