180 XXXVI. AMPELIDEiE [Leca 



on the underside of leaflets. Fr. blue. 9.*L. bracteata, C. B. Clarke. Oudh forests. 

 Sikkim, to 3,000 ft., Khasi and Naga liills. A large shrub, sometimes a small tree. 

 Branchlets, petioles and underside of leaves along nerves pubescent. L. pinnate and 

 bipinnate, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, shallow-serrate-, sec. n. prominent beneath, 

 arching, terminating in intramarginal veins, tertiary nerves numerous, fine, parallel, 

 inflorescence with numerous long linear bracts. Fr. orange-yellow. 



10. L. aspera, Edgew. ; Brandis E. Fl. 102. Yern. Kawd oklidr, Jaunsar. 



A stout, spreading slirub, pubescent. L. pinnate, rarely bipinnate, leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate, upper surface often scabrous, the bifurcations of sec. 

 n. running into the teeth, blade 4-8, petiole -|-1 in. long. Fr. -J- in., black 

 when ripe. 



Foot of North- West Himalaya, ascending to 6,000 ft., Bias to Nepal. Chota Nagpore, 

 Western Peninsula. Fl. R. S. Closely allied is 11. L. herbacea, Ham. (L. aspera, 

 Kurz F. Fl. i. 280). Vern. Phekri (jaleni, Nep. ; Ban chalita, W. Dual's ; Maham, 

 Kol. A shrub, stems numerous, bending over in all directions. L. mostly bipinnate. 

 12. L. crispa, Linn. ; Kurz F. Fl. 280. Sikkim Terai, Assam, Khasi hills, Dacca, Chitta- 

 gong, Lower Burma, Konkan, North Kanara (Talbot, List 57). A stiff shrub. L. 

 pinnate, stems, branches and petioles generally with 6-8 narrow crisped wings, nearly 

 glabrous, leaflets usually 5, oblong, 4-12 in. long, deeply and regularly serrate, sec. n. 

 numerous, prominent beneath, straight, parallel, one to each serrature, tertiary nerves 

 oo , parallel. 13. L. macrophylla, Hornemann ; Brandis F. Fl. 102 (Hat Kid, Sonth. ; 

 Dinda, Mar.). Subhimalayan tract from the Ganges eastward, Assam, Behar, Lower 

 Burma. Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. A large herbaceous shrub. L. 

 simple, cordate, mealy-white beneath, blade 8-24 in., petiole 2-5 in. 



Order XXXVIL STAPHYLEACEvE. Pax in Engl. u. 

 Prantl iii. 5. 258. 



Shrubs or trees. L. opposite, stipulate, trifoliolate or imparipinnate, leaflets 

 stipellate. Fl. regular, bisexual, pentamerous, stamens 5, inserted outside the 

 disk. Ovary 3-celled, ovules 2 or more in each cell. Embryo straight, in 

 fleshy albumen. 



Fr. indehiscent, fleshy. Fl. small 1. Turpinia. 



Fr. a membranous inflated capsule. Fl. A in. long . . Stapiivlea (p. 181). 



1. TURPINIA, Vent.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 698. 

 Species 10, Lido-Malayan region, China, North and Central America. 



T. pomifera, .DC. — Syn. T. nepalensis, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 159. Vern. 

 Tliali, Nep. ; Mia, Nilgiris ; Taukshama, Daukyama, Lower ; Sat-tamani, 

 taw-petsut, Upper Burma. 



A middle-sized, at times a large, evergreen tree, cpuite glabrous. L. impari- 

 pinnate, leaflets coriaceous, opposite, 1-4 pair, el^tic-oblong, acuminate, 

 serrate, 3-7 in. long, stipules interpetiolar, triangular, caducous, as well as the 

 lanceolate stipels. Fl. regular, bisexual, pentamerous in terminal and axillary 

 panicles. Stamens 5, inserted outside the crenulate raised disk, ovary 3-celled, 

 3-lobed, styles 3, more or less connate, ovules 2-3 in each cell. Fr. green, 

 yellow or purplish, 1-2 in. diam. Seeds angular, shining, albumen fleshy. 



Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Khasi hills, Chittagong, Burma, Upper and Lower. Western 

 Ghats from the Konkan southwards, chiefly in evergreen forests. Nilgiris, Palnis. 

 Fl. Jan.-June. Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, Tunan, Hongkong. Kurz F. Fl. i. 292 and 

 Gamble, list 23, distinguish 2 species. T. pomifera, DC, in Sikkim from the Terai to 

 3,000 ft., in the tropica] forests of Pegu and Martaban. L. 5-7 in. Fl. J in. across. 

 Fr. 1-2 in. diam. T. nepaUnsis, Wall. The high level form, in Sikkim at 4-7,000 ft., 

 hill forests of Martaban, chiefly in the dry woods 3-7,200 ft., is a smaller tree. L. 3-4 in., 

 caudate acuminate. Fl. J in. across. Fr. under 1 in. diam. 



