IlamaUuiu.] 43. samydack<e. IGI 



H, zoylanicum, Benth. in Jour. Linn, Soc. IV. '>5 ; Fl. Biv I. 2. 596 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 210. In the ever<;i-eeii forests of the noitliern ghata 

 of North Kdnara, from Diggi to Aiiishi. Fl. April, May. Fr. K.S. 



Order 44. DATISCACEJE. 



Trees or lierl>i*. Leaves simple or piniiute. Flowers small, dicjo- 

 ciousj clustered, raceraed or panicled. Male culyx-tube short, teeth 

 3-9; petals 0; stamens 4-25. Femnle calyx-tube adnato to tho 

 ovary, lobes o-8 ; petals ; ovary l-celled, open or closed at the 

 vertex ; styles lateral ; placentas parietal ; ovules many. Capsule 

 coriaceous or membranous, opening' at the vertex between the styles. 

 Seeds many, small, albuminous. 



TETRAMELES, U. Br. 



Large trees. Leaves pubescent, serrate. Flowers dioecious. 

 Petals 0. Males : calyx-tube short ; lobes 4, unequal or equal. 

 Stamens 4 round a depressed disc ; filaments elongate. Ovary rudi- 

 mentary 4-angled or 0. Female : calyx-tube almost 4-angled ; lobe.^ 

 4, short. Staminodes 0. Ovarj'' open at apex ; ovules inserted in o-4 

 rows on the parietal placentas ; styles 4 short. Capsule membranous, 

 open at the summit and crowned by the 4 styles. 



T. nudiflora, R. Br. in Henn. PI. Jav. Bar. 79, t. 17 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 6-57; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 212; Brandi."* For. Fl. 2'4.5. Jermali, K. ; ugado, M, 

 Common in the evergreen forests of the ghats of North Kanara and the 

 Konkan. An immense, deciduous tree, overtopping the regular evergi'een 

 canopy. Fl. Feb.-Mch. Fr. April, May. 



OUDER 45. CAGTEJE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves reduced to tufts of spines, prickle* 

 or small tubercles. Flowers sessile, solitary, hermaphrodite, regular. 

 Calyx-tube adnata to ovary, lobes 3 to many, small, imbricate. Petals 

 many, imbricate. Stamens many, free or adnate to the base of the 

 petals. Ovary 2 -celled ; ovules many on parietal placentas, horizontal. 

 Berry 1-celled, placentas pulpy. Seeds numerous. 



OPUNTIA, Mill. 



Branches jointed, joints ovate fiat, bearing tufts of unequal spines 

 and bristles. Flowers arising from the tufts or margins of the 

 joints, yellow or reddish. Calyx-tube not produced beyond the 

 ovary ; lobes numerous. Petals numerous, connate at the base 

 spreading. Stamens indefinite, in many series. Style cylindricj 

 thicker below, constricted at the base; stigma with 2-7 thick erect 

 branches. Fruit pyriform, fieshy, often with spines. Seeds with a 

 hard testa. Albumen scanty or copious. 



Fl. Br. I. 2. ^h7 ; Brandis For. Fl. 245 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 Suppl. 39. Prickly-pear. Chappal, send, Vern. Naturalized throughout 

 the presidency in dry waste places. FL throughout the year. Several 

 introduced sjteeies are included under the name 0. Dillciui, which is 

 said to be rather rare in India. 



