306 ^ FLORA OF MANILA 



6. GUIOA Cavanilles 



Shrubs or trees with! alternate pinnate leaves; leaflets not exceeding IQ, 

 entire, mostly abruptly pinnate, opposite, subopposite, or alternate. Pani- 

 fles axillary and subterminal, ample, many-flowered. Flowers nearly reg- 

 ular, polygamo-dioecious. ^epals 4 or 5, free or somewhat united at the base, 

 rounded, concave, imbricate, in two rows. Petals as many as the sepals, 

 with 2 scales at the base inside. Disk annular, entire or interrupted. 

 Stamens 8, inserted within the disk. Ovary 3-&ngled, 3-celled, obovoid to 

 obcordate; ovules aolvtaxy. Fruit capsular, obovoid, 3-celled, 3-winged, 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds more or less compressed, arillate. (In honor 

 of J. Guio y Sanchez an artist on the Malaspina Expedition.) 



Species about 35, India to southern China, southward to Australia and 

 Polynesia, 10 in the Philippines. 



1. G. perrottetii (Blume) Radlk.. Salab (Tag.). 



A small tree 5 to 10 m high, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 14 to 

 25 cm long, alternate. Leaflets 4 to 8, subaltemate, lanceolate, to oblong- 

 lanceolate, straight or somewhat falcate, 6 to 12 cm long, apex somewhat 

 acuminate. Inflorescence axillary, paniculate, 7 to 12 cm long, the flowers 

 numerous, subracemosely disposed^ on the elongated branches. Flowers 

 white, about 5 mm in diameter, sepals and petals ciliate on the margins. 

 Capsules red, stipitate, broadly obovate, apex retuse, about 1.6 cm wide, 

 consisting of three spreading, rounded lobes. 



In thickets Masambong, fl. Dec-Jan.; widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. Endemic. 



6. ARYTEpA Blume 



Shrubs or trees with alternate pinnate leaves, the leaflets, few, entire, 

 the axils of the nerves beneath usually glandular. Panicles axillary and 

 terminal, many-flowered. Flowers small. Petals 5, usually with two scales 

 at the base inside. Disk annular. Stamens 8, exserted. Ovary 2- or 3- 

 celled, usually lobed. Capsules dehiscent, of 1 to 3 ellipsoid lobes, or 

 angled. Seeds entirely or nearly sorrounded by the .aril. (Greek "a small 

 bowl.") 



Species about 20, India to China, southward to Australia and Polynesia, 

 2 or 3 in the Philippines. 



1. A. Iltoralls Blume. Alasan (Tag.). 



A shrub or tree, 4 to 10 m high, glabrous except the younger parts and 

 inflorescence. Leaves 20 to 30 cm long; leaflets 3 to 6, subopposite or 

 alternate; oblong-ovate io broadly lanceolate, entire, acuminate, base acute, 

 8 to 18 cm long, with prominent glands in the axils on the lower surface. 

 Panicles a:dllary and terminal, rusty-pubescent, 10 to 14 cm long, many* 

 flowered. Flowers yellowish-white, somewhat fragrant, 2 to 3 mm in 

 diameter. Capsule usually of 2, sometimes only 1, orange-yellow, ellip- 

 soid to oblong lobes about 1.5 cm long, ultimately splitting down one side; 

 seed nearly covered by the aril. 



In dry thickets opposite Guadalupe, fl. Apr.; widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. India to China, southward to Malaya. 



80. BALSAMINACEAE (Balsam or Camantigui Family) 



Erect, succulent, more or less branched herbs. Leaves opposite, alter- 

 nate, or somewhat whorled, simple, exstipulate. Flowers irreg^ular, per- 



