155 



below : segments of the male calyx suborbicular, brown, densely 

 glandular-striolate, at lengtb reflexed. — B. Cumingiana, Decaime 

 in Jacq. vo^.p. 153. — B. Eoeperiana, Baill. Mud. t. 26. figs. 25 — 

 32. — Stylodiscus trifoliatus, Benn, in Horsf. Plant. Jav. Bar. 

 p. 133. t. 29. — Mieroelus Eoeperianiis, W. and A. in JEdin. New 

 Phil. Journ. 14.^. 298. — Wight's Icon. t. 1880. — Andrachne tri- 

 foliata, Roccl.flor. Ind. 111. p. 728. 



Neilgherries. Chittagong. Hurdwar. Plowering in Feb- 

 ruary. 



Var. I. OBLONGiroMA. — Leaflets narrow-acute at the base, 

 elliptic-obovate. 



Malabar. 



Var. c. iiANOEOLATA. — Leaflets narrowed at the base, ovate- 

 lanceolate. — B. trifoliata, SooJcer Icon. t. 844. 



Near Bombay. 



GENFS XIV. CYCLOSTEMON. 

 Dioecia Polyandria. Sex: Syst; 



Deriv. Prom KuMos, a circle, and Stemon, a stamen. 



Gen. Chae. Segments of the calyx imbricated : petals none : 

 stamens inserted round an intrastaminal disc : anthers 2-cleft : 

 cells connate lengthways : cells of the ovary 2-ovuled : fruit inde- 

 hiscent : seeds compressed, ecarunculate : radicle shorter than the 

 cotyledons. — Trees • leaves alternate, simple, entire or toothed, 

 stifiish or coriaceous, with two deciduous stipules : leaves unequal- 

 sided at the base : flowers dioecious, more or less numerously fas- 

 cicled : calyx of either sex 4 — 5-parted, two outer segments a little 

 larger than the rest : disc concave, thin : stamens 4 — 40 : fila- 

 ments free, erect : anthers oblong-ovoid or ellipsoid ; connectivum 

 not lengthened out : ovary 4 — 2-celled, 4 — 2-furrowed : styles 

 entire, connate at the base, containing broadly triangular-ovate 

 subsessile stigmas, sometimes narrow, sublinear and elongated: 

 fruit more or less fleshy, 4— 2-coccous, somewhat crustaceous, by 

 abortion 4— 1-seeded. 



(1) C. Indiotts. (Mailer.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. in Linnsea v. 32. p. 81. — Dec. prod. XV. 

 3. 2. p. 481. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, long cuspidate- 

 acuminate, narrow acute at the base, glabrous : flowers longish- 

 pedicelled : pedicels and male calyces glabrous, females silky- 

 pubescent : segments of the male calyx ciliated at the margin: 

 anthers 6 — 4 r central disc thick, undulated, hypogynous, sub- 

 lobate: ovary silky: styles slender, peltiform, dilated at the 

 top. 



Khasia. Malabar and Concan. 



