TROCHISANDRA INDICA. (Nat. order Celastrinefe.) 



TfiOCHISANDRA. Bedd.— GEN. CHAR. Calyx 5 cleft, petals 5 patent, stamens 5 alternating with the petals and monadelphous in. a com- 

 plete ring rouud the base of the ovary, filaments subulate, anthers didymoua, ovary globose free 2 celled, cells 2 ovuled, ovules erect, raphe ventral, 

 micropyle inferior, styles 2 filiform, capsule coriaceous deeply 2 lobed 2 celled dehiscent, seed generally solitary by abortion erect furnished with a very 

 large thick fleshy aril, albumen sparse fleshy, embryo erect, cotyledons small ovate unequal, radicle elongate. A lofty tree, stipules very large at the apex 

 of the branches including the leaf bud, early deciduous and leaving a large scar, leaves alternate entire very coriaceous and shining penniveined, panicles 

 axillary, flowers 3inall on short pedicels. 



My only flowering specimen of this new genus has been forwxrded to Ken; and thi generic character is taken from a drawing of the 

 flower made some three years ago, and a specimen in fruit. 



XROCHISANDRA J-NDICA. (Bedd.) A lofty tree, everywhere glabrous, leaves oblong to oblongo ovate very coriaceous and 

 shining, veins very prominent on the underside scarcely acute or rounded at the apex 6-8 inches long by 2-3 broad, petioles 1-1 ^ inches 

 long, panicles axillary towards the apex of the branches about the length of the leaves many flowered, flowers small 2-3 lines in diameter, 

 capsule deeply 2 lobed, lobes oblong 1-1£ inches long, one generally abortive and smaller than the fertile one, dehiscing at maturity. 



d very liandsome tree with o, beautiful foliage, much resembling the Indian rubber tree (licus elastica) when only in foliage ; it is very 

 abundant in the dense moist forests of the Anamallays at an elevation of 3,000-4,500 feet, in which localities it is a very large tree, and 1 have 

 also observed it on the banks of the Toracadu (on the same mountains J at an elevation of nearly 6, 000 feet, but it is of smaller growth at this eleva- 

 tion; it is saidby the wttioes to yield a valuable timber ; it flowers in December and January, and ripens Us fruit in April and May. The 

 genus is nearly allied to Kurrimia (Wall). 



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