Along i urn.] 47. CORNACE/E. 10 JP 



ALANGIUM, Lamk. 



Shrubs or small trees, armed or 0. Leaves alternate, 3-nerved 

 at the base, persistent. Flowers hermapbrodito, in axillary fascicles 

 or condensed cymes, jointed on the pedicel. Calyx-tube adnate to 

 ovary, limb 5-lU toothed or truncate. Petals 5-10, linear-oblong-, 

 Vitlvate, then rcHexed. Stamens twice as many as petals or more. 

 Ovary infeiior, 1-celled, surmounted by a disc; style long; stigma 

 large, capitate ; ovule pendulous. Fruit a berry, crowned by the 

 enlaiged calyx-limb. Seed oblong, albumen ruminate j cotyledons 

 leafy, crumpled. 



A. L-amarkii, Thw. Enura. 133. Fl. Br. I. 2. 74-1 ; D:dz. & Gibs. 

 Boni. Fl 109; Braiulis For. Fl. 250 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 215. Ankid, 

 M. ; asroli, K. Throughout the presidency in dry places, often along tha 

 hanks of ndlas in North Kanara- Fl. Feb.-Apl. Fr. May- Aug. ; some- 

 times at other seasons ; ei'cct or scandent. 



MASTIXIA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves alternate or opposite, entire. Flowers herma- 

 phiodite, 2-bracteolate, in terminal panicles ; pedicels jointed under 

 the flowei'. Calyx-tube campanulate; limb 4-5-toothed. Fetala 

 4-5, ovate, valvate, silky. Stamens 5-4. Ovary 1-celled ; disc 

 fleshy; ovule 1 pendulous. Drupe ovoid, crowned by the calyx- 

 teeth ; putamen grooved ; endocarp protruded inwards down one 

 side. Seed ellipsoid ; albumen fleshy. 



M. pentandra, Blume IMus. Bot. 1, 256 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 746. Burst 

 nopetctlian arboreitm, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 28. Koukan and North 

 Kannra, in evergreen forests ; also along nalas in North Kanara. 

 Dharwar, Dalz. Fl. Feb.-Mar. Fr. May. 



Ordrr 48. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 



Shrubs, small trees or herbs. Leaves opposite, simple or 

 pinnate. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. Calyx-tube 

 aduate to the ovary, limb 3-5-divided. Corolla gamopetalous, limb 

 often 2-lipped, 5-lobed, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, on the 

 coi-olla. Ovary 1-6-celled, ovules solitary, pendulous, or several on 

 axile placentas. Fruit a drupe with 1-8, cartilaginous pyrencs, or a 

 many seeded berry. Albumen copious, fleshy; embryo minute. 

 VIBURNUM, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite. Flowers in terminal 

 panicles or coi-ymbose cymes. Calyx-limb short, 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 1-3-celled, with 1 pendulous 

 ovule in each cell. Fruit a dry or fleshy drupe, 1-seeded, 1- 

 celled. 



V. punctatum Ham. in Don Prodr. 142 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 5 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 217. Brandis says this is found in Kanai'a. (North Kanara?) 



