310 LAURINER. [Hernandia. 
6-8 in. long by 44 to 6 broad, membranous, glossy above, glabrous, 
very laxly net-veined ; flowers white, rather conspicuous, forming 
lateral, peduncled, minutely puberulous corymbs ; perianth minutely 
velvety, the lobes oblong, nearly 2 lin. long; males with 3 stamens 
and 6 perianth-lobes, females with 4 large glands round the ovary, — 
and with 8 perianth-lobes, but no stamens; fruit dry, about an inch 
long, more or less distinctly 8-ribbed and umbilicate, completely 
enclosed in the inflated and enlarged, almost globular, fleshy, white 
Revolaneh of about 14 in. in diameter, terminated by a circular entire 
orifice. 
Has.—Common in the beach forests all along the coast of the Andamans.— 
FL. March-Apr.; Fr. Jan.-Feb,—SS.—Aren. Ca. 
Remarxs.—Wood so very light and takes fire so readily that it might be 
used for tinder. 
PROTEACE. 
“Upon the whole, the order must be re ed as one of the most : 
useless to man, notwithstanding the beauty of the flowers and — 
foliage of so many species. 
HELICIA, Lour. ie 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth regular, the tube slender, 
