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G. Toona, Roxb. And there is no doubt that the flowers of the two are 

 very similar, differing chiefly in the hairiness of the petals and stamens 

 of G. febrifuga. The panicles, however, of G. febrifuga are longer and 

 their ultimate branches are shorter and denser than those of G. Toona. 

 The capsules, moreover, are much longer (1 in. as against '6 in.). The 

 flowers of all the species of Gedrela are very much alike. I hesitate 

 therefore, to follow Mr. Hiem merely because very good distinctive 

 characters cannot be had from the flowers, and I prefer to follow De 

 Candolle in maintaining this as a species. The nearest ally of G. febri- 

 fuga is undoubtedly G. microcarpa C. DC. 



Order XXVIII. CnAiLLETiACEiE. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, quite entire ; stipules 2, decidu- 

 ous. Flowers small, unisexual or polygamous, in corymbose cymes; 

 peduncles sometimes adnate to the petiole. Sepals 5, free or connate, 

 sometimes unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, free, sub-perigynous, equal or 

 unequal, notched or 2-fid, with often an inflexed lamina which is ad- 

 nate to the face of the petal, usually open in aestivation. Stamens 5, 

 sub-perigynous, all or some only fertile, free or adnate to the corolla ; 

 Anthers oblong, connective often thickened at the back. Bish of 5 glands 

 or scales, or a 5-glandular or -lobed cup. Ovary free, pubescent or vil- 

 lous, 2-3-celled ; styles 1-2-3, free or more or less connate ; stigmas sim- 

 ple or capitate ; ovules anatropous, pendulous in pairs from the top of 

 each cell. Brupe pubescent or hispid, oblong, transversely oblong or 

 didymous, compressed ; epicarp entire or dehiscent ; endocarp indehiscenfc 

 or not, 1-3-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Seed pendulous, hilum broad, testa 

 membranous, albumen ; e??i&rj/o large ; cotyledons thick, radicle small, 

 superior. — A small chiefly ti-opical order, of 3 genera and about 40 

 species. 



I. Chailletia, DC. 

 Flowers polygamo-monoecious. Sepals 5, unequal, united at the 

 base or above it, obtuse. Petals 5, 2-lobed, narrow, free. Stamens 5, 

 sometimes slightly adnate at the base to the petals. Bisk of 6 quadrate 

 scales placed opposite the petals. Ovary 2-3-celled.— Distrib. Tropi- 

 cal Asia, Africa, and especially America ; species about 30. 

 Leaves oblong or elliptic, lanceolate. 



Leaves very thin, quite glabrous ; cymes 



globular, '25 in. to "4 in. in diam, ... 1. G. tenuifoUa. 



Leaves coriaceous, glabrous except the 

 midrib, strigose at the base ; cymes 1 to 

 2 in. in diam. ... ... ... 2. ^ Hookeri. 



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