,] XIV. BixiNE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 19.5 



pubescent, ^ flowers in small branched slender pubescent few-flowered 

 panicles, sepals minute orbicular ciliate. 



Bababooden WUs in Maisob, Law, Stocks. 



A large thorny tree, twigs petioles aad inflorescence finely downy. Leaves 2-5 by 

 1-24 in., hardly coriaceous, base acute, nerves 4 or 5 on each side, the 2 lower running 

 nearly throughout the blade ; petiole J-^ in. g Panides \-l in , very slender, sparingly 

 branched ; bracts linear-oblong. Fndt very small, about J in. diam. with 4 placentas ; 

 style very distinct, stigma capitate 4-lobed. 



6. ABERXA,^ Hochst. 



Trees or shrubs, often spinous. Leaves entire or toothed, exstipulate. 

 i^fowers axillary, dioecious ; cJ-subracemose, fascicled, or umbellate, ? soli- 

 tary or fascicled. tSepals 5-8, tomentose, subvalvate. Petals 0. BiA of ? 

 glandular. Stamens numerous ; anthers short. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 2-5, 

 short, spreading, stigma notched or truncate ; ovules 2-6 on each of 2-7 pa- 

 rietal placentas. Berry globose, tomentose. Seeds pubescent or tomen- 

 tose, compressed, imbedded in pulp ; cotyledons flat, broad. — Species 5, all 

 but the following African. 



1. A. Gardner!, Clos in Ann. Sc. Fat. Ser. 4, viii. 236 ; leaves ovate 

 eUiptic or eUiptic-lanceolate acuminate entire or toothed pubescent above 

 tomentose beneath. Roumea hebecarpa, Gard. in Calc. Joitm. Nat. Hisl. 

 vii. 9 ; Thwaites Enum. 18. ' 



CEYLOif, at Condasalle, Maturatte, &c., Gardner, &c. 



A tree, 16-20 ft. ; branches pale, twigs reddish, tomentose. Leaves 2-5 by J— 2 in. ; 

 midrib and very oblique veins red, base acute or rounded; petiole' \-\ in. Flowers 

 ^ in. diam. ; ^umbelled on very short peduncles; $ solitary or few together. Fila- 

 ments equalling the lanceolate, acute sepals. Styles hairy ; stigmas' fimbriate. Fruit 

 1 in. diam. — The name of heiecarpa was not adopted by Clos, because all the species 

 of Aberia have pubescent fruit. 



7. GVITOCARDXA, B. Er. 



A perfectly glabrous tree. Leaves quite entire. Mowers axillary or trun- 

 cal, fascicled, dioecious. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed or bursting irre- 

 gularly. Petals 5, with a eiUate scale opposite each. Fl. ^ : Stamens 

 many; anthers basifixed, linear. Ova^ry 0. Fl. $ : Staminodes 10-15, 

 villous. Ovary globose, 1-celled ; styles 5, stigmas large cordate ; ovules 

 many, on 5 parietal placentas. Berry subglobose, rind thick, hard, rough. 

 Seeds obovoid, immersed in pulp, testa thick ; albumen oily ; cotyledons 

 flat, subreniform, radicle ovoid. 



1. C odorata, R. Br. in Boxb. Cor. PL 95, t. 299 ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves oblong or linear oblong abruptly acuminate shining above. Bennett 

 PI. Jav. Bar. 207. Chaulmoogra odorata, EcoA. Fl. Ind. iii, 835. Chil- 

 moria dodecandra, Hamilt. in Trans. Linn.- Sac. xiii. 500. 



From SiKKiM and the Khasia hills eastwards to Chittagonq, Eanooon, and 

 Tenasseeim. 



Branches slender, flexuous. Leaves bifarious, largest 6-10 by 3-4 in.,^ smallest 4-6 

 by lJ-2 in., coriaceous, strongly reticulate beneath; petiole ^-1 in. Flowers sweet 

 scented, yellowish in very large fascicles on the trunk, solitary or few together in the 

 leaf axils, very variable in size, J-2 in. diam., the females largest ; peduncles 1-3 in. 

 bracts basal, minute. Calyx coriaceous. Filaments woolly. Fruit 3-5 in. diam. 

 Seeds 1 in. long. 



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