- Carallia.) COMBRETACE. 477 
_ anthers linear, mucronate, as long as the filaments. Carpels 2-4, 
connate in a 2~4-celled inferior ovary; ovules 2 in each cell, gemi- 
nate on the axis; style filiform, its base conic; stigma minutely 
- Q4tlobed. Fruit 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent, coriaceous, tur- 
binate. Seed pendulous, ea igae on the tree; radicle elongated, 
perforating the apex of the frui 
760. BruGUIERA GYMNORHIZA awk F. B. I. ii, 487; B,D, 
- B. 898. “ace gymnorhiza F. I. ii, 460. 
Sundribuns ; coasts of Orissa and Chittagong. 
A large tree. pints Kankra. 
323. Carallia Roxb. 
Trees or shrubs; branches terete; leaves opposite, petioled, 
ovate or elliptic, entire or serrulate; stipules interpetiolar, cadu- 
cus. Flowers small, sessile, usually crowded in short, ares 
_ axillary, 3-chotomous cymes ; bracteoles at base of ¢ min 
Sepals 5-8, connate in a cylindric or campanulate tube above the 
ovary; lobes erect, short, valvate. Petals 5-8, inserted on a 
crenulated disk lining the calyx-tube, clawed, orbicular ; att or 
2fid toothed or lacerate at the apex. Stamens 10-16, in 
4 with the petals ; arrears filiform ; anthers small, oblong. ae 
pele 8-5, connate in a 1-celled or a 8-D-celled ovary, slightly 
| Mesieally Bes hinn beyond the calyx; ovules 2 to each cell, 
. attached axially in pairs above the middle; style subulate or 
filiform; stigma 3-5-lobed. Fruit usually 1-celled, 1-seeded, 
slightly produced beyond the calyx, globose, coriaceous, indehis- 
cent. Seed subreniform, with fibrous testa; albumen fleshy; 
embryo cury 
761. Canaria Lucipa Roxb. C. integerrima F. B. I. ii. 4895 
E. D. C. 474. 
E. Bengal; Chittagon 
An evergreen tree with shining leaves. Beng. Kierpa ; 
Kol. Jur 
Order LIII. COMBRETACEZ. 
_ Trees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves Lie subopposite, or 
0 te, sometimes whorled, simple, rarely 8-foliolate 5 stipules 
Flowers hermaphrodite or sometimes Y tygamo-dicesious ve 
as. Spicate or racemose rarely eymose, bracteolate. 
