408 . tii. SAXIPEA6ACEJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) [Itea. 



many, axile. Capsule |-superior, corneal or elongate, many-seeded, splitting 

 through the dissepiments and the style. Seeds elongate, testa loose more or less 

 produced at each end. — Disteib. Species 6, the Himalaya, Indian Archipelago,, 

 Japan, Virginia. 



1. X. macropbylla, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 419; leaves large 

 rounded at the hase, petals closely reflezed on the pedicel between the calyx- 

 teeth, calyx-tuhe in fruit somewhat campanulate. WM. Cat. 7200 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. e ; B.f.S;T. in J<mm. Linn. Soc. ii. 77. Kurrimia ?, Wall. Cat. 7200. 



Subtropical Eastern Himalaya ; Bhotan and Sikkim, alt. 1000-4000 ft., Griffith, 

 Gamble. Khasia Mrs., alt. 2000-4000 ft., frequent. — Distkib. Java. 



A small tree. Leaves often 6 by 3 in., broadly ovate, acute, glandular-denti- 

 culate, but sometimes not larger than in I. chinensis nor more rounded at the base. 

 Sacemes 1-3 from several upper axils, usually shorter than the leaves, and like the 

 calyx-tube puberulous. Capsule J-f in. long, the bases of the carpels clearly sunk 

 below the limb of the calyx-tube ; the calyx-teeth finally wear off. 



3. X. chinensis, Sook. §■ Arn. Bot. Beeeli. Voy. 89, t. 39 ; leaves usually 

 narrowed at the base, petals erect persistent often appressed to the fruit, calyx- 

 tube in fruit turbinate or conical. H. f. ^ T. in Joum. Imn. Soc. ii. 77 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Hrnigh. 129. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4000-5000 ft., WaUich, &c.— Distbib. China, Hong Kong, 

 Formosa, &c. 



A shrub. Leaves usually 3 or 4 in., oblong, narrowed at both ends, glandular- 

 denticulate, but sometimes 6 in. by 2J in. and exactly resembling those of /. macro- 

 phylla. Eacemes 1-2 from sever^ upper axils, about as long as the leaves, and 

 like the calyx-tube puberulous. Capsule J-f in., bases of the carpels hardly sunk 

 below the calyx-tube ; calyx-teeth persistent, suberect. 



3. X. nutans, Boyle III. 226 ; petals erect subpersistent, calyx-tube in 

 fruit hemispherical hairy, racemes solitary terminal elongate much longer than 

 the leaves. H.f. ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 77; Brand. For. Fl. 213. 



GiTE-WHAi, and Kumaok, alt. 3000-5000 ft., B(yle, &c. 



A shrub. Leaves 3-5 in., eUiptic-oblong, acute, glandular-denticulate. Capsule 

 I in. long ; calyx-teeth persistent, erect 



13. POXiVOSnXA, Blume. 



Evergreen trees, branchlets petioles and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves op- 

 posite or subopposite, petioled, acuminate. Flowers in terminal racemes (in 

 some non-Indian species solitary) 3-bracteolate. Calyx-tube entirely adnate to 

 the ovary; lobes 4, small, persistent. Petals 4, epigynous, linear, valvate, 

 white yellowish or greenish expanding by recurving, fugacious, very hairy 

 within. Stamens 4, epigynous, iilaments hairy. Ovary inferior, l-ceUed ; style 

 columnar, stigma simple ; ovules numerous, ascending, on two parietal placentae 

 which project considerably into the cavity of the ovary. Fruit sub-baccate, 

 1-seeded. Seed ascending, subbasal. — Disteib. Species 6, extending from East 

 Bengal through Malaya to tropical Australia and its islands. 



1. P. fragrrans, Benn. Fl. Jav. Bar. p. 196 ; leaves entire obovate-lanceo- 

 late drying green, flowers sessile, fruits (ex Miq.) small globose rosteUate. H. 



