546 XCIV. THYHELjEACEjE [Linostoma 



B. Climbing ; branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence rusty tomentose. 



3. L. scandens, Kurz (including L. siamense, Kurz). Eng forests, Pronae (Kurz). 

 Shan hills 2,000 ft. Malay Peninsula. L. elliptic, blade 3-4, pet. J in. long, sec. n. 

 15-25 jjair, tertiary n. parallel. Fl. in large compound cymes, bracts conspicuous. 

 Fr. §-^ in. long, at the base with the remains of the split perianth. 



4. AQUILARIA, Lamk. ; El. Brit. Ind. v. 199. 



Trees, 1. alternate, Fl. in axillary or terminal umbels, bracts 0. Perianth 

 campanulate, 10 densely woolly scales in tlie mouth, lobes 5, triangular. 

 Stamens 10, disk 0. Ovary villous 2-celled. Capsule compressed, loculicidally 

 2-valved. Seeds ovoid, with a long tail-like appendage, albumen 0. Species 

 4, 1 in China, 1 in Cambodia. 



1. A. Agallocha, Boxb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. 199, t. 21 ; Eoyle 111. t. 36, f . 1. Vera. 

 Aggar, Beng. ; Sasi, Ass. ; Akyaw, Burm. Assam. Silhet. Cachar. Hills east of 

 Toungoo (Kurz). Mergui. A tall evergreen tree, young shoots silky. L. thinly coria- 

 ceous, shining, caudate-acuminate, sec. n. slender, with co parallel intermediate nerves. 

 Fl. white, in many-fid. sessile or shortly peduncled silky umbels, pedicels slender J in. 

 long. Perianth J in. long, silky without, densely villous within. Fr. thinly velvety 

 1J-2 in. long, obovoid, thinly coriaceous. In the wood of the stem and larger branches 

 are frequently found irregular masses of harder and dark coloured, highly scented 

 wood (the Eagle wood of commerce) used as incense, commanding a high price. The 

 bast, when 23repaced, resembles parchment and was used by the old kings of Assam to 

 write upon. 2. A. malaccensis, Lamk. Tenasserim ('?). Malay Peninsula and Archip. 

 Similar to 1 but fl. smaller, lobes of perianth reflexed, -^ in. long. Capsule glabrous 

 obovate, 1J in. long, valves thick, woody. This also yields scented wood (Garti, Malay). 



Order XCV. ELtEAGNACE^E. Gen. PI. iii. 203. 



Shrubs or trees, often spinescent, with copious silvery or brown stellate 

 scales, sometimes with stellate hairs. L. (in the Indian genera) alternate, 

 quite entire, stipules 0. PI. bisexual or polygamous. Ovary 1-celled, ovule 

 1. Er. indehiscent, entirely enclosed within the lower part of the perianth, 

 which is fleshy when the seed ripens. Embryo straight, axile, radicle inferior, 

 albumen scanty or 0. 



Fl. solitary or fascicled, perianth-limb campanulate, usually 4-fid. 1. El^agnds. 

 Fl. in bracteate spikes, perianth 6* of 2 sepals, $ 2-fid. . . .2. Hifpophae. 



1. ELiEAGNUS, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 201. 



Fl. $ and bisexual, pedicellate, solitary or in axillary fascicles. Base of 

 perianth (hollow receptacle) closely enveloping the ovary, limb 4- sometimes 6- 

 lobed, deciduous. Stamens alternating with the perianth-lobes. Fr. a fleshy 

 drupe. Species 12, northern hemisphere. 



A. Endocarp hard, bony. 



1. E. hortensis, M. Bieb. — Syn. E. angustifolia, Linn.; E. oriental it, 

 Linn, (in part), Vern. Sanzi, Bal. ; Sinjit, Sanjit, Pushtu ; Sirsing, Tibet. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, the annual rings in the wood marked by a 

 broad band of vessels, branchlets and 1. silvery-grey, branches glabrous, 

 shining, reddish-brown. L. lanceolate, often ovate on young trees and vigorous 

 shoots, blade 1-3, pet. \ in. long, underside covered entirely by circular scales 

 composed of radiating cells, upperside dull greyish-green, scales scattered. 

 Fl. fragrant, usually bisexual, 1-3 together, often appearing before the 1., the 

 flowering branchlets having the appearance of racemes. Perianth silvery 

 outside, glabrous and yellow within, the upper free portion campanulate. Er. 

 ovoid-oblong, -f in. long, sometimes smaller and globose, red, sweet and mealy 

 when ripe. 



