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1. ^SCULUS, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 675. 



Deciduous trees, with large seal}' buds and opposite digitate leaves, stipules 

 0. Fl. showy, zygomorphic, in an ample upright terminal panicle, polygamous, 

 the fertile flower generally near the base of the branches of the panicle, pedicels 

 articulate, bracts deciduous. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, the lobes more or 

 less unequal. Petals 5. often only 4, from the abortion of the 5th. Stamens 5-8, 

 free, inserted inside of a lobed disk. Ovary 3-celled. 2 ovules in each cell. 

 Fr. a large leathery capsule, loculicidally 2-3 valved, seeds 1-3, large, testa 

 coriaceous, shining. Cotyledons thick, fleshy, incumbent on the short conical 

 radicle, albumen 0. Species 14. Asia and North America. 



1. A. indica, Colebr. : Brandis F. Fl. t. 19. — Syn. Pavia indica, Wall. ; 

 Jacquemont Voy. Bot. t. 35. The Indian Horse Chestnut. Vern. Torjaga, 

 Trans Indus: Kakra, Kashm. : Bankhor, Alia nor. Pb. : Ft'. Kun.: 

 Pang&r, KandSLr, Jauns. 



A large deciduous tree, trunk short, attaining a large girth, wood white. 

 soft, close-grained, med. rays very fine, very numerous. Outer scales of buds 

 coriaceous, resinous, shining, inner membranous, slightly puberulous, oblong, 

 2 in. long, the leaves immediately above them with a broad membranous petiole. 

 Leaflets 5-9, sharply serrate. -blade 6-9, petiolules .1-1 in. long. Panicle 12—15 

 in. long, bearing numerous short-pedunculate scorpioid cymes. Calyx J- in. long, 

 irregularly lobed, often splitting so as to appear 2-lipped. Petals -4. white, red 

 and yellow. 2 narrower than the rest. Stamens 7 or 8, filaments longer than 

 petals. Disk unilateral. Capsule brown when ripe, rough, not echinate. irregu- 

 larly ovoid. Seeds 1-2 in. dram. 



Trans Ladus in Kafiristan, 7-8,000 ft. North-West Himalaya. 1. -9,0 :t. Indus 



to Nepal,"chiefly in moist and shady valleys. Fl. April. May. Closely allied is 2. A. 

 punduana, Wall. [Cherimugri, Dingri, Nep.) sikkim (Hooker) "Western Duars, Khasi 

 hills, Upper Burma, Tenasserim, Siam, Tonkin. L. thinly coriaceous, leaflets nearly 

 sessile, up to r> in. long, obtusely serrulate. Panicle of scorpioid cymes on long 

 peduncles, branches of panicle (peduncle and cyme) up to I in. long. Calyx £ in., 

 1 small ami 1 broad obcordate segment. S Is 1 in. diam. 



Pometia pinnata, l-'m-st.; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng.vol.65, 111. — Syn. P- lomentosa, 

 Kurz F. Fl. i. 295; /'. eximia, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. L57. Andamans, very common. 

 Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. A middle-sized tree. I., paripinnate, leaflets 1-u pair. 

 serrate, the upper 1-12 in. long, the lowest pair small, round, resembling stipules, 

 deciduous. Fl. minute, polygamous, in long cylindrical paniculate racemes. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, pubescent, teeth 1-5, triangular, petals 1 or •">. small, without scales. 

 Disk complete, glabrous. Stamens 5 or 6, anthers small, filaments hairj . long exserted. 

 One, rarely two, oblong drupes, I I j in. long. 



•2. ALLOPHYLUS, Linn.; Fl. Brit. End, i. 673. 



Shrubs or small trees. L. simple or trifoliolate, stipules 0. PI. minute, 

 polygamous, slightly zygomorphic, in spiciform racemes. Sepals 1. in pairs. 

 the outer smaller. Petals I. with a large hairy scale at the base. Disk one- 

 sided, consisting of I rounded glands. Stamens 8, inserted inside the disk-. 

 Ovary '_'lol>ed. 2-celle.l, 1 ovule in each cell. Fr. indehiscent, of 2 distinct 

 carpels, i lotyledons plicate, no endosperm. Species 80-90, iu the tropics of all 



countries. 



1. A. Cobbe. Blume; Kurz F. Fl. i. 299 including .1. sermtus, DC. and 

 .1. apweticus, Kz. . -Syn. ScJimidelia Cobbe, DC: Wight Ic. t. 964 2 : N. 

 villosa, Wight [c, t. 101; S. Rheedii, Wight [c. t. 964.; Ornitropln serrata, 

 Eloxb. Cor. PI. t. 61. Vern. Tipani, Mar. ; Ghtaguti, Tel. 



\ tall, much branched scrambling shrub, or small tree, young si ts dens 



tomentose. L. trifoliolate, petiole 3 I in., leaflets more or less serrate, softlj 

 pubescent on both sides, paler beneath. Fl. short, white or pale-yellow, on 



