48 XIV. HYPERICACEjE [Cratoxylon 



Martaban and Tenasserim, Andamans. Fl. March, April. Also in Cochinchina, 

 Cambodia, Borneo, China. 



2. C. neriifolium, Kurz. Vern. Bibya, Burm. 



Differs by narrower lanceolate leaves. Fl. in few fid. cymes, forming lax 

 terminal panicles, capsules ovoid, slightly longer than sepals. 



Chittagong, dry country of Irawaddi valley, common, yields good fuel, Pegu. 

 Tenasserim. Fl. H. S. Cambodia. 3. C. arborescens, Blume ; Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago, reported from Moulmein, evergreen. Leaves»eoriaceous, fl. scarlet, in 

 large terminal panicles. 



The following species are leafless in the H. S., and have very delicate caducous petals : 

 4. C. formosum, Benth. & Hook. fil. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 84. Andamans, Siam, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago. A glabrous tree, generally small, but at times attaining 80 ft. Leaves 

 broadly elliptic, thinly coriaceous when mature. Fl. J in., pure white, with a slight 

 red tinge, capsule f in., three times the length of calyx. 5. C. prunifolium, Dyer ; 

 Pierre, Fl. Cochinch. t. 52 ( C. pruniflorum, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 84). A small pubescent deciduous 

 shrub or tree, usually armed with sharp spinescent branchlets, in the Eng forests of 

 Burma and in Cochinchina. (Sathange hnauk, Upper Burma.) .Leaves obovate to lin- 

 ear oblong, grey-velvety beneath. Fl. J-^ in. lilac or pink. 



Of Hypericum, Linn., Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 253, with large yellow flowers, seeds not 

 winged, 19 species are known in India, mostly perennial, a few annual herbs. Some 

 are shrubs up to 6 ft. high, of which may be mentioned : — 



A. Styles longer than ovary. 1. H. mysorense, Heyne ; Wight Ic. t. 56. "Western Ghats, 

 from the Konkan southwards, Nilgiris, Palnis, Ceylon. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 approximate. Fl. 2-2A in. diam. 2. H. cernuum, Roxb. ; Piuli, N.W. North- West 

 Himalaya, Indus to Nepal, Kuram valley, Afghanistan. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 glaucous beneath. Fl. 2 in. diam. 



B. Styles not longer than ovary. 3. H. Hookerianum, Wight et Arn. ; Wight Ic. 959. 

 Himalaya 6,000-11,000 ft. from Kumaon eastwards, Khasi hills, Upper Burma, Nilgiris, 

 Java. Branches terete. Leaves 1-4 in., ovate-lanceolate, obtuse Fl. 2 in. diam. 4. H. 

 patulum, Thunb. (H. obi ongifolium, Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 244.) Himalaya, from Kashmir 

 eastwards, Khasi hills, Manipur. Branches 2-edged, leaves 1-2 in., elliptic-lanceolate. 

 Fl. 1 in. diam. 



Order XV. GUTTIFER^l. Gen. PI. i. 167. 



(Vesque in DC. Monogr. Phan. vol. viii., 1893.) 



Trees, rarely shrubs, as a rule evergreen and entirely glabrous. Leaves 

 opposite, generally without stipules. PI. regular, generally polygamous, some- 

 times bisexual. Sepals 2-6, often in decussate pairs, petals 2-6, imbricate or 

 contorted, in some cases 0. (In this order the sepals are arranged in pairs in 

 the same way as leaves, while petals have a spiral arrangement.) Stamens as 

 a rule indefinite, hypogynous, filaments often connate in bundles. Ovary 

 generally 1-5 celled. Fruit usually indehiscent, seeds without albumen. 



Eesin-canals and -cavities in leaves, pith and bark. Transverse bars of wood par- 

 enchyma between medullary rays. 



A. Ovary 2-12 celled, cells with one, rarely two ovules, stigma peltate, sessile, rarely 



on a short style. Embryo a homogeneous fleshy mass. 



Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals 1. Garcinia. 



Calyx closed in bud, bursting into 2 valves . . .2. Ochrocakpus. 



B. Ovary 1-2 celled, ovules 1-4 in each cell, style slender, or 2 styles. Embryo of 



two fleshy cotyledons, sometimes consolidated. 

 Secondary nerves co, close, conspicuous, style 1, stigma 



generally peltate 3. Calophyllum. 



Secondary nerves many, joined by transverse veins, 



styles 2, stigma minute 4. Pceciloneuron. 



Secondary nerves very close but indistinct, stigma 



peltate 5. Mesua. 



Secondary nerves distant, not conspicuous, stigma 4 fid. 6. Kayea. 



