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XLVII. SAXIFRAGACE^ 



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ing into petiole ^-1 in. Fl. pale blue, sometimes violet, in terminal eymose 

 panicles, petals 5 or 6, thick, valvate. Ovary f inferior, ovules oo on 3-5 

 parietal placentas. Berries bright dark blue. 



Himalaya, Nepal to Bhutan 4-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. Shan hills, Upper Burma. 

 China. Mountains of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Fl. B. S. 



4. POLYOSMA, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 408. 



Species 8, from the Khasi hills through the Indo-Malayan region to 

 Australia. 



P. integrifolia, Blume.— Syn. P. Wallitfu, Benn. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 444. 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, the youngest shoots tawny-pubescent, 1. nearly 



opposite, oblanceolate, en- 

 tire or distantly toothed, 

 blade 4-8, petiole A-l in. 

 Fl. greenish-white, tetra- 

 merous, in terminal pubes- 

 cent racemes, buds 

 pubescent, cylindrical, J-| 

 in. long, petals valvate often 

 cohering, stamens 4, anthers 

 linear, basifixed, filaments 

 thick, hairy. Ovary inferior 

 1-celled, ovules oo, in two 

 rows attached to two parie- 

 tal placentas, which pro- 

 trude into the cell. Fr. an 

 ovoid 1 -seeded berry h in. 

 long, crowned by the per- 

 sistent calyx-tube, embryo 

 small, at the apex of a 

 fleshy albumen. 



Assam, Khasi hills. Anda- 

 mans. Malav Peninsula. PI. 

 R. S. 



5. ITEA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. 407. 



Shrubs or trees, 1. alter- 

 nate, glabrous, dentate, 

 stipules 0. Fl. pentamerous, 

 small, white, in many-fld. 

 terminal and axillary rac- 

 emes. Calyx-tube short, ad- 

 nate to base of ovary, 

 petals valvate. Ovary 

 nearly free, 2-celled, ovules 

 oo in 2 rows along the middle 



Pig. 127. — Polyosma integrifolia. Blume. i. 



of the dissepiment (on the edges of the inflexed carpels). Capsule nearly 

 free, base only adnate to the persistent calyx, septicidally 2-valved, each 

 valve bearing one-half of the styles, the stigmas often cohering. 



1. I. macrophylla, Wall. Valleys of Sikkim, ascending to 4,000 ft. Bhutan, Khasi 

 hills. A middle-sized tree, 1. coriaceous broadly elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-8, petiole 

 i-1 in., petals reflexed on the pedicel between the calyx-teeth. Capsule with style J in- 

 long, calyx-tube turbinate in fr. 2. I. chinensis, Hook. & Am. Khasi and Naga hills. 

 China. Formosa. A shrub or small tree, 1. elliptic-oblong, acuminate, blade 3-5, 

 petiole J-J in. long. Petals erect, persistent. Capsule J in. long, almost entirely free. 



