418 XXX. MALPiGHiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Tristellateia. 



1. TRISTSXiIiATEXA, Thouars. 



Woody-climbers. Leaves opposite or whorled ; petiole 1-2-glandular at 

 the top ; stipules minute. Flowers yellow, in terminal or lateral racemes. 

 Calyx 5-partite, eglaadular, or with minute glands. Fetals 5-clawed. 

 iStamens 10, all perfect ; filaments rigid, truncate and articulate at the top ; 

 anthers acute. Ovary 3-lobed ; styles 1-3, slender, one or more reduced to 

 small papillae. Bipe carpeh 3, each with about 3 or more wings, the whole 

 forming a stellate fruit. Seed obovoid, testa membranous ; cotyledons fleshy, 

 hooked.— DiSTEiB. About 8 species, natives of tropical Africa, Asia, and 

 Australasia. 



1. T, australaslca, A. Eich. Sert. Astrol. 38, t. 15; Bemth. Flor. 

 AuSbral- i. 286. Platynema laurifolium, W. & A. in Edin. New PhU. 

 Joum. 1833, 179; Frodr. 107. 



Easteks Akchipelago ; Sinoapore, Serb. Wight, &o. — Distbib. Eastwards to New 

 Ireland. 



Glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in., ovate or elliptic, acute, membranouB, quite entire; petiole 

 1- or eglandular. Bacemes terminal, 4-6 in. Flowers 1 in. diam. ; pedicels opposite, 

 minutely 2-braoteolate below the middle. Petals ovate-cordate, claw slender. Pruit 

 4 in. diam. ; carpel-wings coriaceous, spreading and recurved, linear oblong, vertically 

 compressed. — Wight's specimens, stated in the Prodromus to be from Ceylon, were 

 from Sincapore. 



2. KXPTA.GE, G^ertner. 



Climbing or suberect shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, coriaceous, 

 eglandular, or with a row of remote intramarginal glands beneath : stipules 

 0. Racemes terminal or axillary, simple or compound ; peduncles erect, 

 bracteate, articulate with the 2-Dracteolate pedicels. Flowers white, frar 

 grant,, the 5th petal discoloured. Calyx 5-partite ; glands large, adnate 

 to the pedicel. Fetals 5, clawed, unequal, sUky. Stamens 10, declinate, all 

 fertile, one much the largest, filaments connate at the base. Ovary 3-lobed, 

 lobes appendiculate ; styles 1-2 circinate, the others rudimentary, stigmas 

 1 or 2. Fruit of 1-3, 2-3-winged samaras. Seed subglobose; cotyledons 

 thick, unequal. — Distrib. Four species, all tropical Asiatic. 



1. K. IHadablota, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 169, t. 116 ; branches stout, leaves 

 4-6 in. oblong or ovate-lanceolate acuminate or cordate-acumiuate, racemes 

 with densely appressed pubescence, flowers |-1 in. diam., carpels with a 

 central wing between the 2 lateral. BC. Frodr. i. 583 ; W.&A. Frodr. 107 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 1063; W^ht III. t. 50. Molina racemosa, LamJc. Diet. iv. 227; 

 Cav. Diss. ix. t. 263. Gsertnera racemosa, Rood). Cor. Fl. i. 1. 18; Fl. Ind. il 

 368. Banisteria bengalensis, Linn. B. unicapsularis, Lamk. B. tetraptera, 

 Sonnerat Toy. ii. t. 135. — Rheede Hort. Mai. vi. t. 59. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from Jamu and Sindh to Bikma, Malacca, 

 and Ceylon. — Distbib. China, Java. 



A tall climber, glabrous except the young parts and inflorescence, which are hoary 

 or appressed- tomentose. Leaves 3-6 in., coriaceous, petioled, shining above. Bacemes 

 1-6 in., axillaiy, usually forming a leafy panicle. Flower 4-J in. diam., fragrant, 

 white. Sepals obtuse. Petals twice as long, fimbriate, 5th petal yellow at the base. 

 Wings of carpels oblong,_ coriaceous, inner 1-2 in. linear-oblong, outer narrower shorter 

 fi]>ieadiiig. — G. ohtudjolia, DC, a native of China and Birma, differs chiefly iu its 

 emuller si^e. 



