Gyrocarpus] XCII. HERXAXDIACE.fi 543 



generally 4, alternating with flesh}' club-shaped statninodes, anthers opening 

 by 2 lateral valves. 5 Perianth of 4 unequal segments, stigma sessile. 

 Fr. ovoid, velvety, J in. long, terminated by two wing-like oblanceolate coria- 

 ceous perianth-segments 2-3 in. long. Cotyledons convolute, stalked in the 

 seed. 



Sea coast an. I on the hills some distance inland in both Peninsulas: wood used for 

 making catamarans, toys and boxes. Fl. R. S. Throughout the tropics. 



Order XCIII. PROTEACE^. Gen. PI. iii. 165. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, 1. hard, mostly alternate, stipules 0. Fl. 

 bisexual, ]>erianth inferior, consisting of 4 segments, in bud valvately cohering 

 into a cylindrical tube, gibbous at the base, with free recurved tips. Stamens 

 4, filaments short, inserted on the perianth-seginents, anthers erect, 2-celled, 

 intrnrse. Ovary 1-celled, often oblique. Seeds few, cotyledons often unequal. 

 albumen 0. 



The mednll. rays as a rule are very broad and prominent, both on the transverse and 

 on the radial section; the vessels are scattered in narrow bands of parenchymatic 

 tissue which run at right angles to the rays, alternating with bands of hard tissue 

 consisting of wood-fibres. 



Fr. a hard indehiscent nut 1. Hklicia. 



Fr. a dehiscent follicle Grevii.lka (p. "1 1 



1. HELICIA, Lour. : Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 189. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. entire or toothed, in some sj>ecies pinnatifid. Fl. bracteo- 

 late, in pairs on short peduncles, arranged in axillary racemes Perianth 

 regular, segments at length revolute. Anthers oblong. 1 hypogvnous scales, 

 free or confluent into a cup-shaped or annular disk. Ovary sessile, ovules 2, 

 style slender, stigma terminal. Fr. a hard globose nut, seed one. Species 2<i. 

 tropica] Asia, Japan, Australia. 



A. Racemes glabrous. 



(a) L. petiolate. 



1. H. erratica, Hook f. — Syn. //. cochinchinensis, Kurz 1'. Fl. ii. 189. Vern. Daukyal 

 k;/i. Burm. Sikkiin. 2 6,000ft. Khasi hills. II il Is cf Upper Burma often associated 

 with Oaks and I Ihestnuts. Tenasserim. A small or middle-sized evergreen tree, quite 



glabrous, I. elliptic-lam late or oblanceolate, entire or coarsely serrate, blade I 9, 



narrowed into petiole j-1 in. long. PI. slender j in. in racemes 6 9 in. long, fila- 

 ments yellow, style whitish. Fr. obliquely globose, I H in. diam. J. H. nilagirica, 

 Bedd. Nilgiris, Similar to 1. :i. H. terminalis, Knrz. Kachin hills, Upper Burma. 

 Tenasserim, 1,000 ft. Yunnan. I., entire, racemes narrow, fl. | in. 1 



6 I.. sessile or nearly so. 



1. H. robusta, Wall. Syn. Rhopala robuata, Boxb. ; WightJe I 191. Issam. Khasi 

 liill- Marl iban and Tenasserim 2 1,000 ft. Vern. Daul ■ ' liunn. Malay Peninsula 

 ami Arc hi p. A small tree, perfectly glabrous, branchlete stout, I. on very short stout 

 petioles or sessile, oblong S-12 in. lot - 12 pair, 



prominent beneath. Racemes up to 12 in. long, fr. apiculate, 1 in. diam. r>. h. travail- 

 corica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 801 called //. robuata). Tinnevelli and Travancore hills 

 1,000 ft., I. coriaceous sessile, 6 in., racemes 8 in. long. fr. | in. diam. 



B. Rachis oi the racemes rusty-tomentose. 



6. H. excelsa, liliiui''. Syn. Bhopala exetlta, Etoxb. ; Wight let. 190. Vern. Daukyat, 

 Burm. Khasi hills, Chittagong. Andamans. Martaban. Tenasserim. Upper 

 Burma, bills east of Bhamo 6,500 ft. Malay Penins. Comb* lis \ moderate- 

 sized tree, 1. oorio us, glabrous, u anceolate, entire or deeply sen 



I 10, narrowed into ] --t . J-1J in. long. I.' e a> I., clothed with 



deciduous rusty-tomenti il. 1 ', in. long. fr. sn in. diam. 



7. H. pyrrhobotrya. Kurz. Sills between Sitang and Sal ween rivers, 1,000ft, Branchlets 

 stout. I. oblanceolate, sharply serrate, blade 10 12, narrow ed into i et. I in. long, rai 

 densely rusty Villous 12 in. long, rachis stout, il. 1 \\ in long. 



