234 XL. CELASTIiACE.i;. 



and fleshy. Drui)es obovoid, ^-^ in. lono^, apiculate. !FI. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 623 ; "Talb. Trees, Bomb. p."49 ; Woodr. in Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 270 ; Watt, Diet. Ec-on. Prod. v. 3, p. 207. Elc^odcndron 

 Eoxburr/hil, W. & A. Prodr. p. 157 ; Grab. Cat. p. 38 : Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 48. — Flowers: Feb.-Aug. Yeun. Bhutkes; Tdmruj. 



Konkan: Law], S/oc/cs\ Deccan : Dapiidi, near Poona, Woo(J roiv ] ; Harisbclian- 

 dragad, Gniham; Saltara and Kauiatki Ghats, Dalzell cf Gihson: Peiiit talnka, 

 Wood row ; Bliiinasliankar, Gihson. S. M. Country: Belgaiim, Ritchie, lOOfi ! ; 

 Duddi, Rihhic] ; Padsbapiir, Bitchiel; Dharwar forests near Devilkope, Talbot. 

 Kanaka; Ghats of N. Kaiiara ; common in the Goond forests, Tal(jo(.—'DiSTR\fi. 

 India (the hotter parts) ; Mahiya. 



8. HIPPOCRATEA, Linn. 



Small trees or scaudent sbrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled, the petioles 

 articulated at the base; stipules caducous. Flowers in axillary (rarely- 

 terminal) cymes or panicles, small, green or white. Calyx small, 5- 

 partite. Petals 5, spreading. iStamt-ns 3 ; tilaments free or adnate to 

 the ovary, dilated at the base, recurved or reflexed at the apex ; anthers 

 didymous. Disk conical or cup-shaped. 0\ary free or confluent with 

 the disk, 3-celled ; ovides 2-6 in each cell ; style short. Frtiit of 1-3 

 distinct carpels, each 2-valved or indehisceiit ; cells few-seeded. Seeds* 

 compressed, usually winged below, exarillate : albtimen 0. — Distrib. 

 Tropical Asia, Australia, Africa, and America ; species about 60. 



Style overtopping the stamens; ripe carpels reaching 2 in. in 



length 1. H. ohtusifolia. 



Style slio'/ter than the stamens. 



Ripe Carpels reaching 4 in. in length ; anthers siibsessile 2. //. Grahami. 



Ripe carpels reaching l.j in. in length ; filaments lunger than 



the anthers 3. H. indica, 



1. Hippocratea obtusifolia, Ro.vb. FL hid. v. 1 (1832) p. 160. 

 A climbing shrub ; young parts glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 3-5 by 

 1|-2| in., elliptic, ovate or lanceolate, rounded, acute or very shortly 

 acnraiimte, entire or shallowly crenate-serrate, reticulately veined, 

 glabrous, base rounded or acute ; petioles g-^j in. long. Flowers in 

 axillary paniculate dichotomous cymes usually shorter than the leaves ; 

 buds conical. Calyx small, puberulous, deeply divided ; lobes triangular- 

 ovate. Petals ^ in, long, triangular, acute, subfleshy, pubertilous out- 

 side, 1-nerved. Stamens 3 ; filaments short, flat, broad. Style over- 

 topping the stamens, coniral-subulate. Carpels 1^-2 by f-l^ in., 

 oblong-obovoid, compressed, emarginate, prominently nerved and veined, 

 4-6-8eeded. Seeds ^ in. long, subfalcate, com|)ressed, the funicle deve- 

 loping into a large membranous wing ^ by h in. at the base of the seed, 

 the funicle conspicuous in the middle of the wing. Fl. B. I. \'. 1, p. 623; 

 Grrah. Cat. p. 27 ; Wight, icon. t. 963; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 275 ; 



* After the opening of t)ie (lower, a fold is produced on tlio back of the ovary whicli 

 grows rapidly and attains a great size, compared witli the rest of tiie ovary, 'i'lie fold 

 ie hollow and its cavity conuiuinicates with tiiat of the cell, on the back of which it is 

 in.serted. For a long time the cavity of the fold remains cm])ty, but a short time 

 before maturity tlie funicle which supports each ovule elongates greatly, and forces 

 the ouile to l)a!^s out of tlic cell and into the fold. See I'liijir, Organog. Comp. p. IG^S, 

 X. 35. 



