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nearly epigjnous. Stamens 4-co , perigynous, or rarely liypogynons ; 

 anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, separate 

 and ultimately divaricate, usually persistent ; ovules l-oo , axile, pendu- 

 lous. Capsule woody, ifs segments often bifid ; endocarp often horny 

 and separating from the exocarp. Seeds 1, or many and then usually 

 only the lowest in each cell perfect. Distrib. Species 35; Eastern 

 Asia, the Himalaya, Khasia Hills, Malaya, China and Japan; also 

 in North America and in South Africa. 



Ovnies solitary in each cell : — 



Stipules small and decidaons ; heads ebracteate ; stamens 5, 



with short filaments, the connective produced into a horn ; 



flowers hermaphrodite ... ... ... ... l. Maingaya. 



Ovules 6 or more in each cell : — 



Stipules large, coriaceous ; heads ebracteate ; stamens 10-14, 



without appendages ; flowers polygamous ... ... 2. Bucklandia. 



Stipules absent; heads with numerous coloured bracts; 



stamens 7-10 without appendages ; flowers hermaphrodite... 3. Ehodoleia, 



1. Maingata, Oliver. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, undivided, petioled, persistent ; stipules 

 small, deciduous. Heads peduncled, quasi-terminal, ebracteate, of about 

 15 flowers. Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary ; the limb closed, splitting 

 up on one side a little way from tJie base and then circumscissile 

 and deciduous. Petals 5, perigynous, linear, circinate in {estivation. 

 Stamens 5, perigynous, filaments very short, connective produced as a 

 horn. Staminodes about 10, horned. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled; 

 styles 2, distinct, short; ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous. Capsule Mvoodij^ 

 ovoid ; endocarp horny, separating from the exocarp. Seed narrowly 

 ellipsoid, and with pale thick iridescent testa. 



Maingaya malayana, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. XX7III, 517, t. 

 44?. A tree 50 or 60 feet high ; young branches rather slender, glab- 

 rous, pale-coloured when dry, lenticellate. Leaves membranous, oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate ; the base broad, rounded or minutely 

 cordate, sometimes slightly peltate ; both surfaces glabrous, shining, the 

 lower of a bright brown tint when dry ; main nerves 7-10 pairs, curving 

 upwards, slightly prominent on the lower surface only ; length 6'5-9 in., 

 breadth 2-4*5 in., petiole '75-1 in., slender; stipules small, tomenlose, 

 caducous. Capilules from '75-1 in. in diam., solitary, or two or three 

 from a sliort peduncle. Floivers '5 in. long, sessile ; buds oblong or 

 obovoid-oblong. Calyx thin, puberulous, not opening but separating in 

 an irregular circumscissile manner. Petals linear, obtuse, glabrous, four 

 or five times as long as the calyx. Capsule woody, ovoid, tapering into 

 the thick pedicel, with truncate compressed apex, more than half onve- 



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