ChaUletia] XXX. CHAILLETIACE.E 147 



stipules small, setaceous, pubescent, unequal. Fl. pale-green, in axillary or 

 extra-axillary compact c}'mes, sepals concave, pubescent, petals bifid, connec- 

 tive dilated, styles 2 very short. Er. J-j in. diam., compressed, orbicular 

 didymous, dehiscent, mesocarp bright red. 



Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, Anamalais, Khasi hills. Silhet, 

 Cachar. Chittagong. Fl. March-June. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 2. C. andamanica, 

 King, South Andaman island. L. elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate ; fl. in pedunculate 

 ■ viij. -. :;. c. Helferiana, Kurz, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. Scandent. L. elliptic- 

 oblong, midrib strigose beneath, reticulate veins faint, drupe broader than long. 

 1. C. longipetala, Turcz. (macropetala, Kurz), Tenasserim, a shrub or tree, leaves silky 

 beneath; cymes densely tomentose, sejjals greyish pubescent, petals longer than 

 sepals. 



Obdee XXXI. OLACACEjE. Engler in Engler u. 

 Prantliii. 1. 231. 



(Olariiiiir. tribes i. Olacece, ii. Opiliece. Gen. PL i. 343.) 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. L. almost always alternate, stipules 0. Fl. 

 small, as a rule bisexual, calyx small or wanting, petals 'or segments of 

 perianth) free or connate, stamens as many as petals and opposite to them, or 

 more numerous. Ovary at base often 2-5-celled. ovules 1 or few. pendulous 

 from a free axile placenta. Drupe 1-seeded, embryo minute, in the apex of 

 the fleshy albumen. 



A. Stamens or stamens and staminodes more numerous than petals. 



Pi all 3 no! bearded, stamens 3, staminodes 5, calyx 



enlarged in fruit 1. Oi.ax. 



Petals bearded, stamens 8-10 Ximenia p. 118). 



B. Stamens as many as petals, calyx and corolla present. Fl. usually pentamerous. 



Calyx tube adnate to ovary, enlarged in fr. ' . . EitYnu:oi\u.iM (p. 1 18 



Calyx cup-shaped, petals free, hairy within . . 2. Strombosia. 

 Calyx truncate, supported by an involucre, corolla 



funnel-shaped Sciiukpkia ip. 1 Itn. 



Fl. 5-7-merous, petals free, thick concave at base . 3. Ajjacolosa. 



('. Stamens as many as petals or segments of perianth, no calyx. 

 Fl. 4-5-merous, bracts small, perianth campanulate, 



hairy 4. Cansjf.ra. 



PI. l-mcrous, bracts large, perianth urceolate . . Dbpiokurus p. 150). 

 Fl. 5-merous, in hud covered by large imbricating 



bracts, segments of perianth free .... Opilia p. 150). 



1. OLAX, Linn.: Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 574. 



Shrubs, small trees, or climbers. L. entire, petioles short. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, enlarged after flowering, petals ">-(!. fertile stamens 3-5, and 5 bifid 

 linear staminodes, ovary free l -celled or with .". imperfect cells. Drupe i 

 or less enclosed by t he accrescent calyx. Embryo small, near the apex of the 

 fleshy albumen. Species 25-30, tropics of the Old World. 



1. O. scandens, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 102; Brandis P. FL 75. Vern. 

 liiniili'iri. Ko] ; Ehir, Sonth. ; Boderia, Uriya ; Harduli, Mar, 



A powerful climber, structure of wood normal, vessels large. A few stout 

 thorns on the older branches, Branchlets, petioles and midrib pubescent. L. 



distichous, ovate-oblong, 2 3 in. long. Fl. white, in short axillary racemes. 



pedicels erect, less than half the length of fl., petals more or less cohering; 



anthers :i. Drupe yellow, tin- fourths enclosed in the enlarged calyx. 



Suhhinialayaii tract of Kumaon. Oudh forests Behar, Western Peninsula. Burma. 



