84 HYPERICINER. [ Cratoxylon. 
ovules in each cell. Capsule 3-valved, opening loculicidally. Seeds 
winged at upper end.—Trees or shrubs, with simple dotted leaves. 
Flowers in axillary cymes or terminal panicles, rarely solitary. 
* Petals furnished with a basal scale. 
All parts glabrous ; petals white, entire. ‘ ji ‘: - C. formosum. — 
i pals, and underside of 1 pub t ; petals lilac, fringed C. pruniflorum. 
* * Petals without basal scale, pink or crimson. 
owers in axill or cymes or solitary , . « QC. polyanthum. 
O © Flowers in terminal panicles. : 
Leaves linear-oblong, usually almost sagittate at base, chartaccous . C. neriifolium. 
Leaves more or less obovate-oblong, coriaceous i : . C. arborescens. a 
C. formosum, Bth. & H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 258.—A tree (20— 
25 + 8—15 + 1—2), leafless during HS., all parts glabrous ; leaves 
Has.—Rather rare in open places of the tropical forests of South Andaman.— 
Fl. Apr.—l.—SS. = SiS. 
cymose and arising from above the scars of the fallen leaves ; sepals 
le tawny tomentose ; petals fimbriate, with a basal scale : glands 
oblong, terete, blunt ; staminal bundles flat, rather broad towards 
the base, the filaments free from above their middle and fringing; 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the Eng and | st taba 2 
: Tenasserim ; Avi. hee Magda Gio Rey eee 
 _ Remargs.—Wood rather heavy, fibrous, but close-grained, soft. reddish- 
: M2 Tather perishable and soon attacked by xylophages. - 
3. C. polyanthum, Korth. ; Hf. Ind. FL. i. 257.— 0— 
rena (Korth. ; Hf Ind. Fl. i 257.—A tree (80- 
; + 2—4), leafless in HS., the stem fluted, all parts 
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