SANTA LACE.E. 221 



*■ Ovarij inferior. 

 f Placenta slender, hearing the ovules at the ape.r. 



Hknslowia, Bluinc. 



Floicers moiurciDns. Perianth lobes and sta/neni 5 or G. Dis/c cpinynons without 

 free margins. Drupes wry small. Orary inferior, l-ccllcil, with 2-4 ovules suspended 

 from the apex of the free central placenta. Fruit a fleshy drupe containing a hard 

 1 -seeded putamon. Parasitic shrubs, with alternate 3-5 nerved simple leaves. 



Flowers in peduncled involucred umhellets. Bracts acute, taithout membranous 

 borders. 



H. HETEBAXTHA, IT. f. Ilills cast of Toung-ngoo at 4000 to 7000 feet. 



Flowers sessile, or nearly so. Perianth-lobes 5. Leaves coriaceous. 



var. n heterantha. Flowers sessile. Perianth-lobes 5. 



var. /i coriacea. Flowers shortly peduncled. Perianth-lobes 6. 



H. ERYinuoCAia'A, Kz. Tree forests of Kaiuorta. 



f f Placenta spindle-shaped, bearing the ovules near the base. 



Saxtalum, Linnaus. 



Perianth bell-shaped. Lnhi-s ami stamens 4 or 5. Bisk conspicuously lobed. 

 Brupes globose. Trees, parasitical while young. 



*S. ALBUM, L. F.T. Chittagoug (cultivated). Tcnasserim (//Vc llason). 



San-da-ku. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, 1 .\ to 3 inches long, coriaceous, glaucous 

 beneath. Flowers small, yellowish, soon turning brownish-purple. Drupe globular, 

 the size of a large pea. Wood yellowish, in young trees white. Ground to powder 

 it is a favourite cosmetic, and in ]5urma replaces violet powder and other less 

 innocuous preparations of the West. A valuable oil is distilled from the wood, from 

 which also deliciously fragrant boxes, cabinets, and other small articles are made. 



* * Ovary superior. 



LErioNURus, Blume. 



Calyx adnate to the cup-shaped disk. Flowers 4-merous. Petals 4 at base, 

 cohering in a tube, valvate. Stamens 4, opposite the petals. Filatnents very short. 

 Ovary free, 1-celled. Ovule single, pendulous. Stigma sessile. 



L. snvESTRis, Bl. F.T. Ava Hills. 



L. oblongifolius. Mart. 

 Leaves 6-8 inches long, very sliortly petioled, entire, membranous, glabnnis. 

 Flowers small, white. 



CnAMrEKEiA, Griffith (not Baillon). 



Flowers 5-merous. Perianth 5-sepalous, rotate. Stamens 5. ITypoyynous disk 

 annular. Ovary with a single erect anatropous ovule. Style none. Flowers nunute. 

 Bracts veiy minute. 



C. GuiFriTHii, Planch. F.T. Tree forests of Tena.sserim and tlie Andamans. 



All parts glabrous. Perianth-lobes about J a line long, reilexed. Drupe | inch 

 long or more, orange-coloured, glabrous. 



Order LOll.VNTUACE^. 



Flowers usually hermaphrodite, regular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, the liuib 

 with as many lobes or teeth as petals, or forming an entire border, or none. Petals 

 or perianth segments (when the calyx is inconsiiicuous) 4 to 6 or rarely more, usually 

 5-(>, free, or united in a lobed corolla, inserted round an epigynous disk, valvate, 



