Bucklandia. | HAMAMELIDER. : 4.45 
fragrant resin, is > yield of several —_ of Liquidambar and 
ee The of some is astringent. 
etals in hermap mack owers linear ; leaves a -  » Bucklandia. 
Petals none; leaves deciduous, glandular- -serrate ‘ - Altingia. 
BUCKLANDIA, R. Br. 
Flowers polygamous, in heads, the calyces confluent. Calyx- 
tube abit bell-shaped, adhering to the ovary, t the limb repand- 
5-lobed. Petals in hermaphrodite flowers linear-spatulate, often 
transformed into stamens, in females reduced to 4 in number an 
rudimentary. Stamens 10 to 14 (in females none), the filaments 
unequal, subulate; anthers unequally 2-valved, the connective api- 
culate. Ovary semi-inferior, 2-cleft at the summit, 2-celled, with 
6 ovules in each cell arranged in 2 rows; styles 2, recurved, “thick. 
Capsule nearly oie pain 2-valved and 2-celled, the valves 2- 
cleft, the cells up to 6-seeded. Seeds Lsinagr ( without embryo, 
the fertile ones aed upwards. Albumen thin, fleshy.—Trees, 
with alternate, simple or 3-lobed leaves. Stipules large, coriaceous, 
a Flower-heads in peduncled corymbs, 10-20-flowered. 
1. B. populnea, R. Br.—An evergreen tree (60—80+ 18—40 
+5—6), remaining stunted in higher regions, the very young 
shoots fugaceously raaty 2 are leaves broadly ovate to nearly 
cordate, truncate a e base, o on a 1-2 in. cae thick petiole, 
3-lobed, iaceous, glossy above, glabrous; stipules large, 
obleney me somewhat pruinous; flower- small, greenish, 
cealp sre in the hill worn: especially the felis ones, of the Mister 
ban hil hills, at 4,000 to 7,200 ft. elevation. —Fl. March.—s.—SS.—Metam. 
RemarKs.— Wood red-brown, ore Many; fibrous, but close-grained, rather 
hard, iocaneie soon attacked by 
ALTINGIA, Norouh. 
Males: 
calyx and corolla nine: Stamens ae imto a ee head, the 
filaments abet 5 anthers —— Females : Pee confluent, 
cad 
styles. aren opening at the summit in 2 valves, firmly ealuies 
ing a s an indurated globular many-capsuled head, Seeds 
