Gynocardia] 



X. BIXACE.E 



11 



coriaceous, oblong, abruptly acuminate, quite entire, 6-10 in. long. Secondary 

 nerves 4-6 pair, prominent beneath. Fl. scented, pale yellow, fragrant, in 

 large fascicles on the trunk or a few in the leaf axils, dioecious. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, 5-toothed, petals 5, with a ciliate scale at the base of each. £ : 

 Stamens oo, anthers basifixed, linear. ? : Larger, staminodes 10-15, villous, 

 ovary 1-celled, styles 5, stigma large cordate, ovules oc on 5 parietal placentas. 

 Fruit globose, 3-5 in. diam., rind thick, hard, rough. Seed obovoid, 1 in. long, 

 immersed in pulp. Cotyledons flat in oily albumen. 



Subhimalayan tract, ascending to 4,000 ft., from Sikkim eastwards. Khasi hills. 

 ( Ihittagong, Burma. Fl. H. S. Pulp of fruit used to poison fish. The Chaulmugra oil 

 ,.f commerce is supposed to be made of the seeds. This, however, is doubtful, and it is 

 supposed 1 Iia1 1 hey are the produce of Tnraktoyeno* Kurzii, King. 



Ryparosa Kurzii, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 59 (1891), 125 : Ann. G-ard. Calc. v. 

 2 t. 154 (Ryparia casta, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 78). Andamans, Nicobars. A small evergreen 

 tree. Leaves 8-12 in., elliptic. Secondary nerves 6-8 pair, prominent beneath, inter- 



i liate and tertiary nerves conspicuously reticulate. Fl. small, dioecious, in axillary 



tawny-pubescent racemes, the male attaining 12 in. Calyx globose in bud, 3-5 cleft, 

 Petals 5, imbricate, each with a large sericeous scale at the base. Filaments united 

 in a column, anthers 5, ovate, ovary with 1-3 biovulate parietal placentas. Fruit 

 globose, 2-seeded. 



6. HYDNOCARPUS, Gaertner 



Fl. Brit. Ind. 



Fl. 



Trees, leaves serrate or entire, stipules deciduous, 

 solitary, or fasci- 

 culate on short 

 t h i c k woody 

 branchlets in the 

 axils of fallen 

 leaves. Sepals 5, 

 imbricate in bud. 

 Petals 5, with 

 scales at the base. 

 <^ : Stamens 5-8, 

 filaments free, 

 glabrous, an- 

 ther cells often 

 separate on a 

 broad connective. 

 ? : Stamens 

 similar, bul an- 

 thers wit hou t 

 pollen. < (vary 



1 -celled, ovules 

 many, on 3-6 pa- 

 rietal placentas. 

 Stigmas 3-5 ses- 

 sile, spiralling, 

 lobed. Berry glo- 

 bose, C I'O \\ ri i'il 

 with the persist- 

 ent Btigma, rind 

 hard. See d s 

 many, embedded 

 in pulp, albumen 



i 1 v . Spec ies 



1 'J,' t n. pica 1 



Asia. 



i. 196. 



few together or 



