192 cxxx. THYMEL/EACE.E. (J. D. Hooker. ) [Hdiria. 



MABTABAN HILLS, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis, Kurz. 



Branches very robust. Leaves 12-14 by 3-3 1 in. ; petiole f in. Racemes as long 

 as the leaves, rachis very stout, flowers 1-1 \ in. long (Kurz) solitary or 2-3-nate ; 

 pedicels stout, villous; style 1 in. Fruit unknown. A very distinct species. Kurz 

 describes the leaves as " narrowed towards the obtuse base ;" but they are quite acute 

 in our (solitary) specimen from Kurz. 



ORDER CXXX. THY1VIELJEACEJS 



Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs, with tough fibrous inner bark. Leaves 

 alternate or opposite, simple, quite entire. Flowers usually 2-sexual, 

 axillary or terminal, in heads umbels clusters spikes or racemes. Perianth 

 regular, tubular or campauulate, 4-5-lobed, imbricate in bud, often with 

 1-2 scales at the base. Stamens 2, or as many or twice as many as the 

 lobes ; anthers 2-celled. Disk annular, cupular or of scales. Ovary superior, 

 1- 'rarely 2-celled (4-5 -celled in G-ony stylus] ; style short or long, terminal 

 or eccentric, stigma capitate ; ovules solitary or one in each cell, pendulous 

 from near the top of the cell, anatropous. Fruit indehiscent (capsular in 

 Aquilarinece). Seed pendulous or lateral, albumen fleshy or ; embryo 

 straight, radicle superior. Genera nearly 40, species 360, temperate and 

 tropical. 



TRIBE I. Bnthymeleae. Ovary 1 -celled, 1-ovuled. Fruit indehiscent. 



* Perianth without scales. Stamens as many and opposite the perianth- 

 lobes or twice as many. Flowers 4-nerved. 



f Perianth not circumsciss in fruit. 



Perianth-tube cylindric. Style 0. Disk ...... 1. DAPHNE. 



Perianth urceolate. Style short. Disk or minute ... 2. THYMEL^EA. 



Perianth-tube cylindric. Style long, stigma linear ... 3. EDGEWOKTHIA. 



Perianth-tube cylindric. Style short, stigma large ... 4. WIKSTECEMIA. 



ff Perianth circumsciss after flowering. 



Shrubs, leaves flat .............. 5. STELLEBA. 



Annuals, leaves linear ............. 6. DIAETHBON. 



** Perianth with scales above the stamens. Flowers 5-nerved. 



Fruiting perianth circumsciss ; pericarp thin ..... 7. LASIOSIPHOX. 

 Fruiting perianth u6*t circumsciss ; pericarp thick .... -8. LINOSTOMA. 



TRIBE II. Phalerieee. Ovary 2-celled; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit inde- 

 hiscent. 



Flowers sessile. Stamens exserted ......... 9. PHALEEIA. 



TRIBE III. Aquilarieae. Ocary 2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit a 

 loculicidal capsule. 



Perianth-tube cylindric. Stamens 5 ..... . . 10. GYEINOPS. 



Perianth campauulate. Stamens 10 ..... . 11. AQUILAEIA. 



Anomalous genus. Ovary 4-5-celled. GONYSTYLUS. 



