SCHMIDELIA. 



the petals. Stamens 8, connate round the ovary at its base. 

 Ovary usually 2-, sometimes 3-lobed : style from between the 

 lobes of the ovary ; stigmas 3, recurved. Fruit indehiscent, 

 1-2- or rarely 3-lobed: lobes somewhat globose, fleshy or dry, 

 1 -celled. Seeds with or without an arillus. — Trees or shrubs 

 usually trifoliate, rarely with simple, exstipulate leaves. Flowers 

 white, small, in axillary racemes. 



244. S. serrata DC. prodr. i. 610. W. and A. i. 110. — 

 Ornitrophe serrata Roxb. corom. i. t. 61. fi. ind. ii. 266. — Com- 

 mon on the coast of Coromandel and in Bengal. 



Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, pointed, serrate, generally blistered, 

 with frequently reflected margins, smooth on the back, from 2 to 3 

 inches long, and about 1§ broad. Racemes axillary, single, erect. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white, fascicled. Males and hermaphrodites 

 mixed on the same tree, and sometimes on separate ones. Herma- 

 phrodite : Calyx 4-leaved. Petals 4, unilateral. Hypogynous scales 

 lacerated. Filaments very woolly near the base. Ovary superior, 

 2-lobed, with asingle ascending ovule in each cell. Style single. Stigma 

 2-cleft. Berry succulent, generally single, the second lobe of the ovary 

 being for the most part abortive, obovate, the size of a pea, smooth, 

 bright red, 1-celled. — Root astringent; employed by the Telinga phy- 

 sicians in substance to stop diarrhoea. Ripe berries eaten by the 

 natives of Coromandel. 



SCHLEICHERA. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 0. Disk occupying the bottom of 

 the calyx. Stamens 6-10, inserted between the margin of the 

 disk and the ovary. Ovary 3-celled, with 1 erect ovule in each 

 cell. Stigma 3-cleft. Fruit an indehiscent drupe, with 1-2 or 

 rarely 3 cells. Seeds solitary in each cell, covered with a 

 pulpy arillus. Embryo much curved. — Trees. Leaves exsti- 

 pulate, abruptly pinnate : leaflets opposite or nearly so. Flowers 

 small, disposed in spike-like racemes. W. and A. 



245. S. trijuga Willd. sp. iv. 1096. Roxb. ft. hid. ii. 277. 

 W, and A. i. 114. — Melicocca trijuga Juss. in mem. mus. 

 iii. 187- t. 8. DC. prodr. i. 616. Stadmannia trijuga Spr. syst. 

 ii. 243. Cussambium pubescens Hamilt. in JVern. trans. 

 v. 357. — Various parts of insular and continental India. 



Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, abruptly pinnate, from 

 8 to 16 inches long ; leaflets from 2 to 4 pair, opposite,' sessile, broad- 

 lanceolate or oblong, entire, pretty smooth on both sides ; the lower 

 pairs the smallest ; from 3 to 8 inches long. Petioles a little downy, 

 from 6 to 16 inches long. Stipules wanting. Racemes axillary, or 

 below the leaves, round the base of the young shoots solitary ; in the 

 male simple; in the hermaphrodite often compound ; from 2 to 4 inches 

 long. Male. Calyx cup-like, 5-toothed. Corolla 0. Filaments from 

 6 to 10, erect, many times longer than the calyx. Anthers oval, erect. 

 Pistil a mere rudiment. Hermaphrodite flowers on a separate tree. 

 Calyx as in the male. Corolla 0. Disk a fleshy, yellow ring surround- 

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