46 "^. 26. olacinej:. [Sarcosfigma. 



coliering in a short tube, free upwards, valvatc. Males. Stamens 4-5. 

 Females. Ovary 1-celled, ovules 2, pendulous. Funicle expanded. 

 Drupes with a woody nut. Albumen 0. 



S. Kleinii, W. & A. in Edin. New Phil. Jour. XIV. 299; Fl. 

 Br. I. 1. 594; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 221. In evergreen forests 

 along the Konkan and North Kdnara ghdts. Chorla ghat, Dalz. Com- 

 mon near the Falls of Gairsoppah. Fl. Nov. Fruit ripe May. 



Order 27. ILICINE^. 



Trees or shrubs, usually evergreen. Leaves alternate, simple, 

 extipulate or with minute stipules. Flowers small, in axdlary cymes, 

 fascicles or umbellules, usually dioecious. Male with imperfect 

 ovary and female with imperfect stamens. Calyx 3-6-lobed. Petals 

 4-5, deciduous, imbricate in bud. Stamens as many as petals, 

 alternating with them, hypogynous, free or adhering to the petals. 

 Ovary free, 3-5-celled, with a short style or sessile stigma. Ovules 

 1-2 in each cell, pendulous. Drupe with two or more I-seeded free, 

 rarely connate, stones. 



ILEX, L. 



Calyx 4-5-lobed or partite. Corolla rotate, petals free or connate 

 at the base. Stamens 4-5, adhering to the base of the corolla in the 

 male, sometimes hypogynous in the female. Ovary 2-12-celled ; 

 styles 0, stigmas free or confluent on the top of the ovary. Drupe 

 globose, with 2-16 stones. 



I. malabarica. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 143 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 600; I. Wight- 

 iana, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 143. On the Konkau and North KanaYa 

 ghdts, in evergreen forests ; along the banks of streams near Anmode, 

 Supa sub-division of North Kanara. Fl. Feb., Mch. 



Order 28. CELASTRACEiE. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate. Flowers 

 small, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Petals 

 4-5. Stamens 3-5, alternate with petals. Ovary 3-5-celled, more 

 or less immersed in a disc. Ovules 2 erect, 1 pendulous, or many in 

 each cell. Fruit various. Albumen fleshy or 0. 



Stamens 4-5 on or beneath margin of disc. Seeds albu- 

 minous. Loaves opposite. Fruit a capsule, dehiscent. 

 Ovules 2 in each cell. 



Petals free. Capsule 3-5-celled Euonymtts. 



Petals connate. Capsule 1-celled Microtropis. 



Ovules 4 or more in each cell Lopuopetalum. 



t'ruit indehiscent. Ovules 2 in each cell Pleurostylia. 



Leaves alternate. 



Ovary free CelASTRUS. 



Ovary confluent with disc Gymosporia. 



Leaves opposite. Fruit a drupe Eljeodendron. 



Stamens 3 on face of disc. Albumen 0. 



Fruit dehiscent. Seeds winged Hippocratea. 



Fruit a bony .• ... ... SalaciA, 



