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DIPTEROCARPE^. 



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and is, alone, by no means of sufficient absolute importance 

 to warrant such a genus as Tea being classed with corolli- 

 floral {gamopefalous) families. Note, also, the stamens, the 

 innermost of which are hypogynous, while the outer ones are 

 more or less monadelphous and adherent to the base of the 

 petals. 



Compare the woody capsule, dehiscing loculicidally, of 

 Thca and Camellia (scarcely generically distinct) with the 

 indehiscent berries of Saiirauja and Eurya. 



The Tea-shrub, of recent years cultivated with so much 

 success on the cool slopes of the mountains of Northern 

 India, is found wild in the jungles of Assam. It has not 

 been noticed in the wild state in China, where its cultiva- 

 tion dates from an extremely remote period. 



17. Natural Order, Dipterocarpece. — The Malay-Camphor 

 Family. 



Trees or climbing shrubs, usually resinous, with alternate, 

 penni-veined, simple leaves. Two or more of the segments 

 of the calyx-limb usually enlarged in fruit. 



Type— The Sal {Shorea robusta). 



