Staphyle'a] XXXVII. STAl'HYLEACE.E 181 



Staphylea Emodi, Wall. Vern. M&rchob' (snake stick), Nagdaun, Cliitra, Pb. 'Trans 

 Indus. North-West Himalaya, Indus to the Sarda river, descends to 2. 5(10 and ascends 

 to 9,000 ft. Usually scattered singly in mixed and coniferous forests. A shrub or 



small nearly glabrous tree, bark marked with conspicuous raised white longitudinal 

 stripes. L. trifoliolatc. niiiiiiniii |n-t inb- as long as or longer than leaflets. Leaflets 



serrate, pale beneath, 3-6 in. long the terminal petiolulate, the lateral sessile, stipules 

 linear, stipels setaceous, both early deciduous. Fl. bisexual, regular, pentamerous, in 

 terminal short compact erect or drooping panicles, with numerous deciduous mem- 

 branous bracts. Petals us long as calyx segments, both white, stamens 5, inserted 

 outside the disk below its edge, anthers versatile. Fr. a membranous inflated capsule, 

 3-celled, dehiscent at the apex. Seeds few, compressed, bright brownish-grey, embryo 

 straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen, cotyledons thin. flat. Closely allied to, and 

 may be regarded as a local form of. the North American S. trifolia, Linn. 



OiiDKii XXXVIII. ACERACEjE. Pax in End. u 



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Prantl iii. 5. 263. 



Shrubs or trees. L. opposite, stipules 0. Fl. regular, polygamous, disk 

 generally annular. Stamens inserted outside or upon, rarely inside, the disk, 

 filaments free, as a rule glabrous. Ovary of 2 carpels, 2-celled, 2-lbbed. 

 Fruiting carpels winged, albumen 0. 



ACER, Tournef. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 692. 



Trees, mostly deciduous, buds covered with scales, the outer short, coriaceous, 



the inner developing when the I mils open, oblong, membranous. Fl. male and 

 bisexual, usually mi different trees. Calyx generally 5-, sometimes 4-12-parted, 

 deciduous. Disk thick, annular or cup-shaped Stamens 4-12, generally 8, 

 inserted on the disk, inside it or outside, filaments shorter in the bisexual, 

 longer in the male flower. Petals none, or as many as calyx lobes, similar to 

 them in colour and substance. Ovary of 2 carpels 2 ovules in each) which 

 develop into 2 one-seeded samaras, the back produced into a large membranous 

 reticulate wing, the lower edge of which is thickened. Albumen II. Cotyledons 

 irregularly folded, radicle generally long. Species 100, Europe, Asia and North 

 America. 



A. L. undivided. 



I. A. oblongum, Wall.; Brandis F. Fl. L10. Vern. Pangoi, Paranga, 

 .fauns. : Kirmoli, X. \Y. 



A middle-sized tree. L. lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, entire, pale beneath, 

 blade 3-5, petiole 1-2 in. Fl. pentamerous, in terminal corymbs, ramifications, 

 pedicels and calys hairy. Nuts unevenly gibbous, wings l-l j in. long. 

 Sivnlik t ract and outer Himalaya, Jhelum to Bhutan, ascending to 6,000 It. A --run. 



Manipur. Never leafless, the young shoots of a beautiful browi lour. PI. Feb. April, 



2 A. lasvigatum, Wall. PI. A-. Rar.t. 104. Outer Himalaya, Garhwal toSikkim, 5 9,000ft., 

 Kh;i-i hill-. Putli, Nep. A large tree, differs from I bj short petioles .'. in. long. 

 L. not glaucous beneath, reticulate veins conspicuous. Fl. in las terminal glabrous 

 panicles, pedicels and calyx glabrous, auts smooth. '■'•■ A. niveum, Blume, A.ssam, hills 

 ,.i Vlarta ban and Tenasserim. A very targe tree, glabi*ous. I., ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 white beneath. Fl. in racemose glabrous corymbs, Wings of fruit 1 2 in. long; I. 

 A. Hookeri, M i. t . : Lai Kabashi, Nep. Sikkim, Bhutan, 7 10,000 ft. A. middle-sized tree, 



often grov - from I deposited in the fork of other trees. I., glabrous, ovate, caudate- 



aouminate, base frequfinl ly cordate, sometimes slightly lobed, closely serrate, basal nerves 

 5, blade I li, petiole I .'. 8j in. Fl, in lax pendulous raceme,, pedicels filiform | in, Ripe 

 carpels] in. 5. A. sikkimense, Miq. sikkim. Bhutan, 7 9,000 ft. a middle-sited tree. 

 i, glabrous, shining, bright green on both sides, ovate, acuminate, entire or faintly 

 serrate, base frequently cordate, basal nerves ">. blade I 5, petiole j I in. Fl. nearly 



sessile in pendulous spikes. Ri] 'pels (in. >'<. A. stachyopliyllum, lli.rn. sikkim. 



L. velvety beneath, ovate, caudate-acuminate, serrate. Ripe i arpels I , _' in. long. 



