, 1 4 Sabiacece. [Meliosma^ 



XLL— SABIACE^. 



Trees; 1. alternate, simple or pinnate, without stip. ; fl. bi- 

 sexual, irregular, small, in panicles ; sep. distinct, surrounded 

 by several persistent bractlcts indistinguishable from them, in 

 all 5-13; pet. 5, distinct, unequal, 3 larger valvate or imbricate,, 

 orbicular, concave, 2 much smaller, bifid ; stam. 5, distinct, 

 only 2 fertile, opp. and adnate to the smaller pet, fil. dilated 

 at top, anth.-cells globose, the other 3 reduced to barren, 

 scale-like staminodes, opp. and adnate to base of larger pet. ;. 

 disk small, annular, toothed ; ov. 2-celled, with 2 superposed 

 ovules in each cell, style short, conical ; fruit an oblique drupe,, 

 stone i-celled, i-seeded; seed globose, no endosperm. 



Two of our three species are montane, the other inhabits the moist 

 low country. 



MEIiZOSMA, BL 



For characters, see Order. — Sp. 20; 11 in Fl. B. Ind. 



L. simple. 



Bractlets and sep. about 13 . . . .1. M. WiGHTll. 



Bractlets and sep. about 5 . . . . 2. M. SIMPHCIFOLIA. 



L. pinnate 3. M. Arnottiana. 



I. m. Wig-htli, PIa7icli. in Fl. B. Ind. ii. 4 (1876). 



M. pungens^ Thw. Enum. 59 (non Walp.). C. P. 300, 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 4. Wight, Ic. t. 964, 3 {Millingtonia pungens). 



A small tree, young shoots shortly woolly-pubescent; 

 1. simple, 4-7 in., lanceolate or oblong-oval, acute at base, 

 slightly attenuate, acute, entire or with a few sharp, shallow,, 

 distant serrations in upper part, glabrous above except on 

 veins, slightly pubescent beneath, stiff, harsh, veins prominent 

 and reddish beneath, often with tufts of hair in axils, petiole 

 ^-i in., woolly-pubescent ; fl. small, nearly sessile, in clusters 

 on the short branches of narrowly pyramidal, erect (drooping 

 in bud), rufous-hairy, terminal panicles ; bractlets and sep. 

 about 13, broad, obtuse, ciliatc, the outer ones pubescent; 

 large pet. rounded, obtuse, with the margin involute, small 

 ones bifid ; staminodes scale-like, various in form ; ov. flask- 

 shaped, glabrous ; drupe supported on persistent sep., ] in., 

 nearly globular. 



Upper montane zone ; common. Fl. April, September ; pale yellow. 

 Also in Southern Indian Ilillb. 



