150 XXXI. OLACACE.E ; [Cansjera 



Fl. Sylv. Manual t. 26 ; Brandis F. Fl. 75. Syn. C. scandens, Roxb. Cor. 

 PL t. 103. 



A large evergreen climber, armed with scattered stout spines, branchlets, 

 petioles and inflorescence pubescent. L. ovate-lanceolate, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent, 1J- 4 in. long. Fl. yellow, perianth hairy outside. Fr. orange-red, 

 -J- in. long. 



Oudli forests. Behar. "Western Peninsula, generally in evergreen moist forest. 

 Tenasserim, Andamans. Fl. Sept.-Mar. Fr. H. S. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. Nearly allied and probably not specifically distinct : 2. C. parvifolia, 

 Kurz. Tenasserim. L. small, pubescent. 3. C. zizyphifolia, Griff., and 4. C. Helferiana, 

 Valeton. Tenasserim. 



Lepionurus sylvestris, Blume ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 64 (1896) 105 

 (L. oblongifolius, Mast.). Sikkim, Assam, Khasi and Naga hills, Tenasserim, Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. A glabrous shrub or small tree, branches pale when dry. 

 L. 4-7 in. Fl. tetramerous, bisexual, in axillary spikes J-1J in. long, at first enveloped 

 by the large ovate acute membranous deciduous bracts. Calyx 0, perianth urceolate, 

 lined by the disk. Stamens exserted, filaments broad. Fr. J-| in. long. 



Opilia amentacea, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 158 ; "Wight 111. t. 40 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Manual 

 t. 9. Western Peninsula, Burma, Upper and Lower, Ceylon dry country, Malay Penin- 

 sula and Archipelago, New Guinea, Australia, tropical Africa. A weak, scrambling 

 shrub, branchlets finely pubescent. L. glabrous 2-3 in. Fl. minute, yellow, bisexual. 

 Clusters of 2-4 flowers, in short erect axillary spikes, covered before expansion by 

 round acute ciliate bracts, overlapping the buds. Calyx 0, petals 5 free. Stamens 5, 

 opposite to petals, alternating with short fleshy staminodes, style short, truncate. 



Oedee XXXII. ICACINACE^. Engler in Engler u. 

 Prantl iii. 5. 233. 



(Olaeinece, tribes iii. Icacinece, iv. Phytocreneae. Gen. PL i. 344.) 



Shrubs, trees or large climbers. L. generally alternate, stipules 0. Fl. 

 small, mostly polygamous or dioecious, calyx small or wanting, petals or 

 segments of perianth free or connate, stamens alternating with petals or 

 perianth segments. Ovary mostly 1-celled, ovules pendulous from the apex 

 of the cavity. Drupe 1-seeded. 



A. L. alternate : fl. bisexual, rarely polygamous ; shrubs or trees. 



Corolla campanulate, midrib of lobes prominent . . 1. Gohphaxdra. 

 Petals free, hairy above, style terminal . . . .2. MArriA. 

 Petals free, glabrous, style lateral . . . . . 3. Apodytes. 



B. L. alternate ; fl. 23olygamons ; shrubs or trees. 



Calyx 5-lobed, petals 5, fleshy, more or less cohering, 



apex indexed Phlebocalymna (p. 152). 



Sepals 5, corolla tubular, teeth 5, sijreading . . . Gokocakyum (p. 152). 



C. L. alternate, fl. dicecious, climbers. 



Calyx 0, perianth 4-5-lobed. 

 Jj. broad, S co in long panicles, $ in solitary globose 



heads .......... 4. Phytocrene. 



L. glabrous, lanceolate or ovate, fl. in long peduncu- 

 late heads 5. Miquelia. 



L. harsh, lanceolate, with shallow distant teeth, <? in 

 lax filiform axillary spikes, $ in small heads on 

 filiform peduncles ... ... Pyrenacantha (p.153). 



Calyx 4-5-lobed, petals free, albumen . . . .6. Sarcostigma. 



Sepals 5, petals 5, cotyledons orbicular, in a fleshy albu- 

 men Natsiatum (p. 154). 



D. L. opposite ; fl. dioecious : calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, 



corolla 3-5-lobed, hairy outside . . . . . 7. Iodes. 



