152 XVI. HYPERICACE.E. [Hypericum. 



(i) H. japoniciun Thunb. Fl. Jap. 295, t. 31 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 i. 256; Ridl. Joiirn. Straits Br. Roy. As. Soc. 54, p. 16. 



Small glabrous, prostrate or ascending herb, 5 to 10 in. tall. 

 Branches slender. Leaves sessile ovate blunt, 1-25 in. long. 

 Flowers solitary axillary -25 in. across on slender peduncles -25 in. 

 long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals as long yellow. Stamens 

 free nearly to the base. Capsule elliptic-oblong, or ovoid -i in. 

 long dehiscing into 3 valves. Hab. In pepper- and rice-fields. 

 Singapore and Penang, Kelantan, Kota Bharu. Distrib. India, 

 China, Japan, Java, Australia and New Zealand. 



2. CRATOXYLON, Blume. 



Shrubs or trees of moderate size. Leaves entire. Inflorescence 

 axillary or terminal cymose. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 3 to 5 

 bundles, with fleshy alternating glands. Ovary 3-celled; styles 

 distinct ; ovules 4 to 8 in. each cell. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds 

 winged. Tropical Asia, about 12 species. 



Petals sub-persistent, no scales at base . . . (i) C. polyanthum 



Petals not persistent with a scale at base. 



Shrub ; flowers in terminal racemes ; leaves 



obovate . . . . . . . (2) C. microphyllum 



Trees; flowers in terminal panicles, deep red . (3) C. arborescens 



Trees ; flowers in short axillary cymes flowering 

 with the young leaves. 

 Flowers rose pink, -75 in. long; capsule -6 in.; 

 valve -25 in. across . . . . . (4) C. formosum 



Flowers white, -6 in. long; capsule -3 in. long; 



valve -I in. across . . . . • (5) C. Maingayi 



(i) C. polyanthum Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 175, t. 36; 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 257; King, I.e. 145. 



A medium-sized or tall tree with red stems, and bark flaking 

 off, glabrous 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, lanceolate or 

 elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, i"5 to 

 3-5 in. long, 75 to '25 in. wide; petioles 'i in. long. Flowers 

 supra-axillary sol.tary or in 2- or 3-flowered cymes, '5 in. across. 

 Sepals elliptic obtuse, green. Petals oblanceolate, rose pink. Glands 

 large, fleshy oblong. Capsule little longer than the sepals -5 in. 

 long; valves broad. Seeds obliquely winged. Hab. Open woods 

 in the low country. Singapore, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Perak 

 and Penang. Distrib. India, China, Malay Archipelago to Philip- 

 pines. 



var. Wighiit. King, I.e. 146; C. Wightii. Blume, JSIiis. Bot. ii. 

 18; Aneistrolobiis sp. WigJit. III. i. iii. 



A bush. Leaves oval blunt more coriaceous. Hab. Perak 

 (Kunstler). Setul, sandy heaths. Distrib. Burma, Siam. Native 

 names : Klochus ; Beluchus. 



