Ohrysopliyllum.] lxxxix. sapotaoejj. (C. B. Clarke.) 535 



Calyx-lobes 1-seriate, imbricated {see also Bassia butyracea), stamens 5-6, 



Staminodes 1. Chbtsophtlluk. 



Staminodes present, flowers sessile or panicled ...'... 2. Saecospeema. 

 Staminodes present, pedicels axillary clustered 3. Sideeoxylok. 



** Calyx-lobes 2-seriate, outer seiies valvate. 



t Ccdyx-segments 4. 



Stamens 8 (in I. diplosiemon 16) 4. Isonandra. 



Stamens 12-40, corolla lobed half way down .,-.... C. Bassia. 

 Stamens 12-24, corolla deeply lobed 7. Payena. 



tt Calyx-segments 6-8. 



Staminodes fl. Diohopsis. 



Staminodes present 8. Mimtisops. 



1. CKRYSOPHVIiIiVia, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, exstipulate. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles. 

 Calyx-lobes 5-6, subequal, imbricated. Corolla-lobes 6-6, entire, imbricate-.. 

 Stamens 5-6, attached at tbe base of the corolla-lobes ; filaments short, linear ; 

 anthers ovate ; staminodes 0. Ovary 5-6- (rarely 7-10-) celled, villous ; style 

 cylindric. Berry fleshy, globose. Seeds 6-6 (or fewer), testa coriaceous, 

 hilum elongate, albumen copious or scanty. — Species 60; tropical, mostly 

 American ; a few in Africa, Asia and Australia. 



C. Rozburg'hil, G. Bon Gen. Syst. iv. 33; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous, base cuneate, pedicels | in., filaments and style short. 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 162 ; Balz. ^ Gibs. Smth. Fl. 130 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 236 ; 

 Ku7-z For. Fl. ii. 118, and in Journ. As. Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 228. C. acuminatum, 

 Boxb. Fl. Lid. i. 599 ; Wall. Cat. 4160, not of Lamk. 



Assam ; Goalpara, Hamilton. Khasia ; Mariao, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. Siihet ; 

 Wallich. Pegu ; Kiirz. Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay. 



Attains 40-60 ft. Leaves 5 by 1 J in., parallel-sided, the acumination often sudden 

 into a short obtuse tail, shining, primary nerves very numerous and close, nearly 

 horizontal, uniting within the margin; petiole j in. Corolla-lobes i in., obtuse, 

 minutely rusty-pilose. Corolla-tube i in., filled with rusty hairs; lobes i in. 

 Anthers included, slits introrse or sublateral. Style cylindric, as long as the corolla, 

 obscurely lobed. Fruit IJ in., globose, pulpy, yellow, eaten by the Khasis, when 

 dried strongly 5-6-angled. Seeds 5-6, ^ by j- in., compressed, very hard. 



Vae. smaatrana, Miq. H. I6d. Bat. Suppl. 579 (sp.);, leaves rusty-villous on the 

 midrib beneath. — Prom the Conoan southwards and Ceylon, up to 4000 ft. alt. ; 

 Dalzell, Thwaites, &c. — Disteib; Sumatra. > 



2. SARCOSPERItXA, Hooh.f. 



Trees. Leaves subopposite, oblong, acuminate, coriaceous ; stipules caducous. 

 Flowers small, fascicled on the branches of a simple or compound panicle, 

 minutely bracteoled. Calyx-segment's 5, round, subequal, strongly imbricated. 

 Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, round, imbricated. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube; 

 filaments short ; anthers oblong, obtuse ; staminodes 6, small, oblong-linear. 

 Ovary glabrous, 2-1-celled ; style cylindric ; ovules ascending. Berry ellipsoid, 

 large, 2-1-celled, 2-1 -seeded. Testa crustaceous, hilum nearly basal, albumen 

 ; embryo fleshy. — Species 3 ; in North-east India, Birma, Hongkong. 



1. S> arboreum, Benth.in Gen. PI. ii. 656; leaves large with pits in 

 the • axils of the primary nerves beneath, panicle and calyx pubescent- 



