4. .Egicbras.J 83. MYRSINACE.E. 



tube with linear filaments liaiiy at the base, anthers cordate-i 

 lanceolate dehiscing long-itudinally, the cell transversely septate. 

 Ovary oblong narrowed into a filiform style, stigma small. Ovules 

 many immersed in a central globose placenta. Fruit cylindric, curved, 

 acute, coriaceous 1-seeded, tardily dehiscing longitudinally. Seed 

 exalbuminous, germinating Avitliin the pericarp, radicle inferior, long, 

 enlarged at the base, cotyledons very short. 



1. IE. majus, Gaertn. Teluni, Or. 



An erect very bushy or virgate shrub with obovate or oblong- 

 obovate coriaceous leaves l-o-3" long rounded at the tip and 

 narrowed into a -Z-iS" long stout jjetiole. Umbels very dense- 

 flowered, subsessile, with oblong pale bracteoles -15" long with red 

 glands. Flowers Avhite or somewhat pink with finally reflexed oblong 

 acuminate petals "I" long and campanulate tube nearly as long. 

 Stamens exserted with versatile anthers. Ovary linear-oblong pink. 



Sea coast and often amons: littoi-al rocks. Chandpur, Balasoi-e ! ilahanadi delta. 

 ■Cuttack! Cldlka lake, Puri ! Fl. Jan. -May. 



Glabrous. Sec. n. of leaf 5-6 faint translucent. The leaves sometimes appear to 

 secrete water all over their surface. Pedicels "i-V lonj^. Sepals broad thick. 

 Young fi'uit strai<>-ht. very acuminate, closely embraced at the base by the calyx. 



FAM. 84. SAPOTACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs usually with milky juice, the young parts usually 

 rusty-tomentose. Leaves alternate coriaceous entire petioled exsti- 

 pulate, or stii)ules very caducous. Flowers 2-sexual axillary {Sarco- 

 sperma, not so far found in our area, has subopposite leaves and 

 j^anicled flowers), often from leafless axils, bracts and bracteoles or 

 minute. Calyx inferior with 4-8 imbricate lobes or lobes 2-seriate 

 and outer valvate, persistent. Corolla-tube shorter than calyx with 

 the petals as many or 2-4-times as many as its lobes. Stamens on 

 the corolla tube ej)ipetalous 1-3-times as many, or some reduced to 

 staminodes, 1-3-seriate, fil. short, anthers oblong-lanceolate, connec- 

 tive often produced. Ovary sessile 2 8-celled Avith linear style, stigma 

 a point. Ovule solitary in each cell, axile. Fruit baccate 1-8- 

 seeded. Seeds ellipsoid or compressed, hilum long, testa usually 

 •crustaceous. Embryo straight -with large fleshy cotyledons or albu- 

 minous with flat cotyledons, radicle inferior. 



Sepals and petals each 5, imbricate 1. Sirieroxi/lon. 



Sepals 4, 2-seriate, petals G-12 li. BaKsia. 



Sepals 6-8, 2-seriMte, petals 18-24, 2-seriate '6. Mimitgops. 



Sepals 6, 2-seriate. Petals G, imbricate I. Achras. 



1. SIDEROXYLON, L. 



Trees with milky juice and small floAvers in axillary fascicles, 

 pedicels pubescent villous or tomentose. Calyx lobes 5, much imbri- 

 cated. Corolla tube campanulate, petals 5 imbricate. Stamens 

 attached to base of corolla, 5 perfect, 5 reduced to staminodes, some- 

 times petaloid. Ovary villous o-celled. Berry o-f ewer seeded. Seed 

 .albuminous, usually oblong, compressed, testa hard. 



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