Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feninsula. 145 



by a few ovate, pointed ficarious bracts ; petals 5, equal to tlie sepals, 

 yellow; stamens 8 to 12; style 3-8-clef t. ; seeds punctate; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. II, 4G3 ; W. & A. Prodr. 356. P. loivis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 6841 ; 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 246. P. stiffrntlcosa, Thw. Enum. 24 (not of 

 Wight). 



In tlie Andamans, and probably in all the Provinces, in waste places. 

 Distril). All warm climates. 



2. PoRTUr.ACA QUADRiFiDA, Linn. An annual with diffuse filiform 

 stems, rootin«^ at the nodes ; nodal appendages copious, pilose. Leaves 

 flat, opposite, ovate oi* ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost sessile; length "2 

 to "35 in. Floiveis solitary, terminal ; calyx-tube partly immersed in 

 the extremity of the axis, surrounded by long silky hairs and by about 

 4 bracteoles ; p^ <(iZs 4, yellow; stamens 8 to 12; s#?/Ze filiform, deeply 

 4-fid. Seeds minutely tuberculate. DC. Prod. Ill, 354 ; Wight 111. ii, t. 

 109; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. T, 247; Oliver Fl. Trop. Africa, I, 149. P. 

 meridiana, L. Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 463. P. geniculata, Royle 111. 221. 

 P. anceps, Rich. Fl. Abyssin., I, 301. 



Penatig, in the Fort; Curtis. Distrib. Throughout the Tropics of 

 Asia, S. Africa. 



Order XIII. HYPERICINE^. 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves opposite, often punctate with 

 pellucid glands or dark glandular dots, entire or glandular-toothed ; 

 stipules 0. Floivers solitary or cymose, terminal, rarely axillary. Sepals 

 and petals e^ch. 5, rarely 4; petals contorted in bud. Stamens inde- 

 finite, or rarely definite, 3- or 5-delphous, rarely free or all connate; 

 anthers versatile. Ovary 3- 5-carpellary, 1- or 3-5-celled ; styles as many, 

 filiform, free or united ; ovules few or numerous, on parietal or axiie 

 placentas, anatropous, raphe lateral or superior. Fruit capsular or bac- 

 cate. Seeds exalbuminous, sometimes winged ; embryo straight or 

 curved. Distrib. Temp, countries and mountains of warm regions ; 

 genera 8, species about 210. 



1. Cratoxylon, Blurae. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves entire, usually papery. Liflorescence axil- 

 lary or terminal, cymose. Sepals and petals each 5. Stamens 3- or 5- 

 delphons, with fleshy hypogynous glands alternating with the bundles. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; styles distinct; ovules 4-8 in each cell. Capsule 3- 

 valved, seeds winged. Distrib, Tiopical Asia; species about 12. 



Sect. I. ANCiSTROriOBUS, Spach. Petals sub-pei'sistent, inappendi- 

 culate. Stamens 3-delphous ; glands moi'e or less cucullate. 



1. Cratoxylon polyanthum, Korth. Verhand. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 1 75, 

 t. 36. A large shrul), or tree 30 to 40 feet high, all parts glabrous ; 



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