43^ Monimiacecs. [Hortom'a. 



not coriaceous, curved, shining above, slightly paler beneath, 

 petiole very short, flat on top, male fl. minute, very numerous, 

 on short ped., clustered, in much-branched rusty-pubescent, 

 thyrsoid panicles 3-4 in. long from the axils of fallen 1., with 

 numerous small linear-lanceolate bracts, fern. fl. larger, much 

 fewer, in short close panicles, perianth globose, segm. 2 ; stam. 

 6-10, fil, combined into a turbinate column, anth, distinct ; 

 fruit globose, nearly i in., pericarp leathery, rusty-tomentose 

 outside, glabrous and bright pink within ; seed globose, com- 

 pletely covered by the entire scarlet aril. 



Moist low country up to 2000 ft., rather common. Fl. Jan.-P'eb. ; 

 pale yellow. 



Also in Burma, Malacca, Andaman and Malay Is. ; not in Peninsular 

 India. 



The M. saliciffllia of Moon Cat. is probably a narrow-leaved variety. 



Wood much as in M. Horsfieldia. 



CXIL— MONIMIACE.^. 



Shrubs, 1. opp., entire, without stip., fl. bisexual, regular; 

 perianth of many leaves in several rows, outer sepaloid, inner 

 petaloid, much imbricated ; stam. 5-9, hypogynous in 2 rows, 

 fil. short with 2 large lateral appendages, anth. 2-celled ; carp, 

 superior, about 9, distinct, each with a solitary pendulous 

 ovule, style short; fruit a cluster of distinct fleshy carp, on 

 a receptacle, surrounded by persistent perianth-leaves, in- 

 dehiscent; .seed solitary, flattened, embryo minute in axis of 

 fleshy endosperm. 



No member of this rather small family occurs in Peninsular India, 

 but two other genera are found in the Malay Peninsula. 



KORTONZA,^ Wight. 

 For characters, see Order. — Endemic genus. 



L. broadly lanceolate ; ped. rather stout . . i. H. floribunda. 

 L. linear-lanceolate; ped. slender, drooping. . 2. H. ANGUSTIFOLIA. 



I. K. floribunda, Wi^ht ex Arn. in Mag. Zool. &* Bot. ii. 546 

 (1838). "Wawiya, .V. 



Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 166. Thw. Enum. 11. H. acuminata, Wight, 

 Ic. vi. 14. C. P. 1027. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 115. Wight, Ic. t. 1997 and (//. acuminata) 1998, f. 2. 



* Dedicated to Lady Horton, wife of .Sir Robert Wilmot Horton, Bart., 

 Governor of Ceylon from 183 1-7. 



