6 PITTOSPORACEiE 



HYDNOCARPUS. f.b.i. 14 iv. 



Almost always a dioecious tree, the male and female 

 flowers on different trees. Petal with a scale lying 

 along it. 



Species about 6, chiefly Australian. 



Hydnocarpus alpina Wight; F.B.I. i 197, IX 3. A 

 tree of the dense shola, with very dark green almost 

 black foliage, and brilliant red young leaves. Branch- 

 lets zig-zag ; leaves alternate, narrow ovate-acute, with 

 6 to 8 pairs of nerves visible above and the smaller nerv^es 

 distinct below. Flowers few in short axillary spikes. 

 Sepals ovate, nearly equal, or the inner two slightly 

 larger. Petals 5, white, %. inch by % inch, linear, the 

 margins folded to hide the oblong scale which lies 

 against each petal and is about half as long : this scale 

 has a truncate fimbriate end. Stamens 5 ; filaments 

 short ; anthers J^ inch, curved, not reniform. Male 

 flowers with rudimentary ovary. Female flowers with 

 fully formed stamens, the anthers of which however do 

 not open ; ovary globose, surmounted by the broad, 

 pink, lobed stigma. Fruit ovoid the size of a fair-sized 

 apple, or custard apple, t. 288. Wt. Ic. t. 942. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, etc., on slopes 6,000 feet and under, 

 forming often dense woods of this species alone. Fpon. 



Gen. Dist. Westera Ghats and Ceylon, in moist valleys. 



PITTOSPORACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 23. 



POLYGALACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 26. 



CARYOPHYLLACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 29, and add to bottom of page 30 inside 

 bracket d : 



Leaves linear ; petals minute or o sagina. 



