4i6 XXXVI. CHAiLLETiACE^. [Chailletia. 



5, sub-perigynous free or adnata to corolla; anthers oblong, con- 

 nective often thickened at the back. Disc of 5 glands or scales 

 or a 5-lobed cup. Ovary free pubescent or villous 2- or 3-celled; 

 ovules anatropous, pendulous in pairs from the top of the cells; 

 styles I to 3. Stigmas simple or capitate. Drupe pubescent or 

 hispid oblong, transversely oblong or didymous compressed; 

 epicarp dehiscent or not, i- to 3-celled. Seeds pendulous; testa 

 membranous albuminous. Tropics generally, 3 genera and about 

 40 species (King, Joitrn. As. Soc. Beng., Ixiv. 90). 



CHAILLETIA, DC. 



Shrubs often climbing. Sepals unequal united at base, blunt. 

 Petals 5 bilobed free, narrow. Stamens sometimes adnate to 

 petals at base. Disc of 5 quadrate glands opposite the petals. 

 Species about 30, chiefly American, some in Asia and Africa. 



Shrub. Leaves quite glabrous ; cymes globular very 



small; leaves thin elliptic . . . . (i) C. tenuifolia 



Climber. Leaves coriaceous ovate-elliptic; nerves 



prominent (2) C. tesselata 



Climber. Leaves coriaceous; cymes lax small; 



nerves faint (3) C. Laurocerasus 



Climber. Midrib pubescent on back ; leaves elliptic 



cuspidate, thin coriaceous . . . . . (4) C. Helferiana 



Climber. Panicles lax peduncled. Leaves lancco- 



late-oblong glabrous except midrib . . • (5) C. Hookeri 



Climber. Leaves oblong 3 in. long nearly glabrous (6) C. sordida 

 Climber. Leaves ovate-lanceolate broad 5 in. long 



tomentose beneath ; cymes large . , • (?) C. deflexifolia 



Shrub. Whole plant and large fruit rough hairy, 



erect (8) C. Griffithii 



(i) C. tenuifolia Kmg, I.e. 91. 



Shrub 6 ft. tall to treelet 15 ft. tall. Leaves thin membranous 

 wrinkled elliptic-lanceolate tapering to both ends glabrous ; nerves 



5 to 8 pairs bold beneath, 6 to 8 in. long, 2*25 to 275 in. wide; 

 petioles strigose -15 in. long. Cymes globular -25 to -4 in. wide; 

 pedicels -15 in. long strigose. Flowers -05 in. wide. Sepals elhptic 

 obtuse, silky outside. Petals shorter broader, glabrous slightly 

 bifid sub-acute. Stamens shorter silky; anthers oblong. Ovary 

 ovoid silky. Fruit deeply 3-lobed '6 in. long, 75 in. wide, light 

 yellow. Hab. Rare 300 to 2000 ft. altitude in rocky jungle. Perak, 

 Larut Hills and Selama (Kunstler). 



(2) C. tesselata King, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. Beng. Ixv. 515. 

 Climber 10 to 15 ft. long, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 

 or elliptic-oblong, shortly abrupt-acuminate, base narrowed ; nerves 



6 to 7 pairs inarching far from edges, 4-5 to 5 in. long, 2*5 to 

 3 in. broad; petioles -4 in. long transversely rugose. Cymes in 

 pairs much branched -5 to i in. across. Sepals oblong obtuse 

 tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals glabrous obovate sub- 

 acute deeply bifid, lobes oblanceolate. Stamens longer glabrous, 



