298 THYMELE^. ^Aqullaria. 



Conimou in the Happy Valley, Champion ; also Wright, aud iu S. China, Reeves. Be- 

 sides the much larger flowers and usually broader leaves, this appears to differ from the more 

 common A. agallochum in the shape of the ovary% in the less woody capsule, and in the form 

 of the appendage to the seed. I had considered that it might be the A. malaccensis. Lam. ; 

 but I have since seen Malacca specimens of what is more probably that plant, and which 

 appears to be only a broad-leaved variety of A. agallochum. 



OederXCII. EL^AGNACE^. 



Perianth tubular, free but persistent at tlie base, and contracted above the 

 ovary, the upper portion deciduous and 2- or 4-lobed. Stamens equal to 

 and alternate with the perianth-lobes or twdce as many, inserted in the tube 

 or at its base. Anthers 2-celled, opening- longitudinally. Ovary 1 -celled, 

 with 1 erect ovule. Fruit indehiscent, usually succulent, enclosed in the 

 persistent base of the perianth. Seed with a very thin or without albumen. 

 Embryo straight, the radicle inferior. — Trees or shrubs, more or less covered 

 with scurfy stellate scales. Plowers in axillaiy clusters or cymes. 



A smaU Order, chiefly Asiatic or European, with a very few American species. 



1. EL^ AGNUS, Linn. 



Flowers hennaphi-odite. Perianth 4-lobed, valvate in the bud. Stamens 

 4, inserted in the tube. Style subulate, recui-ved, and stigmatic along one 

 side at the top. 



An Asiatic or European genus, with one N. American species. 



1. E. Loureiri, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 196. A shrub, without 

 any of the thorns so common in the genus, the rusty-brown scurfy scales 

 abundant on the young branches, the under side of the leaves, and especially 

 on the flowers. Leaves ovate or oval-oblong, obtuse or acute, 1^ to 3 in, 

 long, glabrous above. Flowers usually 2 or 3 together, in lateral clusters or 

 short racemes. Lower portion of the perianth enclosing the ovary, ovoid, 1^ 

 to 2 lines long when in flower, 7 or 8 lines long and 4-angied or winged 

 when in fruit, upper deciduous portion campanulate, 8 or 9 lines long, neither 

 angular nor constricted under the lobes, Avhich are lanceolate, about 3 lines 

 long. Pruit slightly succulent ; the endocarp very tough and filamentous. 

 Seed oblong, without albumen. 



On Mounts Parker and Gough, Champion ; in woods at Little Hongkong, Wilford; also 

 Wright. Not known out of the island. 



Order XCIII. SANTALACE^. 



Perianth-tube wholly or partially adnate ; the limb with 3 to 5 lobes or 

 segments, valvate in the bud. Stamens as many as the lobes and opposite to 

 them, inserted at their base or within the free part of the tube. Anthers 2- 

 celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled, ^\dth 3 to 5 ovules 

 suspended from a I'ree erect placenta. Pruit an indehiscent nut or berry, with 

 a single seed. Albumen fleshy. Embryo straight, with a superior radicle. — 

 Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, entire, 



