544 XCIII. PROTEACEiE [Helicia 



8. A species with entire and pinnatifid 1. 10-30 in. long, segments linear-lanceolate, 

 the larger ones 12 by 2 in. from a pollard 10 ft. high, in Ponzo and Wabo forest 

 Thabyetha, Shwebo district, Upper Burma (leaves only. Smales Feb. 1902) somewhat 

 resembles H. incisa, Koorders et Valeton, of Java, but is quite different. 



Grevillea robusta, A Cunningham. Silky Oak. Indigenous in Queensland and New 

 South Wales, cultivated in Dehra Dun, the Nilgiris and elsewhere. A large tree, 

 young shoots rusty-tomentose. L. pinnate, pinnae 4—12 in. long, deeply pinnatifid, so 

 that the 1. are almost bipinnate, sometimes tripinnate. PI. orange coloured, in one- 

 sided racemes 3-4 in. long fascicled on short leafless branchlets, pedicels slender, i in. 

 long. Perianth-segments recurved to one side. Fr. an oblique coriaceous follicle, 

 g-j in. long, dehiscing on 1 side, seeds 1 or 2. 



Order XCIV. THYMELEACE.E. Gen. PI. iii. 186. 



Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs, bast tough. L. alternate or opposite, simple, 

 •quite entire. Fl. usually bisexual, perianth tubular or canipanulate, lobes 4 

 or 5, imbricate in bud. A few genera have scales alternating with the lobes, 

 regarded as petals by some Botanists, while the lower portion of the perianth 

 is regarded as a hollow receptacle or torus, on the edge of which are inserted 

 sepals and, in some cases, petals (Gilg in Engler u. Prantl, iii. 6a 216 and 

 Engler's Jahrbiicher xviii, 1894 pp. 491, 492). Stamens inserted on the inside 

 of the perianth, usually twice as many as lobes, those of the outer (upper) series 

 opposite to the lobes. Disk annular, cupular or of distinct scales, sometimes 

 wanting. Ovary superior, usually 1-celled, ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous 

 from near the apex. Fr. usually indehiscent, seed one, radicle superior. 



Bast fibres are abundant in the bark, and the wood-fibres have bordered pits. An 

 interior phloem, often accompanied by thick-walled bast-fibres, is found on the out- 

 side of the pith. 



A. Lobes of Perianth 4, stamens 8. 



L. alternate, stigma nearly sessile. . . .1. Daphne. 



L. alternate, style long, stigma linear . . . Edgeworthia (p. 545). 



L. as a rule opposite, style short, stigma large 



globose 2. Wikstrcemia 



B. Lobes of Perianth 5. 



L. mostly opposite, fl. in dense globose heads . Lasiosiphon (p. 545). 

 L. opposite or nearly so, fl. in compound cymes . 3. Linostosia. 

 L. alternate, fl. umbellate 4. Aqiularia. 



1. DAPHNE, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 193. 



Shrubs, usually evergreen, 1. alternate, mostly coriaceous. Fl. generally in 

 terminal heads, pierianth coloured, segments 4 nearly equal, spreading. 

 Anthers 8 on short filaments. Stigma capitate, subsessile. Fr. coriaceous 

 or fleshy, mostly enclosed until near maturity in the inflated perianth-tube 

 (receptacle). Testa thick, crustaceous. Species 80, Europe, N. Africa, 

 temperate Asia, Himalaya. 



A. Fl. heads sessile, bracts or early deciduous. 



1. D. oleoides, Schreber. — Syn. D. mucronata, Eoyle 111. t. 81, f. 2. ; Pipal, Bal. ; Jiko, 

 Agru, Bash. Baluchistan. Kuram valley to 11,000 ft. Himalaya as far east as the 

 Jumna, 3-9,000 ft., also in the inner arid valleys. Mediterranean region. Western 

 Asia. Afghanistan. A tall shrub, young shoots pubescent. L. subsessile, lanceolate 

 ■or linear-lanceolate, midrib prominent, terminating in a short sharp mucro. Fl. white 

 with a pink tinge, slightly scented, in terminal heads of 3-9 fl. Perianth-tube J in. 

 long, outside densely grey-tomentose, inside glabrous. Fr. orange or scarlet, J-J in. 

 long. 



2. D. cannabina, Wall.; Collett Simla Flora 435, fig. 140.— Syn. D. 

 papyracea, Wall. Vera. Satbaru, Bash. ; Satpura, N. W. Him. ; Kaghuti, 



Nep. 



A tall shrub, branches often bi- and tri-furcate, youngest shoots slightly 



