BIXACE2E. 325 



32. Gynocardia R. Br. 1 — Flowers dioecious (nearly of Pangium) ; 

 calyx cupulate, valvate, 5-dentate, sometimes unequally torn. Petals 

 imbricated or contorted, and stamens of Pangium ; anthers elon- 

 gated, subbasifixed, introrse. Staminodes in female flower 5-15. 

 Germen sessile; styles 5, at apex wide, capitate, stigmatiferous; 

 placentas parietal, 5, co-ovulate. Berry large ; seeds o> (nearly of 

 Pangium). — A tree; leaves alternate entire; petiole short; flowers 

 solitary or cymose pedicellate, axillary or springing from the wood 

 (India*). 



33. Bergsmia Bl. 3 — Flowers small, dioecious ; perianth and oppo- ■ 

 sitipetalous scales of Pangium. Stamens in male flower 4-6, fertile; 

 filaments rather thick at base, coalescing round base of rudimentary 

 gynseceum, recurved at apex ; anthers basifixed, introrse, afterwards 

 radiating ; cells finally rimose above ; in female flower 4, 5, sterile, 

 subulate, alternipetalous. Germen sessile ; apex stigmatiferous, 

 depressed 2, 3-lobed; placentas parietal 2, 3; ovules on each2-co. 

 Fruit . . . ? — Trees ; leaves alternate (nearly of Gynocardia), stipulate ; 

 flowers in axillary simple racemes ; pedicels alternate, articulate at 

 base {Java*). 



34. Trichadenia Thw. 5 — Flowers dioecious (nearly of Pangium) ; 

 calyx valvate, unequally torn, or calyptrately circumcissile at base. 

 Petals imbricated or more usually contorted ; scales placed opposite 

 within, oblong, coriaceous, velvety. Stamens in male flower 5, alter- 

 nipetalous ; filaments erect ; anthers elongated ; cells linear, mar- 

 ginal, longitudinally rimose. Germen (in male flower sometimes rudi- 

 mentary) apex crowned by short, thick, unequally cristate or crenate 

 stigmatiferous apex of style. Placentas parietal, 3 ; ovules on each 

 1 (or more rarely 2), ascending. Berry oligospermous ; seeds nidu- 

 lant ; embryo albuminous ; cotyledons foliaceous, plicate-rugose. — A 



1 In Jloxb. PI. Corom., iii. 95, t. 299. — candra Ham. (vulg. Chaulmoogri, Chauoul- 

 B. H., Gen.,'V29, n. 24. — Chaulmoogra Roxb., moogri, Petarcurrah). 



Fl. bid., iii. 835. — Chilmoria Ham., in Trans. 3 Rumphia, iv. 23, t. 178 C, fig. 2. — B. H., 



Linn. Soc, xiii. 500. — Munnicksia Dennst., Gen., 129, n. 25. 



Sort. Malab., i. n. 36 (ex Endl.) — Marotti 4 Spec. 1. B. javanica Bl., loc. cit. ; Mas. 



RnEED., llort. Malab., loc. cit. Lugd.-Bat., i. 16. — Miq., Fl. Ind.-Bat., i. 



2 Spec. 1. G. odorala R. Be., loc. cit.; in p. ii. Ill; Fl. Sum., 159. — Walp., A.m., ii. 

 Benn. PI. Jav. Ear., 207; Misc. Works, cd. 63. 



Benn., ii. 716. — Bl., Rumphia, iv. 23. — C/taul- 5 In Hook. Kew Journ., vii. 196, t. 8. — 



moogra odorala Roxb. — Chilmoogra dode- B. H., Gen., 129, n. 26. 



