Brovmloicia] XXI. TILIACE.E 93 



Oedbb XXT. TILIACE^E. Gen. PL i. 228. 



(JElceocarpacew and TUiacece, Schumann in Engler u. Prantl iii. • >. pp. 1, 8.) 



Trees or shrubs, some genera herbaceous. Leaves alternate, simple, stipules 

 deciduous. Fl. regular, generally bisexual and pentamerous. Sepals free 

 "i- (.■'innate, alvate. Stamens numerous, free, sometimes in bundles. Anthers 

 2-celled. Ovary free, 2-10-celled. ovules attached to a.xile placentas. Stamens 

 and ovary as a rule on an elevated androgynophore, sepals and petals at its base. 

 Seeds with or without albumen. 



Sacs containing mucilage in pith, bark and the leaf parenchyma. These mucilage 

 Bacs are wanting in Elceocarpus and Echinocarpus. This is one reason for separating 

 B?fl ocarpaa <*■ . 



A. Sepals connate into a cup, staminodes 5. 



Carpels distinct, 2-valved, l-seeded .... 1. Browhlowia. 

 Fruit indehiscent, L-seeded, winged . . . . 2. Pentace. 



B. Sepals c iate, no staminodes 3. Bf.rrya. 



C. Sepals free, petals as a rule with a thickened or glandular claw. 



Fru it a drupe with several stones I. G-rewia. 



< ' : 1 1 1- 1 1 1 • ■ winged, separating into 3-5 L-seeded carpels Columbia (p. 101). 

 Fruit woody, triquetrous, slightly winged, l-seeded . Erikocarpus (p. 101). 



1 1. Sepals free, petals not clawed. 



Fruit covered with prickles or bristles . . . . 5. Echinoi irpus. 

 Fruit a Beshy drupe, with 1 stone, 1 or more seeded . i>. Elxocarpi s. 



Plagiopteron suaveolens, < irill". : Calc. Journ. Xat. Hist. iv. (1844) t. 13; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 

 172. is a scandent shrub o£ Mergui. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 4—5 

 in. Fl. small, greenish, very fragrant, in dense axillary panicles, ramificat ions oppo- 

 site, sepals minute, petals linear-oblong, revolute. Ovarj entire, 3-celled, 2 ovules in 

 each cell, style subulate. Fruit dry. with 3 wings J in. long. Kurz classes this 

 Species under Malpighiacece. 



1. BROWNLOWIA, Roxb.j Fl. Brit. iml. i. 381. 



Trees, with scaly or stellate pubescence. Leaves with 3-9 basal nerves. 

 Fl. numerous, in large terminal panicles. Calyx campanulate, irregularly 3 -•"> 

 cleft. Stamens many, filaments fr aa raised torus. Anthers broad, some- 

 times neai l\ globose. Inside the stamens, surrounding tl vary, 5 petaloid 



Btaminodes, opposite the petals. Carpels 5, more or less cohering, each with 

 2 ovules ultimately free, 2-valved, L-seeded. Albumen none, cotyledons thick 

 Beshy. S] ies 10-15, tropical Asia. 



1. B. elata, Etoxb., Cor. PI. t. 265; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 153. 

 A lofty evergreen tree, young shoots rusty- or tawny-puberulous. Leaves 

 cordate, petiole 2 I. blade 4-12 in. long, coriaceous, glossy above, glauces- 



ceiit and pulienilous liencath. fl. yellow, ,\ ■ ■'{ in. diam. Calyx \ in. long, 

 siiirfy-toiiieiitosc. Carpels woody, usually "J-l!, 1-11. in. diam.. ash-grey, 

 minutely | ni l iciiibiiis. suture prominent. 



Tidal forests of Chittagong and Tenasserim. PL II. S. 2, B. lanceolata, Benth. An 



Bvergreen shrub or tr i the tidal and Mangrove forests of the Sundriban and the 



Burma coast. Leaves lai late or oblong lanceolate, pale beneath. FL small, carpels 



lobose, J in. diam. :l. B. peltata, Mem h. ; Kurz, P. PI. i. 168 B. Helferiana, Pierre, F. 



"I. Coohinch. under t. 180). A small tr if Tenasserim; has round peltata leaves, 



pel '"1" 7 8 in. long, blade n it h 9 basal nerves, s 10 in long, ■ alj \ velvet} outside. 



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