OoCHiosPEEsiUM,] BIXINE^. 57 



A. Roxbnrghii, Eli. j. S( T. in F. B. I. i. 186, Vareca heteroclita, 



Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i, 645. 



A small shrul). Branchlets compressed, pubescent on one side. Leaves 

 1-1| in. long, sessile, alternate, cuneate-lanceolate, obttise, crenate, 

 glabrons, pale beneath, perforate at the nerve-axils beneath ; stipules 

 subulate from a broad base. Flowers fascicled, glabrous, -^ in. in 

 diam., white. Seyals unequal, obtuse. Petals linear, tips revolute. Dish 

 10-toothed. Stamens exserted ; anthers white, cohering in a cone, base 

 of cells tomentose ; appendage oblong, obtuse, Ovary glabrous ; style 

 fili-form, pubescent. Capsule 1-few-seeded. 



Oudh (Genl. Martin). DisTRiB.: Sylhet, Andamans. 



XII.— BIXINE. 



Teees or slirubs. Leaves alternate ; stipules minute or 0. Flowers 

 Tegular, 2-sexual or dioecious. Sepals usually 4-5, imbricate, de- 

 ciduous- Petals 4-5, or 0, imbricate and contorted in bud, deciduous. 

 Stamens many. Disk thickened, often glandular. Ovary 1-celled 

 or apparently 2-8-celled ; style and stigmas free or united ; ovules 

 parietal. Fruit dry or fleshy, indehiscent or valvular ; valves bearing 

 the seeds in tte middle. Seeds ariUate, or with pulpy testa ; albumen 

 fleshy. — Species cliiefly tropical. 



To this family belongs the Chaulmugra tree {TaraMogenos Kurzii 

 King)y the seeds of which yield a valuable medicinal oil. It is found 

 in Chittagong, Sylhet, and in Lower Burma 



Flowers 2-sexual, petals large. 



Leaves palmate, seeds covered with cotton 1. Cochlospeemum. 



Leaves entire, seeds naked . . .2. Bixa. 

 Flowers dioecious, petals 0. 



Ovary apparently 2-8 celled, styles 2 or 

 more 3. Flacourtia. 



Ovary 1-celled, style 1. . . . .4. Xylosma. 



1, COCHLOSPERMUM, Kunth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 189. 



Trees or slirubs with yellow or red juice. Leaves digitately lobed 

 or divided, Flowers large, yellow, 2-sexual. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 

 large. Stamens many, on an eglandular disk ; anther-ceWs opening 

 by pores or short slits at the top. Ovary globose, almost 3-5-celled . 

 style simple ; stigma toothed ; ovules many, on 3-5 parieta' 

 placentas. Capsule 3-5-valved, endocarp membranous. Seeds cocb 

 leate, woolly ; testa hard. 



