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Chrysophyllwm.] xxxrx. saporacez. (C. B. Clarke.) . 585 
* Calyx-lobes 1-seriate, imbricated (see also Bassia butyracea), stamens 5-6. 
Bëbee OO .... 3 2... . . » 7A MERE 
Staminodes present, flowers sessile or panicled . . . . . . 2. SARCOSPERMA. 
Staminodes present, pedicels axillary elustered . 3. SipEROXYLON. 
** Calyz-lobes 2-seriate, outer series valvate. 
t Calyx-segments 4. 
Stamens 8 (in J. diplostemon 16). . . . . 4. IsONANDRA. 
Stamens 12-40, corolla lobed half way down uos 
Stamens 12-24, corolla deeply lobed . . . . . . + + . 7. PAvuna. 
++ Calyx-segments 6-8. 
Staminodés 0... . 4A eee e a e co AES 
Staminodes present. . . be yee) wu e otn ot n 8. Miwvsors. 
1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 
Trees, Leaves coriaceous, exstipulate. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles. 
Calyx-lobes 5-0, subequal, imbricated. Corolla-lobes 5-6, entire, imbricate. 
Stamens 5-6, attached at the base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments short, linear ; 
anthers ovate ; staminodes 0. Ovary 5-6- (rarely 7-10-) celled, villous; style 
cylindric. Berry fleshy, globose. Seeds 5-6 (or fewer), testa coriaceous, 
hilum elongate, albumen copious or scanty.—Species 60; tropical, mostly 
American ; a few in Africa, Asia and Australia. 
C. Roxburghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 33; leaves oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate glabrous, base cuneate, pedicels 1 jn. filaments and style short. 
A. DC. Prodr. viii. 162; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 1$9 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 296; 
Kurz For. Fl. ii. 118, and in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 228. C. acuminatum, 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 599 ; Wall. Cat. 4160, not of Lamk. 
Assam; Goalpara, Hamilton, KHASIA ; Mariao, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. SirmkT; 
Wallich. Prav; Kurz. Maracca; Griffith, Maingay. 
Attains 40-60 ft. Leaves 5 by 14 in., parallel-sided, the acumination often sudden 
into a short obtuse tail, shining, primary nerves very numerous and close, nearly 
horizontal, uniting within the margin; petiole Z in. Corolla-lobes 7; in., obtuse, 
minutely rusty-pilose.  Corolla-tube jg in., filled with rusty hairs; lobes ṣẹ in. 
Anthers included, slits introrse or sublateral. Style cylindric, as long as the corolla, 
obscurely lobed. Fruit 1} in., globose, pulpy, yellow, eaten by the Khasis, when 
dried strongly 5-6-angled. Seeds 5-6, } by à in. compressed, very hard. 
Var. sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 579 (sp.); leaves rusty-villous on the 
midrib beneath.—From the Concan southwards and Ceylon, up to 4000 ft. atc; 
Dalzell, Thwaites, &e.—Distrie. Sumatra. 
2, SARCOSPERMA, Hook. f. 
Trees. Leaves subopposite, oblong, acuminate, coriaceous ; stipules caducous. 
Flowers small, fascicled on the branches of a simple or compound panicle, 
minutely bracteoled. Calyx-segments 5, round, subequal, ‘strongly imbricated. 
Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, round, imbricated. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube ; 
filaments short; anthers oblong, obtuse ; staminodes 5, small, oblong-linear. 
Ovary glabrous, 2-1-celled ; style cylindric ; ovules ascending. Berry ellipsoid, 
large, 2-1-celled, 2-1-seeded. Testa crustaceous, hilum nearly basal, albumen 
0; embryo fleshy.—Species 3; in North-east India, Birma, Hongkong. 
1. S. arboreum, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 655; leaves large with pits in 
the axils of the primary nerves beneath, panicle and calyx pubescent- 
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