80 OLAC1NE.E. 



ORDER XXVIII. CHAILLETIACEJE. 



An Order containing one Indian genus, Ckailletia, with three species : C. gelo- 

 nioides, Hook. f. ; Hook. PI. |Ind. i. 570 ; Beddome lix. ; Kurz i. 230 (Moacurra 

 gelonioides ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 69.) Vern. MoaJcurra, Beng., is a small tree of Eastern 

 Bengal, South India and Burma ; C. Helferiana, Kurz ; and C. longipetala, Turcz 

 (C. macropetala, Turcz; Kurz i. 231), are evergreen shrubs of Tenasserim. 



ORDER XXIX. OLACINEJE. 



An Order which contains about 19 or 20 genera of Indian trees/shrubs or climbers, 

 including about 40 species. They are chiefly found in the moist zones of Eastern 

 Bengal, Burma and the Western Ghats. But little is known of the qualities and 

 uses of their wood. 



The Order is divided into 4 Tribes, viz. . 



Tribe I. Olaceae Ximenia, Olax, Erythropalum, 



Strombosia, Anacolosa and 

 Schopfia. 

 II. Opiliese ..... Cansjera, Lepionurus and 



Opilia. 



III. Icacinese ..... Gomphandra, At)odytes, Map- 



pia, Daphniphyllopsis and 

 Phlebocalymna. 



IV.- Phytocrenese .... Phytocrene, Miquelia, Sarco- 



stigma, Natsiatum and lodes. 



Ximenia americana, Willd. ; Hook. Fl. Itfd. i. 574 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 252 ; Kurz 

 i. 232. Vern. Uranechra, Tel. ; Pinlaytsee, Burm., is a straggling shrub of South 

 India, Tenasserim and the Andamans, with a yellow wood said by Eoxburgh to be 

 sometimes used as a substitute for Sandal. Of Erythropalum, there are 3 species of 

 climbing shrubs : JE. vagum, Mast. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 578, of the Eastern Himalaya ; 

 JK. populifolium, Mast. ; Hook. PL Ind. i. 578, of Travancore ; and E. scandens, Bl. ; 

 Hook. FL Ind. i. 578 ; Kurz i. 234; Gamble 18, of the North-East Himalaya, Khasia 

 Hills, Eastern Bengal and Burma. Strombosia contains 2 large trees : S. javanica, 

 BL ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 579 ; Kurz i. 235, of Tenasserim, and 8. ceylanica, Gardn. ; 

 Beddome t. 187, of the Western Ghats. Anacolosa includes four trees : A. densiflora, 

 Beddome t. 138, of the Anamalai Hills ; A. ilicoides, Mast. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 580, 

 of the Khasia Hills ; A. GLriffithii, Mast. ; and A.puberula, Kurz i. 235, of Tenasserim 

 and the Andamans. Schopfia fragrans, Wall. ; Hook. FL Ind. i. 581, is a small tree 

 of Nepal and the Khasia Hills ; and 8. acuminata, Wall., of Assam, the Khasia Hills 

 and Sylhet. 



Cansjera Rheedii Gmelin ; Hook. FL Ind. i. 582 ; Brandis 75 ; Beddome 

 clxxix. ; Kurz i. 237 (under Thymelseaceac) (C. scandens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 441), is a 

 large evergreen climbing shrub of Oudh, Southern India and Burma. Lepionunis 

 oblongifolius, Mast.; Hook. FL Ind. i. 583; Gamble 18 [Z. sylvestris, Kurz 

 ii. 330 (under Santalaceaj)] is a small tree of the North-East ' Himalaya and 

 Eastern Bengal. Of ilia amentacea, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 87;. Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 583; 

 Beddome Ix. ; Kurz i. 238 Vern. Baleekoma, Tel., is a scandent shrub or small tree 

 of South India and Burma. 



Of Gomphandra^ there are two South Indian trees: G. axillca'is. Wall. ; and 

 G. polymorpha t Wight ; Beddome Ixi. : while 3 species, G. penangiana, Wall. ; 

 G. affinis, Mast. ; and G. tomcntella, Mast , all under Stcmonurusin Kurz i. 339.:^ 10, 

 occur in Tenasserim. Apodytes Benthamiana, Wight ; Beddome t. 140, is a tree of 

 the Western Ghats; and A. andamanica, Kurz i. 239, a tree of the Andaman Islands. 

 Mappia contains 4 species from South India, M.faetida, Miers ; Beddome t. 141, 

 being common on the Nil^iris. J'lilcbocalymna (Gonocan/ion, Miq. in Kurz i. 

 240-241) contains 2 Burmese trees. 



Phytocrenegigantea, Wall. ; I look. FL Ind. i. 691 ; Kurz i. 241, is a gipinlii- climber 

 of the forests 01 Coittagonff and Burma, whoso stt-iu on lu-ingcut gives out si quantity of 

 ' wiiU-r good for drinking ; the .structure oi! its wood is very curious. Of J/ njut lia, 



