Strombosia] 



XXXI. OLACACE.E 



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Ceylon. 2. S. javanica, Blame. Teuasserim, Malay Peninsula. A middle-sized tree. 

 L. oblong-lanceolate, blade 4-7, petiole i-1 in. 



Schoepfla fragrans, Wall., Xepal, Assam, Kbasi hills, is a middle-sized tree, bark 

 cork}-, whitish. L. lanceolate, blade 2^1, petiole J in. Fl. golden-yellow, very fragrant, 

 J in. long, in axillary racemes, pedicels slender, nearly as long as flower. Involucre 

 immediately below the calyx, of 3 bracts, connate into a cup. Calyx truncate, 

 adherent to ovary. Corolla twice the length of calyx, funnel-shaped, lobes 5, lanceo- 

 late, stamens 5, adnate to the corolla, and opposite to its lobes, a tuft of hair above 

 their insertion. Drupe supported by the persistent involucre, stone thin, striated, 

 embryo minute in the apex of the fleshy albumen. Closely allied and perhaps not 

 specifically distinct is: 2. S. acuminata, Wall. Kbasi hills. L. broader. Fl. h in., 

 pedicels much shorter than flower. 3. S. Griffithiana, Yaleton. Bhutan, is imperfectly 

 known. 



3. ANACOLOSA, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 580. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs. PI. 5-7-merous, in axillary cymose fascicles. 

 Calyx generally glabrous, cup-shaped, indistinctly toothed, not accrescent. 

 Petals free, thick and concave at base, stamens opposite to petals and con- 

 cealed in the cavity, filaments short, flat. Drupe surrounded by the accrescent 

 disk, stnne crustaceous, embryo minute at the apex of the fleshy albumen. 

 Species 5 or 6, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. A. densiflora, Bedel. Fl. Sylv. t. 138. Vera. Katta vekkali, Kalmani- 

 kam, Mai. 



A lofty tree, wood brittle. L. oblong-lanceolate, base rounded, 4-5 in., 

 petioles short. Fl. in dense axillary clusters, pale-yellowish, very fragrant. 

 Petals densely hairy on the upper surface. 



Evergreen forests of the Anainalai hills and Travancore, ascending to 2,0X1 ft. Fl, 

 Sept.-Dec. "The boughs a |>erfcct mass of very fragrant flower," Bedd. 2. A. ilicoides. 

 Mast.: Kbasi hills. A small spreading tree. ],. oblong-lanceolate, base acute. Fl. 

 few, in lax cymes. 3. A. Grifflthii, Mast. Teuasserim and Andamans. L. ovate- 

 Ian date, blade 2—1, petiole J-i in., cymes few fld., petals hairy at the apex of the 



concave portion, otherwise glabrous, anthers hairy. 4. A. puberula, Kurz. Anda- 

 mans and Nicobars. L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-6, petiole J-J in. long. Pedicels and 

 outside of calyx rusty-pubescent, petals glabrous, excepting a tuft of long hairs at the 

 apex of the cavity, anthers hairy. 



4. CANSJERA 



Climbing shrubs. Fl. 

 small, bisexual, 4-5-merous, 

 in short axillary spikes, 

 bracts small. Calyx 0, co- 

 rolla campanulate, hairy. 

 Stamens 4-5, adnate to 

 corolla ami opposite to lobes, 

 li\ pogynous scales alternat- 

 ing with stamens, filaments 

 filiform. Ovary fleshy, 

 L-celled, ovule 1, pendulous. 

 Drupe supported by the 



marcescent corolla, embi 

 straight in the axis of I he 

 fleshy albumen, cotyledons 

 sometimes :',, long, plane- 

 Convex. Species I! I. tropi- 

 cal Asia, ( Ihina, Australia. 



Jus 



Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 582. 



1. C. Rheedii, Gmelin : 

 Wight Ec. i. 1861 : Bedd. 



Pio. 69. ■( 'ansjera Rheedii. Gn 



