Eypericum.] xxii. HYPERiciXEiE. (W. T. Thiseltoui Dyer.) 257 



dose often few-flowered, sepals with one prominent nerve. H. foetidum, 

 H.f. i;T.ms. 



. Khasia Mt3., alt 5-6000 ft, Lobb, &te.— Disteib. S. Africa, Lower Guinea. ' 



Annual. Smell remarkably foetid, like bad orange-peel. Stems 6-18 in., slender, 

 simple, tufted. Leaves 4 in., or less, rather thick, faintly pellucid-punctate. Sepcdt 

 elliplic-oblong. Styles 4 the length of the ovary. — ^Probably a variety oi H. ja^onwrnrl, 

 but identical with the African plant. 



Sect. IV. Elodeineae, Spach. Stamens definite (9), cohering for \ their 

 length into 3 bundles separated by (entire) hypogynous scales. 



19. K. breviflorum, Wall.. Cat. 4876 ; stems usually simple cylindrio 

 lower I bare, flowers in 1-3 short axillary cymes. 



Khasia Mia., alt. 5000 ft. ; Silhet, Wallich. 



Stems 14 ft. Leaves: narrow elliptic, black-dotted beneath. FhweH white. Sepals 

 very short, ovate-linear^ obtuse. Anthers vesicnlar-apioulate. Styles | the length of 

 the ovary, recurved. Capsule J in., ovoid.— The allied M. j^tiolatum, Walt, of N. 

 America and Japan baa eylindric ci^ules. 



3. CRATOXVIiONr Blnmei 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves entire, usually papery. Infloreseemce asillary or, 

 terminal, cymose. Sepals and petals each 5. Stetmens 3- or 5-adelphous, with 

 fleshy hypogynous glands alternating with the bundles. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 styles distinct ; OTules 4-qo in each cell. Gapsule S^valved. — Disteib. Tro- 

 pical Asia ; species about 12. 



Sect. I. Anclstrolobus, Spach. J'eto^s subpersistent, inappendiculate. 

 Stamens 3-adelphous, hypogynous ; glands more or less cucullate. 



1. C. polyanthum, Korth. Verhand. Nat. Geseh. Bot. 175, t. 36 ; leaves 

 elliptic to oblong, cymes 1-3-flowered axillary or slightly supra-axHlary, 

 petals glandular-veined. 



BiBMA and the Eastern PENiNSDiiA. — Distbib. China (C. liflorum),, Philippines, 

 Borneo. 



A glabrous aromatic shrub, with compressed branehlets. Jjeaves' 1-4' in., pellucid- 

 punctate and black-dotted beneath. Flowers J in. diam., pink. Sepats- j in. long, 

 J in, when in fruit, elliptic, obtuse. Hypogynous glands sometimes obsolete. Capsule 

 |-J in. long, exceeding the sepals. Seeds 3, J in. long, with an oblique unilateral 

 wing. 



Vae. 1. lAgvMrinvm, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 16(bp0; leaves narrowed at both encfa 

 acute. C. lanceolatum, Miq. M. Ned. Ind. Supp. i. 500. Ancistrolobus ligustrinus, 

 S^acii, Suit. Buff. v. 361. A. brevipes, Turcz. Bwll. Mosc. 1858, i. 383. Hypericum 

 pulchellum. Wall. Cat. 4821. Pegu, Malacca, S. Andamans, Kwz. 



Vae. 2. Wightii, Bl. I.e. 18 (sp.). Leaves broadly oval mostly obtuse. Ancistrolobus, 

 sp, Wight Itt. i. 111. Hypericum horridum. Wall. Cat. 4822. Elodea,. sp.. Griff. 

 Sbtul. iv. 569. Tenaaserim, Mergui, Chriffithi Tavoy,, Wallich. 



2. C. nerilfolium, Kurzin Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1872, pt. ii. 293 j 

 leaves narrow-oblong sessile, cymes 3-flowered in a short terminal panicle 

 Hypericum neriifolium, Wall. Cat. 4824. 



BiKMAH, Teiyet, Griffith; Pegu, Prome bills, Wallich; CaiTTAeona, S. f. d: T. 



A shrub, 10 ft. Leaves 3-6 in., by f-l^ in., slightly cordate, tapering to the apex. 

 Panicle 3 in. Hypogynous glands with the reflexed margin muoronate. Gapsule | in., 

 hardly exceeding the ojdyx. — Agrees otherwise with C. polyanthvm and closely allied 



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