264 Ilicinecs. . [//ex. 



stam. shorter than per.; ov. hispid, with erect hairs; drupe 

 ovoid, sHghtly compressed and keeled, obtuse, smooth, orange- 

 red, stone thin, pitted externally; endosperm perforated with 

 holes to accommodate the internal spines of the endocarp. 



Dry country ; very rare. Kurunegala; Puttalam. Fl. June ; pinkish. 



Occurs also in Southern India. 



This very sinj^ailar genus has been omitted in the Flora of B. India, 

 being found neither under Olacinca: nor Satitalacea;^ to one of which 

 Families it should be there referred. 



XXXVI. —ILICINE^. 



Trees ; 1. alternate, simple, without stip. ; fl. regular, uni- 

 sexual, dioecious, in axillary cymes or umbels ; cal. deeply 

 4- or 5-fid, segments imbricate, persistent ; pet. connate into 

 a 4- or 5-lobed corolla; stam. 4 or 5, inserted on base of cor,; 

 no disk; ov, 3-6-celled, with i pendulous ovule in each cell, 

 style o, stigma large, sessile ; fruit a drupe, with 4-6 stones, 

 each with i seed ; embryo minute in fleshy endosperm. 



Of our three species two are found in the higher montane zone and 

 the other in the moist low country. 



On account of the gamopetalous corolla this Order is sometimes placed 

 along with the CorolliilorK. 



IZiEX, L. 



For characters, see Order. — Sp. 145 ; 24 in Fl. B. Lid. 



Leaves under i in 2. I. Walkeri, 



Leaves over 2 in. 



Leaves serrate ; fl. 4-merous . . , .2. I. denticulata. 



Leaves entire ; fl. 5-merous 3. I. Wightiana. 



I. Z. Walkeri, Wii^Jtt and Gardn. in Thw. Enum. 184 (i860). 



C. P. 298. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 600. 



A small tree, much branched, bark grey, longitudinally 

 farrowed, young parts glabrous ; 1. numerous, closely placed, 

 persistent, very variable, usually \-i in., rotundatc or oblong- 

 oval or obovate or lanceolate, obtuse or retuse or apiculatc or 

 acute, entire or with few shallow serratures near tip, margin 

 revolute, coriaceous, glabrous, petiole short, stout ; fl. very 



