( tratoxylon] 



XIII. TAMABICACE.E 



47 



_>. MYRICARIA, Desv. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 249. 



Fl. bisexual, pink or white, in long racemes. Stamens more or less united 

 in a tube. Species 10, Europe, Central Asia, China. 



1. M. germanica, Desv.; Brand. F. Fl. t. 8.— Syn. .1/. bracteata, Royle 

 111. t. 44. Vern. Ilomhu, Urnbu, North- West Himalaya. 



A gregarious shrub. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, generally crowded, 

 less than \ in. long. Fl. pink, on short pedicels, in dense cylindrical racemes 

 often 12 in. long. Bracts longer than pedicels, ovate-lanceolate, with broad 

 membranous lacerate margins, caducous. 



Abundant in the inner arid regions of theHimalava from Iskardo toSikkim. between 

 5,000 and 10.000 ft., occasionally to 15,000 ft. Chiefly in sandy stream beds, where it 

 often covers large areas. Fl. July, Aug. Also in Tibet. Afghanistan, western and 

 northern Asia, and on the mountains of Europe. 2. M. elegans, Boyle; Kunawar, 

 Spit i. Lahaul. Ladak and Zanskar, of ten associated with if. germanica. Leaves larger, 

 ohlanceolate. fl. white. 



Order XIV. HYPERICACE^. Gen. PI. i. 163. 

 [Bypericinece.) 



(Included under Gruttiferce, Engler u. Prantl, iii 6. 205.) 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves opposite, often punctate, entire in the 

 species here described, stipules 0. Fl. bisexual, regular, cymose or solitary 

 sepals aud petals each 5, sepals imbricate, petals contorted in bud. Stamens 

 oo in 3 or 5 bundles, anthers versatile. Ovary of 3-5 carpels, 1- or 3-5-celled, 

 styles filiform, free or united, ovules on parietal or axile placentas. Seeds 

 without albumen. 



Capsule opening loculieidally, seeds winged . . .1. Ckatoxylon. 

 Capsule opening septicidally or at the junction of carpels, 

 seeds not winged Hypebicom (p. 48). 



1. CRATOXYLON, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 257. 



Fl. in axillary or terminal cymose panicles, sepals persistent. 

 hypogynous glands alternating with the staminal bundles. Ovary 

 styles 3, distinct. Capsule dehisc- 

 ing loculieidally, seeds winged 

 at the upper end. Species 12 in 

 tropical Asia. 



1. C. polyanthum, Korth.; 

 Kurz, F. Fl. i. 84. 



A middle-sized glabrous tree 

 thorny. Pierre, I'M. For. ( 'ochiu. 



i. .">i i . Leafless in II. S., stein 

 Muted, lieartwood dark-r.. loured. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, glau- 

 inns liciieal li. ret ictilato \ ems dis- 

 tinct. Fl. pink or bright red. 

 in ;; ild. axillary cymes, ■■Men 



solitary, petals persistent some 

 time after flowering, hypogynous 

 glands large, nearly half the 

 Lengl li of petals. ( 'apsule oblong, 

 considerably longer than sepals, 

 nearly twice their length. 



Fleshy 

 3-celled 



l"io. 19. — Cratoxylum polyanthum, Korth. A. 



