552 XXXVII. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hiem.) [Chisochetm. 



iaceous shortly and thickly petiolulate, base oblique rather obtuse, pani- 

 cles supra-axillary pyramidal elongated more or less pubescent, flowers 

 subsessile 4-nierous, calyx obsoletely toothed very thinly pubescent, petals 

 pubescent, staminal tube appressedly pubescent 6-lobed at the apex lobes 

 oblong obtuse entire quite glabrous, anthers 6, ovary and style pubescent 

 towards the base. 



Maktaeak, at Thoungyeen, Brandis. 



A tree, glabrous in most parts. Leaves large, " very like those of Dysoxylum acumi- 

 nati8simum,"^Mrz; leaflets 6-12 by 3-4 in. ; petiolules puberulent, \ in. Parades 

 14 ft. or more ; braoteoles small, lanceolate, pubescent ; flowers 4 in. long. Style equal- 

 ling the staminal tube. 



8. C. g^randiflorus, Kurz in Jawm. As. Soc. Beng. xli. ii. 296 (1872) ; 

 leaflets 8-13i opposite or subopposite oblong or oblong-lanceolate shortly 

 acuminate glabrescent above except the nerves softly pubescent beneath 

 shortly and thickly petiolulate, panicles axillary slender densely tawny-tomen- 

 tose, flowers subsessile clustered, calyx cup-shaped obsoletely 4-toothed, 

 densely pubescent outside as well as the 4r-6 petals, glabrous inside, staminal 

 tube sparingly pubescent outside glabrous inside 6-7-lobed lobes oblong 

 truncate entire, anthers 6-7 included, capsules 3-lobed pyriform 3-valved. 

 Plagiotaxis grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 1271. Dysoxylum grandiflorum, Eoem. 

 Synops.\. 135; W. & A. Prodr. i. 123. Diplotaxis grandiflora, WaU. ex 

 Kurz Rep. 7eg. Andam. ed. iL 33. Epicharis sp. Kurz l.c. ed. L p. iv. 



Tesasserim, Gomez; S. Andaman, Kwz. 



A moderately-sized or large tree with young parts tawny velvety-tomentose or 

 pubescent. Leaflets 6-10 in. Flowers 4-| in. long, silky-tomentose, subtended by 

 a widely oblong densely tawny- pubescent calyx \ in. long. Panicles on long pe- 

 duncles. Ovary and style tawny-pubescent. Disk cup-shaped, as high as the ovary, 

 glabrous^ Capsule 1\ in. long; seeds solitary; aril complete, orange. 



tt Flowers on slender pedicels. 



9. C paniculatus, Uiern; young parts and inflorescence hispid- 

 pubescent, leaflets 7-24 opposite or subopposite elliptic ovate-oblong or 

 oblong acuminate glabrescent or hispid-pubescent on the veins beneath 

 papery-coriaceous, base obtuse oblique shortly petiolulate, panicles usually 

 about equalling or exceeding the leaves with elongated lax branches, 

 flowers pubescent or glabrate on slender pedicels, calyx obscurely 4-toothed 

 staminal tube more or less pubescent on both sides obtusely 6-8-lobed lobes 

 deeply bifid, style pubescent below. Guarea paniculata, Roicb. Hort. 

 Beng. 28; Fl. Ind. ii. 242, not qf Wall. Dysoxylum multijugum, Arn. ex 

 W. <& A. Prodr. i. 121. D. paniculatum, Am. ex Wight Ic. n. 146. Tri- 

 cMlia? longissima. Wall. Gat. n. 8069. Cupania (sp.) WaU. Cat. 8069.— 

 Wall. Cat. p. 250, n. 4884 B not A. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, Cachar, the Khasia Mts., and Tavof. 



Leaves 15-36 in. or more; leaflets 4-10 by 1^-4 in.; petiolules J-J in. Pa- 

 nicles axillary, 2-3 ft. long, ramifications hairy ; pedicels /(, \ in. long ; flowers 

 J-J in. long, 4-merouB, pale yellow ; rachis often angular. Ovary 4-celled, cells 1- 

 rarely 2-OTuled. Capsule 1-24 ™- diam., globose, base pyriform, 2-4-celled, smooth, of 

 a dark orange or red colour when ripe. — The anthers in Wight's figure are oyate instead 

 of linear. Sapiiidus imtUij'ugus, Wall. Cat. 8099, leaves only, from Taong Dong, 

 Burma, may possibly belong to this species. 



C. ? costatus, Siem ; leaflets about 10 alternate ovate-oblong acutely 

 acuminate pale olive and velvety beneath, base rounded or slightly exca- 



