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present. Emhryo straiglit, with a superiDr railicle, cotyledons fli'sliy, plano-convex. 

 Shrubs or trees, rari-ly herbs. Leares simple, opposite or alternate. StipuJex none. 

 Flotccrs often in heads, umbels, clusters, racemes or si)ikes, often silky outside. 



An order characterized by the peculiar loose bark of a caustic nature, which 

 acts upon the skin as a vesicatory. The fi'uits of many are ])oisonous. Paper is 

 made from the inner bark of several species of Daphne. Ka^le-wooJ, containing 

 a fi'agrant resin of a dark colour, comes from Aquilaria tigallochiuit. 



Daphne, Zinnaim. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth tubular or funnel-shaped, deciduous, 4-lobed. 

 Hypoyi/nous disk obsolete or none. Anthers inserted in 2 superposed rows of 4 each, 

 nearly sessile. Ovarij 1-celled, with a single ovule. Drupe fleshy succulent (rarely 

 coriaceous), 1 -seeded, with crustaceous testa. 



D. PENDULA, Sm. £.8. Hills East of Toung-ngoo at 5000 to GOOO feet. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves usually acuminate at both ends, membranous, 

 4-6 inches long, glaucous beneath. Flowers yellow, 6 lines long, tubular, sessile, 

 densely pubescent outside. 



LiNosiojiA, TJ'i/iich. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth bell-shaped, 5-lobed, of a thin texture, 

 furnished at the throat with 10 free or 5 bifid glabrous scales. Stamens 10, 

 alternating with the perianth scales. Hi/pot/i/nous scales none. Ocary sessile, 

 1-celled, with a solitary pendulous ovule. Htyle capillary with a capitate stigma. 

 Nut cby. Seeds solitary, with a thin crustaceous pericarp. Albumen none. 



* Glabrous shruls. Perianth-scales \<), free. 

 L. PAUCIFLORUM, Grilf. E.S. Hills East of Toung-ngoo at 3000 to 4000 feet. 

 Leaves obovate, blunt, or rounded with a mucro. 

 L. DECAXDEUir, Wall. E.S. Chittagong. Tenasserim. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. 



** Tomenfose shrubs. Perianth-scales '), bifid. 

 L. scAXDENs, Wall. F.S. Tenasserim. 



Floral leaves coriaceous, petioles inserted with a broad base to a knob on the 

 peduncle and reflexed. 



L. SiAMENSis, Kz. The Eng forests of Prome. 



Floral leaves thin chartaceous, the petioles thin, and nut thickened at their 

 insertion with the peduncle. 



Kurz adds, from the Nicobars : 



GoKYSTYLUs MiQUELiANUs, T. et B. Kamorta. 



AdDiLAKrA, Lamarck. 



Perianth coriaceous, bell-shaped, 5-cleft, scales at th(> throat 10, exserted, pilose, 

 fonning a 10-lobed crown. Stamens 10, adnate to the ])erianth-tube. llypogynous 

 scales or ring none. Geary sessile, if solitary 2-celled, if not 1-celled. Capsule 

 woody, with a thin coriaceous pericarp sessile, 2-valvcd, with metlian placentas. 

 Seeds 2, or solitary by abortion. Albumen none. 



A. AOAi-LocHA, Koxb. F.T. Hills East of Toung-ngoo. 



A-kyau (Mason). Lign-aloes. 



Capsules wriukled, softly and densely tomcntoso. 



Wood light, close-grained, and takes a good polish. Furnishes the commercial 

 Eagle-wood, called by the Malays Kayu-garu. Lign-aloes is used for burning as 

 a perfume. Tlie finest appears to be resinous portions, only found in old and decayed 

 trees. Mason has some pertinent remarks on this plant : " The fragrant substance 



