946 BENGAL PLANTS. { Baliospermum. 
tive; dehiscence at first introrse, the chinks ultimately lateral. 
Pistillode 0. ? Sepals 5-6, lanceolate, entire or toothed, some- 
Petals 0. D 
lmes accrescent in fruit. isk entire. Carpels con- 
nate in a 3-celled ovary; ovules solitary in each cell; styles 
longish, stout, 2-fid or 2-partite ; stigmas smooth. Hruit of three ~ 
2-valved, crustaceous cocci. Seeds ovoid; testa crustaceous ; 
albumen ineraid cotyledons broad, flat. 
1884 SPERMUM AXILLARE Bl.; F. B. I. v. 461. _éB. mon- 
niteit E. D. B. 28. eaten selgadedeedin PP, La . 
Chota Nagpur; Behar; Tirhut ; N. Bengal; Cictecanse 
A leafy, stout undershrub. Beng. Danti, hakiun. 
837. Endospermum Benth. 
Trees ; leaves entire, alternate, petioled, coriaceous, ovate, cor- 
date or trunc 5 ala eames 3-5-nerved at base; apex of 
ae with usually 2 d glands. Flowers pees small, in 
ary or lateral cirels spikes or racemes ; perianth simple ; 
and unequally valvately lobed calyx. Disk shortly. lobed. Stamens 
6-10, on a convex or conical receptacle ; filaments short; anthers 
didymous, equally 4-celled and 4-valved. Pistillode minute or 
obsolete. ¢ Sepals connate in a 5-toothed calyx. Petals 0. Disk 
obscure. Carpels connate in a 2-8-celled ovary ; ovules iles solitary 
in each cell; styles connate, forming a flat, spreading, entire oT 
3-lobed disk. Frwit didymous, separating into 2 indehiscent 
cocci, or indehiscent and 2-8-lobed; endocarp eae 
columella 0. Seeds globose ; testa reticulately ee 
1885. ENDOSPERMUM CHINENSE Benth. ; I. v. 458. 
Chittagong. 
A tree. 
838. Claoxylon A. Juss. 
Evergreen trees or shrubs, rarely annual herbs ; leaves alternate; 
usually long-petioled, oblong, entire, or r sinuately toothed, usually 
in a subglobose calyx ; limb 8—4-lobed; lobes valvate. Petals 
Disk 0. Stamens siadiiell rarely few, inserted on or around @ 
central receptacle, with or without intermixed glands or long, 
