258 xxn. HYPERICINE^:. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) [Cratoxylon. 



3. C. arborescens, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 17 ; leaves oblong-obovate or 

 elliptic, cymes forming a pyramidal panicle, petals glandular-dolled, ily- 

 pericum arborescens, Vald tiyiiib. ii. M>, t. 43. H. coccineum, Wall. ( 'at. 4MJ.J. 

 Ancisjtrolobus glaucescens, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. 1858. i. 383. Yismia? arbores- 

 cens, Choisy Prod. Hyp. 36. 



MOULMEIN, Lobb; MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay ; SINCAPOKE, Anderson. DISTKIB. 

 Java, Borneo. 



A bush? Leaves 3-44 i n - ^J 1^-2 i n -> coriaceous. Panicle 4-9 in. long. Flowers 

 in. diam., scarlet. Capsule in. long; seeds & in. long, with an equilateral wing. 



SECT. II. Tridesmis, Sjmch. Petals not persistent, with a basal squa- 

 mule. Stamens 3- or 5-adelphous. 



4. C. formosum, Bcnth. d- Ifook.f. Gen. PI. i. l(i(5; branchlets alter- 

 nate spreading, hypogynous glands triangular attenuate, fruit pedicels 

 drooping. Tridesmis ton //. Jlnt. 17!>, t. 37. T. 

 ochnoides, tipach, Suit. Buff. v. 359. Elodea fonnosa, Jack in llnnk. J<,nr,i. 

 Bot. i. 374. 



MALACCA, Mt. Ophir, Griffith; SINGAPORE, Maingay; S. ANDAMAN, /\nr.~. -iMs-i IMI:. 

 Borneo, Philippines. 



A very lar^e tree with habit of a Cerasns. Leaves 2-3^ in., decussate, elliptic or 

 oblong-elliotic, papery, glabrous. Cyme* in the axils ot iiilli-n loavrs. shoitly r.-ict-inoM- ; 

 flowers white. Xepals nut accresent, \ tin- length of th> petals. JJaxal x</u<innile ot'tho 

 petal-, usually rounded. ., adeiplmus. X///A \ dimin-pliie. I 'ap*u le | by in., 



triquetrous. Seeds | in. long, with a very obtuse, obovate, unilateral wing. 



5. C. Maing-ayi, Dyer ; branchlets spreading opposite, hypogynous 

 glands triangular, fruit pedicels ascending. 



PENAXG, Maingntf. 



A tree above 30 ft., with a very thick stein. L<>an>x 2 ,'U l.y 1-1^ in., elliptic, 

 tapering at both ends, acuminate, midrib reddish-brown beneath, papery, glabrous. 

 Cymes in the axils of the nt'i en p< r-istent old leftVCB. /,:<.!.. \\iih black-d,r.i< d veins ; 

 b'isai sijuainule acute. >/////t-/<.s .'! adelphous. t///<-ti iililonn, as IOIILT a 

 probaWv dimorphic). Cn/wile % in. long, ^ in. broad, sl.;iuler, cylindric. S&ds^in* 

 long, with an oblong unilateral \\ing. 



6. C. prunifoliuxn, Dyr ; branchlets (p])ositc ascending, leaves pubes- 

 Cent, hypogynous glanda very short obtuse tran- grooved U)']e- 

 ricuin prunifolium, !!'<///. Cat. 7^7(5. Tridesmis prunilluia, Km-z in jjnni. 



t. Soc. JJ>;i<f. ls72, pt. ii. i 



MI'.IN, \\'nllir}i. 



woody, compressed, rather rigid. Flowers precocious, in small, lax, axillary 

 fascicle- - and calyx cicely pub.-so lit. cji/>t $ the, length of the petals. 



Basal xquaniulc oi' the petals acute. Stanwiti iJ-adelphous. Fruit not seen. 



ORDER XXIII. GUTTIFER^E. (By T. Anderson, F.L.S.) 



Trees or shrubs, abounding in a yellow or greenish juice. Leaves oppo- 

 site, coriaceous or membranous, rurtdy \vhorled or stipulate. Flowr* axil- 

 lary or terminal, solitary fascicled subracemose or panicled, white yellow or 

 red. Flo wer s regular, dioecious, polygamous or hermaphrodite. ti<-j>als -l-a, 

 imbricate or in decussate pairs. Petals 2-6 (rarely more, or 0), usually much 

 imbricated or contorted. MALE fl. : Stamens usually indefinite, hypogynous ; 

 filaments free or variously connate, monadelphons or in as many bundles as 

 there are petals ; anthers various. FEMALE h 1 . : titaminodes various. Orari/ 

 1 -2- 30 -celled ; style slender, short or (2 in Poeeiloneuron), stigmas as many 



