268 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
adnate to the base of the perianth and twice as many as the lobes; 
filaments free, short, anthers oblong, 2-celled, the cells parallel, dehis- 
cing longitudinally. Ovary free, l-celled; style filiform, stigma 
lateral; ovule 1, basal, erect, anatropous. Fruit a nut, closely 
covered by the thickened perianth base; pericarp membranous. Seed 
erect; testa crustaceous or hardened; albumen scanty or 0; coty- 
ledons thick, fleshy; radicle inferior—Duistrig. North temperate 
and tropical regions : genera 3, species about 16. 
1, Euzaenvs, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs, with silvery or stellate scales. Flowers herma- 
phrodite, axillary, solitary or in fascicles or racemes. Perianth-tube 
campanulate or funne!-shaped, narrowed above the ovary; lobes 4, 
valvate, deciduous. Stamens 4, on the mouth of the perianth on a 
prominent ring, alternate with the lobes. Ovary 1-celled, style linear, 
stigma lateral. Fruit a nut, closely covered with the thickened 
perianth-base.—Distris. 8. Europe, temperate and tropical Asia, 
Australia, N. America; species 12. 
EL#AGNUS LaATIFOLIA, Linn. Sp. Pl. 121 (1753). A large climb- 
ing shrub, with thick stem; branches stout, spinescent; branchlets 
rough, covered, like the leaves beneath and inflorescence, with rust- 
coloured, shining, peltate scales. Leaves variable, membranous to 
coriaceous; elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate at 
apex, acute to almost rounded at base; upper surface pale green with 
scattered silvery scales when young, lower surface silvery, scaly when 
young, rusty brown when older; 5—10 cm. long, 3—5 cm. broad; 
midrib slender ; main nerves 5—7 pairs, curving to near the margin 
and then joining in loops; reticulation rather obscure; petiole 
slender, 1—1°5 cm. long. Flowers $ or 3, many, greenish or 
yellowish-white, in axillary fascicles or racemes up to 2 cm. long, the 
rhachis lengthening and rugose with the scars of fallen flowers and 
bracts ; bracts boatshaped, curved, caducous, I—2 mm. long; pedicels 
short. Perianth-tube campanulate, 5—10 mm. long; lobes ovate, 
acute, 2—3 mm. long, spreading; anthers oblong, 1 mm. long; style 
hirsute towards the base. Jruit ellipsoid-oblong, 1—2 or more cm. 
long, crowned with the top of the perianth, orange or red with white 
spots, densely scaly, prominently 8-ribbed when dry ; mesocarp suc- 
culent, edible; endocarp densely felted. Seed oblong; testa shining; 
cotyledons thick, fleshy ; radicle pointed, small. Schlecht. in DC. 
Prodr. xiv. 610; Wight Ic. t. 1856; Wall. Cat. 4028; Bl. Bijdr. 637; 
