Nyssa] 



LIX. CORXACE.E 



357 



5. NYSSA, Linn.: Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 747. 

 Species 5, one in China, 3 in eastern Xorth America. 



N. sessiliflora, Hook. til. — Syn. Daphniphyllopsis capitata, K.urz F. Fl. 

 i. 24D. Vera. Pani Tcadain, Ass. 



A large evergreen tree, 1. membranous, 

 glaucous beneath, numberless raised dots on 

 both surfaces, blade .VS. |><-t. 1 -11 in. long. 

 Fl. sessile, usually pentamerous, sometimes 

 6— 7-merous, green, many <$ and one or a 

 few ? fl., with numerous bracts, in a dense 

 globose pedunculate head, these in short 

 axillary pubescent panicles, often solitary 

 near the ends of branches. $ : calyx short 

 cup-shaped, petals imbricate, hairy, stamens 

 usually 10, inserted round a large circular 

 disk. Fr. ovoid, endocarp long, exceedingly 

 hard. 



Sikkim 5-7,000 ft. Assam (Maki'im Forest 

 D. B. A].vil ls7!ij. Ivhasi hills. Cachar. bills 

 east of Toungoo, 4-6,000 ft. Fl. April. May. 

 Perak, Snmat ra, -lava. 



Torricellia tUiaefolia, DC X.|ia 1. Sikkim 



tj-KMiim ft. A small deciduous ti branchlets 



i,. with large pith. I., alternate, when full 

 rwn glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, 

 cordate, si arplj serrate, blade 5—7, petiole 3-4 in. 

 long, sheathing. Fl. small, white, dioecious, 

 usually pentamerous, numerous in pendulous 

 panicles. J : calyx-tube shori . petals acuminate, 

 induplicate-valvate, stamens usually •">. Inserted 

 around a flat disk. ?: petal- 0, ovary inferior 

 :\ 5-celled, stigmas 8 5, sessile, cylindric. Drupe 



small purple, s 1 linear, curved, embryo minute 



in a fleshy albumen. 



Fig. 1 19. — Nj ssa sessiliflora, 



Hook. til. }. 



Helwingia himalaica, Hook. f. t\ Thorns. Sikkim 

 7-9,000 ft. Khasi hills. Manipur China. A 

 -mall shrub, I. alternate, lanceolate, sharply serr.ate, blade 3-5, pet. l in. lone;, Fl. 

 unisexual, in small few-fid. umbels, sessile on the midrib of leaf or of largi 

 Calyx truncate, petals and stamens 3 ■">, ovary 3-4-celled, styles shorl combined at base, 

 Kruit sessile, I :i on the leaf, ellipsoid, \ in. long, 2-3-celled, with furrows between 

 1 1 arpels. Embryo minute, in copious albumen. 



Oudrr LX. CAPRIFOLIACEvE. Gen. PI. ii. 1. 



Shrubs or small trees, rarely herbs. L. opposite, usually without stipules. 

 Calyx-tube adnate to ovary, umb 3 5 toothed. Corolla gainopetalous, often 

 zygomorphic, lobes ■">. inibricato in bud. Stamens usually as many as corolla 

 lolx'S. inserted in the corolla titlic. often uneciual. anthers versatile. Ovary 

 I 8-celled. Fr. a berry or drupe, rarely capsular, I- or many-seeded. Embryo 

 minute, in copious fleshy albumen. 



In -i genera the wood fibres have bordered pits. A- far as known the wood of the 



climbing si / lias a normal structure with numerous and in some s] ics 



large vessels. 



A. Corolla tubular or campannlate. Ovarj cells 1- or many-ovuled, style filiform, 

 Stamens 5, calyx 5-dentate, ovarj 2 8-celled . . .1. Lonicsba. 

 Stamens 5, calyx lobes 5, linear, ovarj 5-8-celled • '-■ Lkycestbbia. 



- imens I, calyx lobes 5, linear, ovarj 8-celled 8. Ami.iv 



