Oornms.] ljcxii. coENACBji. (C. B. Clarke.) 745 



Vak. Griffithii; leaves beneath with spreading hairs. —Bhotan ; Griffith, No, 

 2091. 



Sect. II. Benthainla, Lindl. (gen.) Flowers connate in dense heads 

 subtended by 4 large white bracts. 



4. C. capttata, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. i. 434 ; 

 leaves oblong or elliptic adult closely covered above with minute hairs, calyx- 

 teeth distinct reflexed. Don Prodr. 141 ; Wall. Cat. 467, PI. As. Bar. t. 214 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 253. Benthamia fragifera, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1579 ; WigU 

 111. t. \22. 



From Kuxu and 'Kdmaon to Bhotan, alt. 4000-7000 ft., not rare. 



A small tree, the tender parts densely clothed with minnte bicuspidate hairs. 

 Leoives 3^ by l^in., narrowed at both ends, hardly acuminate. , Heads hemispherical, 

 |-J in. wide ; bracts 1 by J in. Fruiting heads depressed, globose, 1 in. wide, suc- 

 culent, of numerous coalesced pericarps; endocarp about \ in., bony, ellipsoid or ob- 

 ovoid, compressed ; calyces spreading on all sides from the young fruit heads, 

 ultimately deciduous. 



Vae. khasiana; adult leaves glabrous or very nearly so. — Khasia, alt. 5000- 

 600O ft., Kalapani ; H. f. ^ T. This variety approaches C. japonica, Thumb, which 

 is closely allied but has the calyx-limb subtruncate. 



4. IdASTIXXA, Blwme. 



Trees, young parts more or less pubescent. Leaves alternate or opposite, 

 petioled, entire. Floioers hermaphrodite, 2-bracteolate, small, in terminal many- 

 flowered panicles ; bracts small or lengthened, pedicels short orO, jointed under 

 the flower. Calyx-tube campanulatfe, pubescent or silky ; limb 5-4-toothed. 

 Petals 6-4, ovate, leathery, valvate, silky. Stamens 5-4 ; anthers cordate-ob- 

 long. Ooary 1-celled ; disc fleshy ; style cylindric, simple ; ovule 1, pendulous- 

 from one side of the cell very near its summit. Drupe ellipsoid or ovoid, 

 crowned bj the calyz-teeth or a- scar ; putamen grooved down one face ; endoA 

 carp protruded inwards down one side. Seed ellipsoid ; albumen fleshy ; 

 embryo small, radicle elongate, cotyledons thin, elliptic. — Distbib. Species 8 ; 

 S. India and Malaya. 



* Leaves all alternate. 



t Bracts abmit ^ in., acute. 



1. in. tetrandra, C. B. Clarke ; bracts caducous, calyx-teeth in the 

 bud shortly triangular, stamens usually 4. Bursinopetalum tetrandrum, Wight 

 ms, ; Thwaifes Enum. 42. 



Cetlon; Thwaites. 



A large tree, foliage heavy green. Leaves 3J by 1| in., elliptic or obovate-oblong, 

 suddenly obtusely acuminate, narrowed at the base, glabrous, drying green ; petiole 

 |-| in., minutely pubescent when young. Panicle 2-3 in. diam., branches and calyx- 

 tube with close fulvous pubescence. Cah/x-teeth rarely 5. Style Jj in. Fniit 1 by 

 fin., almost cylindric, or f by ^ in. ellipsoid. 



Var. Thwaiiem; leaves If by ^-J in. obtuse turning black in drying, panicle 



and petals glabrous Ceylon ; Thwaites. Very different in general appearance from 



M. tetrandra, but Mr. Thwaites regards it as a variety. 



2. m. arborea, C B. Clarke; bracts acute persistent till after the 

 ' petals drop, calyx-teeth in the bud triangular-lanceolate, stamens 5. Bursino- 



