Teframeles.] 



LXVII. DATISCACE^. 



865 



Stigmas clubbed. Capsule ovoid, membranous opening between 

 the styles. Seeds minute, ellipsoid, testa prolonged into a mem- 

 brane. Species i, India, Burma, Java. 



(i) T. nudiflora R. Br. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 99, t. 17 ; Clarke, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 657. 



A gigantic tree over 100 ft. tall. Leaves 6 in. long, 4-5 in. 

 wide, toothed acute, base retuse, softly downy ; petioles 3 in. long. 

 Male panicles numerous 6 in. long, i in. across. Flowers about 



Fig. 71. — Tetrameles nudiflora. 



•2 in. across. Female racemes 15 in. long. Fruit -25 in. long, 

 •15 in. through. Hah. Kedah, Gunong Geriang (Ridley), in fruit 

 and leafless in February. 



Order LXVIII. CACTACE^E. 



Succulent spiny leafless jointed shrubs. Flowers large, showy, 

 white, yellow or red, solitary sessile. Petals and stamens indefinite, 

 superior. Ovary inferior with numerous placentae and ovules; 

 style elongate. Stigma 2- to many-radiated. Fruit a berry. 



Fl.M.P., I. 3 K 



