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Drupes ratlier large, tLe enJocarp of 2 bony longitudi- 

 nal parallel lobes hollow inside vnth 1 or 2 flat seeds 



between them 6. Ocfieosia. 



Ovules numerous. Fruit follicular, dehiscent or without any 

 hardened endocarp. 

 Follicles short, usually pulpy and scarcely dehiscent- 

 Seeds without hairs. Erect trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 opposite ,....•.. 7- Tabekn^emontana. 



Follicles long and linear, dehiscent. Seeds bordered by 

 hairs, very long at one or both ends. Erect trees or 



shnibs. Leaves w^horled or opposite 8. Alstoma. 



Follicles long and linear, dehiscent. Seeds with a coma 



at the hilum. Tall woody climber. Leaves opposite. 9. IciixocARrrs, 

 Anthers exscrted and cohering or connivent in a cone or ring 

 round the stigma. Stems twining. Seeds with a coma. 

 Throat of the corolla with a corona of scales sometimes united 

 in a ring. Carpels distinct or nearly so. Coma at the end 

 furthest from the hilum , .... 10, \yRiGnTiA. 



No corona. Carpels united in a 2-cclled ovary. Coma at the 

 hilum. 



Corolla-lobes imbricate in the bud 11. Parsoxsta. 



• Corolla-lobes valvate in the bud , ■ . . 12. Lyoksia. 



1. CHILOCAHPUS, Blume. 



Calyx without glands. Corolla-tube cylindrical, slightly swollen rouml 

 the anthers; lobes spreading, without scales at the throat, contorted m tie 

 l^ud. Anthers lanceolate, included in the tube. Ovary single, 1-cel ed, wit J 

 2 parietal placentas and numerous ovules. Style single with a thickened 

 liiitnform stigma. Eerry ovoid, indehiscent. Seeds numerous, very rugose, 

 ^^itbout hairs ; albumen copious ; cotyledons cordate-ovate, flat — lalL woody 

 *^™ber. Leaves opposite. Flowers small in nearly sessile axillary cymes. 



Arch 



siaes the Australian species, wt 

 ipeiago and Malayan Peuiasula. 



A tall woody climber, quite 



4-4 1 I ^ ^M 



, 1. C. australis, F. Muell. F,-agm. ii. 90. A tall woody climber, quut 

 glabrous. Leaves elliptical-oblong, shortly acuminate, sessile and roinuled 

 f the base or narrowed into a sbort petiole, penniveined, the veins more dis- 

 tant and less regular than in the Javanese species, 2 to 4 in. long. Pediuicles 

 axillary, very short, with about 5 flowers, or the flowers more n^umerous in 



i^lwost sessile cymes. Bracts minute.- Calyx-segments ^^^"^^^/j"^,/^; 

 Oj^icular, very obtuse, slightly fringed. Corolla yellow, the tube s nder 

 «^out 2 lines long, the lobes v^ry broad, about 1 line long oblique or slight y 

 ;^"culate at the base on the inner angle, the left-hand edge oje^l«m"g J 

 t^ bud. Anthers in the middle of the tube. Fruit about 2 in long. 

 Seeds enveloped in the pulp, ovate, compressed, about 3 bnes long, ver| ru- 

 gose ; albumen much ruminate ; embr^'o excentrical in the seeds examined. 

 —Mehdhms cJdlocnrpoldes, F. Muell. Fragin. vi. 118. 



Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Ball achy ; Eockhampton, Thozel ; Crocodile Creek, 



^' S. Wales 

 . It does not app, 



nver, 



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ary 



