XXIII. DIPTEIIOCARPACE.'E. 87 



shortly pointed or obtuse, cordate or rounded at the base, glabrous ; 

 latei'al nerves 12-15 pairs, very prominent beneath ; petioles 1 in. long, 

 stout. Flowers ^ in. in diani., remote, in large terminal panicles 6-8 in. 

 long; bracts ovate, acute, caducous; pedicels |-4 in. long. Calyx 

 divided nearly to the base ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, hoary-puberulous 

 on both surfaces, not enlarged in fruit, detiexed. Petals a little longer 

 than the calyx, oblong, obtuse, white. 8tamens numerous (about 50) ; 

 anthers slightly hairy at the base, otherwise glabrous, cells linear ; con- 

 nective adnate to the apex of the anther, produced into a subulate point, 

 splitting along with the anther. Ovary pubescent; style longer than 

 the stamens, filiform, glabrous; stigma small. Capsule 2| by 1| in., 

 oblong, obtuse, fleshy, 3-valved, the valves 1-seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 313 ; Grab. Cat. p." 22 ; Brandis & G-ilg, in Engl. & Prautl, Pflanzenf. 

 V. 3, part 6, p. 271, fig. 127, a-e; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 18 ; Brandis, 

 Euum. Dipter. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 31 (1895) p. 143 ; Woodr. in 

 JoLirn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 126 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 4, p. 222. — Flowers : Feb.-Apr. Vern. Dhiqxt. 



The Indian Copal or Finei/ varnish tree ; abundant in S. Kanara. — It is very 

 handsome and often planted as an avenue tree. 



Kanara: Siddapur, Sirsi, IVoodrotv; S. Ghats of N. Kanara in evergreen forests, 

 commonly planted along roadsides in the N. Kanara district, Taliwt. 



The tree produces the Indian Dammar or Fi/ie// resin, which makes a valuable 

 varnish. For au account of the product consult Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



Order XXIV. ANCISTROCLADACE^, Planch, in Annal. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 3, v. 13, p. 316. 



Scandent glabrous shrubs ; branches hooked. Leaves alternate, shortly 

 petioled, coriaceous, penninerved and reticulately veined, usually entire, 

 often crowded at the ends of the branches ; stipules small, deciduous 

 or 0. Flo\^•e^s regular, hermaphrodite, in axillary (or apparently ter- 

 minal) racemes or panicles, soon falling off ; pedicels articulated at the 

 base of the flower. Calyx accrescent in fruit ; tube very short, adnate 

 to the base of the ovary ; lobes 5, unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, alternate 

 with the sepals, unequal, contorted in aestivation, slightly connate at the 

 base. Stamens 5-10, 1-seriate, those alternating with the petals slightly 

 longer ; filaments short, dilated and connate at the base ; anthers basi- 

 fixed, introrse, dehiscing longitudinally, apiculate by the slightly pro- 

 duced connective or muticous. Ovary adnate to the calyx, 1 -celled; 

 ovule 1 in each cell, erect or laterally affixed; styles 3, articulated to 

 a rounded or shortly cylindric epigynous disk, each stigmatiferous at 

 the apex. Fruit a 1-seeded, indehiscent nut, adnate to the turbinate 

 calyx-tube, surmounted by the enlarged unequal calyx-lobes, mucronate. 

 Seed subglobose ; embryo straight, clavate ; cotyledons subfoliaceous, 

 divergent ; albumen copious, fleshy, in closely folded brain-like convolu- 

 tions. — Distrib'. Tropical Asia ; genus 1 ; species 10. 



1. ANCISTROCLADUS, Wall. 

 For characters see Order. 



1. Ancistrocladus Heyneanus, Wall. Cat. (1828) 7262. A 

 scandent shrub, with hooked branches. Leaves deep green, 4-10 by 

 1^-3 in., oblanceolate-oblong, subacute, glabrous, shining, reticulately 



