106 XXI. TILIACE^ [Elceocarjpus 



in the anthers, which are mucronate, not awned, glabrous filaments and ovary. 

 21, E. bracteatus, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 165, is a large tree. Upper Assam (D. B.), Thoung- 

 geen and Yonzaleen (D. B.), Shan hills (Collett). Leaves perfectly glabrous, elliptic, 

 obovate, crenate, narrowed into a petiole A-l in. long, which is thickened and genicu- 

 late at apex. Secondary nerves 8-10 pair. Racemes short, corymbose. Pedicels 3 times 

 the length of sepals, in the axils of oblong-obovate, often serrate bracts. Sepals § in. 

 long. Awn nearly as long as anther, ovary 2-celled, tomentose, stone wrinkled. 



22. E. grandiflorus, Smith; Kurz, P. Fl. i. 166; Pierre, PL Por. Coch. t. 

 142. — Syn. Monocera grandiflora, Hooker, Bot. Mag. t. 4680. Vern. Ye Saga, 

 Burm. 



A large shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous, except flowers. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, more or less crenate. Petiole \ in., not thickened at apex. Racemes 

 3-6 fld., shorter than leaves, flowers scented, pedicels long, slender, in the axils 

 of oblong bracts. Sepals red, f— 1 in. long, glabrous outside, silky inside. 

 Petals white or cream-coloured, silky outside. Disk cylindric, tomentose, 

 suleate. Awn about the length of anther. Ovary pubescent, 2-celled. Stone 

 covered with woody reflexed spines. 



Thaukyeghat near Toungoo (Kurz), Upper Burma (Prager, Smales). Fl. April, May. 

 Cochinchina, Java. 



P. Ovary 2- or 3-celled, ovules superposed in two rows. PI. small and 

 middle-sized, sepals 4-A, in. Petals broader at base. Anthers with short 

 awns. 



2.3. E. Varunna, Ham. ; Kurz, P. PI. i. 165. 



Young shoots grey, silky. Leaves perfectly glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 serrate. Petiole thickened and geniculate at the top. Blade 4-8, petiole 1-3 

 in. long. Secondary nerves 10-14 pair, prominent. Racemes axillary, numer- 

 ous, 10-12 fld., pedicels a little longer than sepals. Buds and flowers outside 

 grey with silk}- hairs. Sepals 4 in. Petals oblong, broader at the base, hairy on 

 both sides, with 7-10 linear teeth. Stamens 25-40, on a 10-lobed torus, awn 

 shorter than anther. Ovary ribbed, hairy, 3-celled. Drape h in. long, stone 

 smooth, 1-seeded. 



Subhimalayan tract in evergreen forests, from Nepal eastward, ascending in Sikkim 

 to 4,000 ft. Assam, Chittagong. Fl. March, April. 24. E. prunifolius, Wall., Khasi 

 hills, Manipur, is similar, but leaves almost entire, and smaller. Blade 2-4, petiole 

 1-li in. Sepals J in., awn very short. 25. E. petiolatus. Wall. ; King, in Journ. As. 

 SocrBeng. vol. 60 ii. (1892) 130 (E. integer, Masters, not Wall.). Silhet, Cachar, Burma, 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Leaves coriaceous, shining, elliptic, entire, acute 

 or shortly acuminate. Blade 4-6, petals 1-3 in. Racemes shorter than leaves, sepals 

 I in. Petals oblong, the apex cut into 10-14 subulate glabrous teeth. Ovary 2-celled. 

 Drupe ^ in diam., stone slightly rugose. 26. E. Griffitmi, Masters. Tenasserim, Malay 

 Peninsula.. Bacemes axillary, longer than leaves, as well as flowers whitish-silky. 

 Sepals J in. Petals ovate, acuminate, irregularly fimbriate. 



Obder XXII. LINE^ffi. Gen. PL i. 241. 

 Linacece and Erythroxylacew , Engler n. Prantl iii. 4. 27, 37. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, simple, generally quite 

 entire. PL regular, as a rule bisexual. Sepals 5, petals 5. Stamens 5 or 10, 

 filaments united at base, anthers versatile 2-celled. Ovary 3-5-celled, styles 

 3-5, free, or more or less connate. Several species of Linum, Reinioardtia, 

 and probably also of other genera are remarkable on account of their dimorphic 

 and polymorphic flowers with varying relative length of styles and stamens. 



Stamens 10, fruit a drupe, seeds several, woody hooks 



on branchlets 1. Hdgonia. 



Stamens 5, staminodes 5, fruit a capsule . . . Reinwakdtia (p .107). 



Stamens 10, fruit a capsule Ixonanthes (p. 107). 



Stamens 10, fruit a 1-seeded drupe . . . .2. Erythroxylon. 



