Scheffleropsis.] lxxi. araliace^. 889 



cone. Hah. Hill-tops, very rare. Perak, Gunong Keledang 

 (Ridley). 



11. TUPIDANTHUS, Hook. fil. and Thorns. 



Large glabrous shrub, eventually climbing. Leaves digitate; 

 leaflets coriaceous. Inflorescence a compound umbel or small 

 panicle. Calyx margin none. Petals closely connate forming a 

 cap. Stamens very many in 2 or more series. Ovary-cells and 

 stigmas numerous. Fruit globose, depressed, succulent. 



(i) T. calyptratus Hook. fil. and Thorns. Bot. Mag. t. 4908; 

 King, I.e. 63. 



Leaflets 7 to 9, oblong or oblong-ovate 4 to 7 in. long, i'75 to 

 3-5 in. wide; petiolules i to 2 in. long; petioles 6 to 15 in. long. 

 Inflorescence umbellate 3- to 4-branched; branches short, stout. 

 Bracts large, coriaceous. Umbels of 3 to 7 pedicelled flowers 

 nearly i in. across. Stamens 50 to 70. Fruit 1-25 to 1-5 in. across. 

 Hah. Mountains at 4500 ft. altitude, rare. Perak, Gunong Ulu 

 Sungei (Wray). Disirib. India. 



Order LXXII. CORNACE^. 



Shrubs or trees (rarely herbs). Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 coriaceous, entire rarely serrate, exstipulate. Flowers usually 

 small in axillary or terminal cymes, panicles or heads. Calyx-tube 

 adherent to ovary, limb truncate or toothed, persistent in fruit. 

 Petals 4 to 5, epigynous (rarely 20 or absent). Stamens insert 

 with the petals and equal in number, rarely 2 or 3 times as many. 

 Ovary inferior i- to 4-celled crowned by a large fleshy disc. 

 Style I ; ovule i rarely 2. Stigma truncate or capitate. Fruit 

 drupaceous i (rarely 4-celled). Species 90, chiefly in the North 

 Temperate regions {King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxi. 72). 



Flowers bisexual in cymes or panicles. 



Flowers small in terminal compound cymes . . i . Mastixia 

 Flowers medium to large in axillary cymes ; petals 



linear . . . . . . . . .2. Alangium 



Flowers small, often male only, in large compound 



panicles . . . . . . . .3- Aralidium 



Flowers unisexual in heads . . . . . .4- Nyssa 



1. MASTIXIA, Bl. 



Trees often tall. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire. Flowers 

 bisexual, small in terminal panicled cymes. Calyx-tube cam- 

 panulate, pubescent or silky 4- to 5-toothed. Petals very small 

 4 or 5 ovate, leathery, silky. Stamens 5 or 4; anthers cordate, 

 oblong. Ovary i-celled ; ovule i ; style cylindric. Drupe ellipsoid 

 crowned by calyx-limb, putamen grooved down one face. Species 

 18, S. India, Malaya. 



