Delima.] Dille7tiacecs . 



II.— DILLENIACE^. 



Trees, shrubs, sometimes climbing, or perennial herbs. 

 L. alternate or radical, simple (rarely compound in Acrotrema), 

 without stip. or with stip. fused with petiole ; fl. regular, 

 bisexual; sep. 5, imbricate, persistent ; pet. 5 (rarely 4), usually 

 showy, yellow or white; stam. numerous (15-indef.), distinct 

 or monadelphous or in 3 bundles, anth. innate ; carp, few 

 (2-5) or many, rarely solitary, distinct or slightly coherent in 

 axis, styles distinct, ovules few or many ; fruit-carp, distinct, 

 dehiscent (follicles) or indehiscent; seeds solitary or numerous, 

 surrounded by an aril (absent in Dillenia), embr}^o minute in 

 fleshy endosperm. 



Filaments dilated upwards, anther-cells separated {Delimeai). 



Carpel solitary i. delima. 



Carpels 2-5 2. tetracera. 



Filaments not dilated upwards {pilleniece) 

 Carpels 3 ; anth. opening by slits. 



Perennial herbs 3. acrotrema. 



Shrubs 4. schumacheria. 



Carpels 4-20 ; anth. opening by terminal pores 

 (trees) 



Seeds arillate 5. WORMIA. 



Seeds without an aril 6. dillenia. 



The species are nearly all found only in the low country of the moist 

 region. 



I. DSI.IBXA,* Z. 



A woody climber ; sep. 5 ; pet. 3-5 ; anther-cells separated 

 by wide connective; carp, solitary, ovules 2-5, ascending; 

 fr. a follicle ; seed solitary, surrounded at base by a large 

 lacerate aril. — Monotypic. 



I>. sarmentosa^ L. Sp. PL ed. i,p. 736 (1762). Korasa-wel, S, 

 Herm. Mus. 19. Burm. Thes. loi. Fl. Zeyl. n. 205. Moon Cat. 42. 



Thw. Enum. 2. C. P. 1015. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 31 (not [given for Ceylon). Burm. Fl. Ind. t. yj, f. i. 



Bot. Mag. t. 3058. 



A large climber, stems thick, woody, with rough red bark, 

 green parts hispid-scabrous ; 1. 3-6 in. long, stalked, oval or 

 broad oval, obtuse or acute, entire or slightly toothed at 



* From delhnare, to polish or smooth, from the use made of the rough 

 leaves ; the native name has the same meaning. 



