426 Lv. HAMAMELiDEa;. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Parrottia^ 



A. Ovules solitary in each cell. 



• Petals 0. 



Ovary half -inferior. Leaves deciduous. Stamens 5-7 ... 1. Paehottia. 



Ovary superior. Plowers separate, not in heads 2. DistyIiIUm. 



Ovary half-inferior. Leaves persistent. Stamens 8 . . . . 3. Stcopsis. 



** Petah present. 



Petals obovate-spathulate. Anthers blunt. Leaves deciduous. 4. Cobtlopsis. 

 Petals 4, linear. Connective horned. Leaves persistent . . 5. LosopETALTjBr. 

 Petals 5, Unear. Calyx-tube circumscissile. Leaves persistent 6. MAmeAYA. 



B. Oviiles several in each cell. 



Male flowers with a perianth. Leaves cordate-ovate, entire . 7. Bucillandia. 

 Male flowers without a perianth. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 



serrate 8. Ai,TiNeiA. 



1. FARROTTIA, C. A. Mey. 



Large branching shrubs. Leaves alternate, orbicular or oblong, crenate, 

 deciduous ; stipules large, early deciduous. Flowers hermaphrodite, appearing 

 before the leaves, in capitate heads surrounded by large membranous bracts. 

 Calyx half-adherent to the ovary ; limb 5-7-fid. Petals 0. Stamens equal ia 

 number and opposite to the calyx-lobes, perigynous ; anthers dehiscing by a 

 longitudinal slit. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, soon divaricate, with simple stigmas ; 

 ovules solitary in each ceU, pendulous. Capsule woody ; endocajp homy, 

 separating from the exocarp. Seed narrowly ellipsoid, testa shining strami- 

 neous or scarcely brown. — Dibteib. Species 2, one in Kashmir, one in Persia. 



1. P. Jacquemontlana, Done, in Jacq. Toy. Sot. t. 82 ; anthers less 

 than ^ in. long subquadrate, ovary and fruit with long woolly pubescence. S. 

 f. Sr T. in Jowm. Lmn. Soc. ii. 85 ; Brandis For. Fl. p. 216, t. xxviii. Fother- 

 gilla involucrata, Fale. in Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 18 {without description). 



Kashmie, alt. 5000-9000 ft. ; common. 



A gregarious bush 6-12 ft. high, closely resembling a hazel ; twigs and leaves, 

 beneath with stellate pubescence. Leaves 2-3 in. diam., blunt, petiole | in. long. 

 Flowers small, involucral bracts obovate | in. long. Co/ya'-segments narrow, oblong 

 or linear. Fruit in harsh spherical heads 1-1^ in. diam. 



2. DXSTYXiXVia, Sieh. ^ Zimc. 



Small trees. Xeoae* alternate, persistent, coriaceous, entire, oblong-lanceolate •, 

 stipules lanceolate, early deciduous. Flowers small, in short upright axillary 

 spjies, polygamous, not congested. Calyx free, deeply 3-5-fid, imbricate ; some- 

 times wanting. Petals 0. Stamens 2-8, hypogynous ; anthers dehiscing by a 

 lonjgitudinal slit. Ovary superior, 2-celled ; styles 2, soon distant at base, with 

 capitate stigmas ; ovule solitary in each cell, attached near the upper inner angle. 

 Capsule woody ; endocarp horny, separating from the exocarp. Seed narrowly 

 ellipsoid, testa shining, stramineous. — Disteib. Species 2 ; one in Khasia, ona 

 in China and Japan. 



