24 HTPEBiciNEiE. {Cratoxylon. 



2. CRATOXYLON, Blume. 

 (Ancistrololius, Spach.) 



Fruit a capsule, opening in 3 valves between the partitions, which remain 

 attached to the centre of the valves. Seeds terminated by a wing. — Shrubs 

 or trees. Leaves entire. 



A small genus, confined to Eastern Asia and the Archipelago. 



1. C. polyanthnm, Korth. Ferhand. Nat. Gesch. Boi. 175, i. 36. A 

 glabrous shrub. Leaves from oval-elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, entire, nar- 

 rowed at both ends or rounded at the base, 3 to 3 in. long, on very short 

 petioles. Flowers 1 to 3 together on very short axillary peduncles. Sepals 

 broad, almost orbicular, 2 to 2^ lines in the flower, lengthening afterwards to 

 3 or 4 lines. Petals pink, not twice as long. Hypogynous scales small, 

 acute. Capsule oblong, 5 or 6 lines long. — Hypericum carneum. Wall. Catal. 

 n. 4820. Jncistfolobus ligustrimis, Spach in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 3, v. 

 352. Ancistrolobus brevipes, Turczan. Bull. Mosq. 1858, 383. Elodea chi- 

 nensis, Hance in Lond. Joum. Bot. vii. 473. 



Very abundant iu the low grounds, Champion and others. Common in S. China and ex- 

 tends to the Philippines, Borneo, Tavoy, and Sumatra. I have not seen Korthals's specimens, 

 but his figure and description agree pertecfly with the Chinese plant. 



Ordee XV. GUTTIFEEiE. 



Sepals 2, 4, or 6, rarely more, imbricate in pairs. Petals 4 or more, con- 

 torted in the bud. Stamens indefinite, hypogynous, free or variously united. 

 Ovary sessile, usually several-celled, with 1 or 'more ovules in each ceU, rarely 

 reduced to a single cell and ovule. Style simple or none. Stigma broad, 

 usually with as many lobes as cells to the ovary. Fmit either a capsule 

 opening in as many valves as cells, or a berry or drupe. Seeds often arillate, 

 without albumen. Embryo thick, with minute cotyledons. — Trees or shrubs. 

 Leaves in the nOi-mal genera opposite, entire, coriaceous or thick, without 

 stipules. 



A large Order, almost entirely tropical, but common to both the New and the Old World. 



Ovary several-celled 1. Gabcinia. 



Ovary 1-celled, with 1 ovule 2. Calophtlluh. 



1. GAECINIA, Lam. 



Flowers unisexual or rarely hermaphrodite. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Males : 

 Stamens numerous. Ovary rudimentary. Females: Barren stamens 8 or 

 more. Ovary 4- to 10-celled. Ovules solitary in each cell, erect. Style 

 short. Stigma peltate. Fruit a drupe.— Trees or shrubs. Leaves with ob- 

 lique veins. Flowers usually terminal, solitary or few together, on short, 

 usually simple peduncles, or rarely in a terminal corymb. 



A genus limited to the tropical region, of the Old World, since the American species have 

 been referred to Bheedia. ' 



Flowers corymbose. Stamens united into 4 bundles .... ] g muUiilom 



Flowers solitary or few together. Stamens monadelphous . . '. . i. G. ohlongifoUa. 



