418 xxx. MALPiGHiACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Tristdlatcia. 



, Th 



Woody -climbers. Lz-n> & opposite or whurled ; petiole 1-2-glandular at 

 the top ; stipules minute, fluwers yellow, in terminal or lateral racemes. 

 Calyx 5-partite, eglaiidular, or with minute glands. Petals 5-clawed, 

 Stamens 10, all perfect ; filaments rigid, truncate and articulate at the top ; 

 anthers acute. Ovary 3-lobed ; styles 1-3, slender, one or more reduced to 

 small papillae. //>/" m/yWx 3, each with about 3 or more wings, the whole 

 forming a stellate fruit. Seed ubovoid, testa membranous ; cotyledons fleshy, 

 hooked. DISTKIB. About 8 species, natives of tropical Africa, Asia, and 

 Australasia. 



1. T. australasica, A. ' '. 38, t, i:>; r-nth. F/<: 



jlustrtil, i. -~' ; . riatyneiiia laurifolium, )!'. <6 A. in &Hn. Sao Phil. 

 Journ. 1833, 17'J; Pro&r. 107. 



K \~TKRN Ai: IMPELAGO ; Sincapore, Herb. Wight, &c. DISTRIB. Eastwards to Nelr 



Ireland. 



Glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in., ovate or elliptic, unit", DMtfibraooofl, quit.- entire; petiole 

 1- or eglaiidular. Racemes terminal, 4-tJ in. Flmnr.t 1 in. diam. ; pr.iie.-ls opposite, 

 minutely 2-bracteolate below the middle. /' t/il.-; ovate mrdatc. claw sK/ndtT. I'^rnit 

 .', in. diani. ; carprl-wings corinrt-ous, spreading and n-ciirvcd, linrar oblnn.^, vertically 

 -\Vight's specimens, btatcd in the. 1'rndromu.s to bu from CejloD, wen; 

 from Sincapore. 



2. HIPTAGE, Gaertner. 



Climbing or suberect shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, coriaceous, 



eglaiidular, or with a row of remote inlratnar.uinal glands beneath ; stipules 

 0. Racemes terminal or axillary, simple or compound ; peduncles erect, 



- ',-- - 



bracteate, articulate with the 2-bracteolatc pedicels. Finn',-,-* white, fra- 

 grant, the 5th petal discoloured. ^ V//.,- .VpartiU- ; -'lands large, adnate 

 to the pedicel. /V/,//.< :>, clawed, unequal, silky. S(<tin> n* 10, declinate, all 

 fertile, one much the largest, filaments connate at the base. <h<ar;i 3 -lob^l, 

 lobi-s appendiculate ; .xtyh-s 1 -J circinate, the others rudimentary, stigmas 

 lor 2. /"'///// of 1-3, ^-3-winged samaras. Sn-tl suli-loltose ; cotyledons 

 thick, unequal DISTBIB. Fou . all tropical Asiatic. 



1. H. Xftadablota, Gcertn, /'/-./.-/. ii. K;:), t. 1 HJ ; branches stout, leaves 

 4-(! in. oblon^ aceolate acuminate or cordate-acuminate, racemes 



with densely appressed pubescence, rlo\\ers ;,'-! in. diani., carpels with a 



36t\ Banisteria bengalensis, Linn. \\. unicapsnlaris, Lamk. B. tetraptera, 

 timinerat Voy. ii. t. 13o. llh<->dv 1/ort. Mai. vi. t. 59. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from JAMU and SIXDH to BIRMA, MALACCA, 

 and CEYLON. DISTRIB. China, Java. 



A tall climber, glabrous except the young parts and inflorescence, which are hoary 

 or appressed-tomentose. Leaves 3-6 in., coriaceous, petioled, shining above. Racemes 

 1-6 in., axillary, usually forming a leafy panicle. Flower ^-'l in. diam., fragrant, 

 white. Sepals obtuse. Pttals twice as long, fimbriate, 5th petal yellow at the base. 

 Wing* of carpels oblong, coriaceous, inner 1-2 in. linear-oblong, outer narrower shorter 

 fpreadi'mr. G. obtusijulia, DC., a native of China and Birma, differs chiefly in its 

 smaller size. 



