196 XIV. BixiNE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Triehadenia^ 



a TRZCKASENIA, Thwaites. 



A tall tree. Leaves long-petiuled, alternate, cariaceous. .Stipules folia^ 

 ceous, deciduous. Flowers in short axillary racemes or panicles. Calmc very 

 coriaceous. Petals 5, imbricate, with an adnate scale on each. Fl.' S ■ 

 IStamens 5 ; anthers linear. Fl. ? : .Staminodes 0. Ovary 1-celled ; styles 

 3, very short, stigmas subcapitate ; ovules solitary on 3 parietal placentas. 

 Berry spherical, 1-3-seeded. Seeds large, testa bony, albumen oily ; coty- 

 ledons foliaeeous, rugose. 



1. T. zeylanica, Thwaites in Eiook. Kew Journ. JBat. yii. 196, t. 7; 

 Enum. 19 ; leaves oblong acuminate sinuate-toothed finely pubescent on 

 the nerves beneath, racemes tomentose. 



CErLON; central province, alt. 3000 ft. Thwaites. 



A very large tree ; branohluts very stout, inflorescence and petioles tomentose. 

 Leaves 5-12 by 2-4 in., base rounded: petiole 2-3 in.; nerves teneath very strong. 

 Macemes 3-5 in. Flowers \ in diam,, pale greeu. Fruit 1 4-3 in. diam. Seed 4-J in. 

 diam. 



9. 2IVDNOCAB,F1TS, Gaertner. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, serrate or entire, transverse venules numerous ; 

 stipules deciduous. Flowers solitary or in irregular axillary fev?-flowered 

 racemes or fascicles, dioecious. Sepals 5, equal or unequal, imbricate in bud. 

 Petals 6, with a scale opposite each. Fl. ^ : Stamens 6-8 ; anthers reniform, 

 connective broad. Ovary or rudimentary. Fl. ? : Stamens as in the jj 

 but without polkn, or reduced to staminodes. Ovary 1-celled ; stigmas 

 3-6, sessile or subsessUe, spreading, dilated, lobed ; ovules many, on 3-6 pa- 

 rietal placentas. B&ny globose, rind hard, many-seeded. Seeds many, 

 imbedded in pulp, testa crustaceous, striate, albumen oily ; cotyledons very ' 

 broad, flat. — Disteib. Species about 6, tropical Asiatia 



1. K. venenata, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 288, t 60, f. 3 ; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, flowers J in. diam. racemed pentandrous, sepals 

 subequal orbicular, scales villous much smaller than the orbicular petals, 

 fruit the size of a walnut. Blume Mus. Bot. i. 15. H. inebrians, Vahl Symb. 

 iii. 100 ; BG. Prodr. i. 257 ; Thwaites Enum. 18. 



Cetloh, by banks of rivers, ascending to 2000 ft. 



A large tree ; branchlels puberulous or silky. Lecmes 5-7 by 1—2^ in., obscurely 

 serrate, coriaceous; nerves very oblique ; petiole J in., stout. Bacemes 1 in. or less, 

 densely tomentose ; buds J in. diam. Sepals rather shorter than the petals, ciliate, 

 tomentose on the back. Stamens equalling the glabrous petals. Fruit densely tomen- 

 tose. Seeds grooved, ridge.s rough. 



2. K. Wi^htiana, Blum£ Rumph. iv. 22 ; leaves elliptic- or oblong- 

 lanceolate long acuminate entire or serrate, flowers 1 in. diam. racemed 

 pentandrous, 3 inner sepals larger, petals ciliate twice as long as the ovate 

 fimbriate scales, ? flowers with imperfect stamens, fruit the size of a small 

 apple. Blums Mus. Bot. L 16 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bomh. 11. H. inebrians, 

 WaU. Gat. 6670; Wight III. i t 16; Bennett PI. Jav. Bar. 207. Mun- 



nicksia, Bennstd. Glav. Uort. Mai. — 1 Rheede Sort. Malah. i. 65, t. 36 {fruU, 

 represented as rough with large tubercles). 



VVbstekh Penihsula, from the S. Concan along the coast ranoes. 



A tall tree; twigs _ usually brnwn pubescent (rarely glabr^te) as are the raceme*. 

 Leaves 4-9 by 1 J-4 in., coriaceous or membranous, sometimes deeply obtusely serrate 



