﻿81' S. Kurz — Cojifrihufions toivards a Knoivledge [No. 2, 



Hypericum, L. 



Conspectus of species. 



* Shrubs with large flowers. Ovary 5 -celled. Capsules 5-valvcd. 



Stems terete or nearly so; styles 5, free, shorter than the ovary, . H. LescJienavMii. 



* * Herbs with small flowers. Ovary 3-celled. Capsules 3-valved. 



Stems terete; sepals glandular-ciliate, ... ... ...H. elodeoides, 



* * * Herbs. Ovary 1-celled. Flowers small. 



Stems 4-angular ; sepals entire, ... ... ... ...H. Japonicum. 



1. H. Leschei^aultii, Chois in DC. Prod. I. 542 ; Deless. Icon. 

 Select. III. 17. t. 27. {H. triflorum, Bl. Bydr. 112 ; H. ohlongifolkm, 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4919 ; R. Hookerianum, WA. Prod. I. 99 j Wight Ic. 

 t. 919 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 254). 



Hab. Martaban, on and near the top of Nattoung, along the borders 

 of the stunted hill forests, at 7000-7200 ft. elevation. Fr. March. 



2. H. ELODEOiDES, Ohois in DC. Prod. I. 551 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 255. 

 {R. sp. Griff. Not. Dicot. 5G9. t. 605. f. I.) 



Hab. Ava, (Griff.) Khakyen hills, Ponsee (J. Anderson). Fl. Aug. 

 and March. 



3. H. Japonicum, Thbg. Fl. Jap. 195. t. 31 ; Eoyle 111. Him. PI. 

 t. 24. f. 2 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 256. 



Hab. Ava, Khakyen hills (J. Anderson) ; Martaban, Yoonzeleen, at 

 2500 ft. elevation (Brandis) ; Tenasserim (Helf. 837). Fl. March. 



Cratoxylon, Bl. 



Conspectus of species. 



Suhg. 1. Tridesmis, Spach. Petals furnished at base with a scale. 



All parts glabrous, ... ... ... ... ...C.formosum. 



Leaves beneath, pedicels and sepals pubescent, ... ... C. pruniflorum. 



Suhg. 2. Ancistrolohus, Spach. Petals without a basal scale. 



* Flowers in axillary poor cymes or solitary. 



Leaves thin chartaceous, acute or blunt; hypogynous glands present or absent, 



. . . C. polyanthum. 



* * Flowers in terminal panicles. 



Leaves linear-oblong, usually almost sagittate-produced at base, chartaceous, C.werwz/bZzMW. 

 Leaves more or less obovate-oblong, coriaceous, ... ... -..C. arhorescens. 



1. C. EORMOSUM, Bth. and Hf. Gen. PI. I. 166 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 

 258. {Tridesmis formosa, Korth. in Verh. Nat Gesch. Bot. 179. t. 37.) 



Hab. Rare in the tropical forests of South Andaman. Fl. May. 



2. C. PRUNIFLORUM, Kurz MS. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 293. 

 {Tridesmis pruniflora, Kurz 1. c. ; Elodea pruniflora (errore prunifolid) 

 Wall. Cat. 7276 ; C. prunifolium, Dyer in Hf. Ind. Fl. 258). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the Eng forests of Martaban ; Ava, on 

 Taong dong ; Tenasserim, Moulmein. Fl. Apr. May. 



