SCHMIDELIA. 



the petals. Stamens 8, connate round the ovary at its base. 

 Ovary usually 2-, sometimes 3-lobed : style from between the 

 lobes of the ovary ; stigmas 3, recurved. Fruit indehiscent, 

 1_2- or rarely 3-lobed : lobes somewhat globose, fleshy or dry, 

 1 -celled. Seeds with or without an arillus. Trees or shrubs 

 usually trifoliate, rarely with simple, exstipulate leaves. Flowers 

 white, small, in axillary racemes. 



244. S. serrata DC. prodr. i. 610. W. and A. \. 110. 

 Ornitrophe serrata Roxb. corom. i. t. 61. y?. ind. ii. 266. Com- 

 mon on the coast of Coromandel and in Bengal. 



Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, pointed, serrate, generally blistered, 

 with frequently reflected margins, smooth on the back, from 2 to 3 

 inches long, and about 1J broad. Racemes axillary, single, erect. 

 Flowers numerous, small, white, fascicled. Males and hermaphrodites 

 mixed on the same tree, and sometimes on separate ones. Herma- 

 phrodite : Calyx 4-leaved. Petals 4, unilateral. Hypogynous scales 

 lacerated. Filaments very woolly near the base. Ovary superior, 

 2-lobed, with a single ascending ovule in each cell. Style single. Stigma 

 2-cleft. Berry succulent, generally single, the second lobe of the ovary 

 being for the most part abortive, obovate, the size of a pea, smooth, 

 bright red, 1-celled. Root astringent; employed by the Telinga phy- 

 sicians in substance to stop diarrhsea. Ripe berries eaten by the 

 natives of Coromandel. 



SCHLEICHERA. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 0. Disk occupying the bottom of 

 the calyx. Stamens 6-10, inserted between the margin of the 

 disk and the ovary. Ovary 3-celled, with 1 erect ovule in each 

 cell. Stigma 3-cleft. Fruit an indehiscent drupe, with 1-2 or 

 rarely 3 cells. Seeds solitary in each cell, covered with a 

 pulpy arillus. Embryo much curved. Trees. Leaves exsti- 

 pulate, abruptly pinnate : leaflets opposite or nearly so. Flowers 

 small, disposed in spike-like racemes. W. and A. 



245. S. trijuga Wittd. sp. iv. 1096. Roxb. fl. ind. ii. 277. 

 W t and A. i. 114. Melicocca trijuga Juss. in mem. mus. 

 iii. 187- t. 8. DC. prodr. i. 616. Stadmannia trijuga Spr. syst. 

 ii. 243. Cussambium pubescens Hamilt. in Wern. trans. 

 v. 357. Various parts of insular and continental India. 



Leaves about the extremities of the branchlets, abruptly pinnate, from 

 8 to 16 inches long ; leaflets from 2 to 4 pair, opposite, sessile, broad- 

 lanceolate or oblong, entire, pretty smooth on both sides ; the lower 

 pairs the smallest ; from 3 to 8 inches long. Petioles a little downy, 

 from 6 to 16 inches long. Stipules wanting. Racemes axillary, or 

 below the leaves, round the base of the young shoots solitary ; in the 

 male simple; in the hermaphrodite often compound ; from 2 to 4 inches 

 long. Male. Calyx cup-like, 5-toothed. Corolla 0. Filaments from 

 6 to 10, erect, many times longer than the calyx. Anthers oval, erect. 

 Pistil a mere rudiment. Hermaphrodite flowers on a separate tree. 

 Calyx as in the male. Corolla 0. Disk a fleshy, yellow ring surround- 

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