44 25. CHAiLLETiACEiE. IChailletia. 



Bomb. n. 52. This small tree or slirub is found on the gbats from the 

 Korkan southwards iu evergreen forests ; it is very common in North 

 Kanara near the Falls of Gairsoppah, where it is usually a small shrub. 

 Fruit dehiscent, mesocarp bright red. Fl. April, June. Fr. Aug., Dec. 



Order 26. OLACINEiE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually alternate. Flowers re- 

 gular, hermaphrodite or uuisexual.. Calyx 4-5-toothed, sometimes 

 accrescent. Petals 4-6. Stamens equal to or twice as many as 

 petals,, all fertile or some without anthers. Disc free or adnate to 

 ovary or to calyx. Ovary fi-ee or immersed in disc, 2-3-ceiled; 

 cells 2-3ovuled. Fruit usually an indehisceut drupe. Albumen 

 fleshy or 0. 



Stamens twice as many as petals. 



Fertile stamens 10. Calyx not enlarged in fruit ... XimeniA. 



Fertile stamens 3-5. Calyx enlarged in fruit... ... OlAx. 



Stamens equal and opposite to petals. 



Ovary S-.'S-celled .... ... StrombosiA.. 



Ovary 1-celled Cansjeea. 



Stamens equal to petals, but alternate with them. 

 Erect shrubs or trees. 



Petals glabrous ... ... GompiiandrA. 



Petals villous within „ Mappia. 



Climbing shrub SarcostigmA. 



XIMENIA, Linn. 



A shrub or low tree, often spiny. Leaves simple. Flowers 

 bisexual or polygamous. Petals 4-5, revolute, bearded within. 

 Ovary 3-celled at base. Ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous. Drupe 

 ovoid with a fleshy sarcocarp, 1-seeded. 



X. americana, Willd. Sp. PI. II. 230 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 574. Dh^rwar 

 and Belgaum in the driest forests, On stony ground. Scandent. Flow- 

 ers during January. 



OLAX, Linn. 



Scandent shrubs. Prickly or not. Leaves simple. Racemes 

 axillary. Petals 6. Stamens 3-5, staminodes 5-6, bifid. Ovary 

 half immersed in disc, 3-celled at base, 1-celled above. Fruit more 

 or less covered by the accrescent calyx. 



Fruit Jths covered by the accrescent calyx ... .. 0. scandens. 

 Fruit nearly completely covered by calyx ... ... 0. Wightkma. 



O. scandens, lioxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 163 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 575 ; Braudis For. 

 Fl. 75. In the Satpudas near rivers and nalas. Brandis. Fl. cold 

 season. 



O. Wightiana, WalL Cat. 6779; Fl. Br. I. 1. 575 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 27 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv- 60. This scandant shrub is common in 

 the evergreen forests of the ghdts of North Kaaara from Ainshi south- 

 wards. Fl. Jan., Feb, Fr. ripe April, May. 



