60 BIXINE^, [Xylosma. 



4. XYLOSMA, Forst.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 194. 



Characters of Flacourtia, but ovary 1-celled, with 2 rarely 3-& 

 few-ovuled parietal pla'^entas. Style 1, very short ; stigma capitate. 

 Berry globose, 2-8-seeded. 



X. longifolium, Clos. in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ber. IV, viii. 230 ; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 19, t. iv ; F. B. I. i. 194 ; Watt E. D. Vern. Kattdri (Dehra Dun)^ 

 hattdwa (Oudh). 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, with rather long and slender branches 

 Leaves 4-9 in, long, alternate, short-petioled, oblong-lanceolate, obtusely 

 serrate, coriaceous, shining ; nerves 8-12 pairs. Flowers dioecious, 

 small, yellow, in short axillary compact panicles. Bracts ovate, acumi- 

 nate. Stamens many, exserted, twice the length of the sepals, inserted 

 inside the red annular disk. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Distbib.: Himalaya, from Hazara to 

 Kumaon, up to 5,000 ft. ; also in Chota Nagpur and Assam. The flowers,, 

 which appear in the cold season, are very attractive to bees. 



XIII.— PITTOSPORE-^. 



Teees, or erect rarely climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate or sub - 

 veiticillate, exstipulate, entire, i'lowers usually hermaphrodite, 

 terminal or axillary. Sepals 6, imbricate. Petals 5, hypogynous. 

 imbricate. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals; anthers versatile. 

 Owctr^ 1-celled, with 2-5 parietal placentas or 2-5-celled by the pro- 

 jection of the placentas ; style simple ; stigma terminal, 2-5-loDed ; 

 ovules many, parietal or axile. Fruit capsular or indehiscent. Seeds 

 usually many ; albumen copious. 



PITTOSPORUM, Banks ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 198. 



Erect trees or shrubs. Sepals free or connate below. Petals 

 erect, connivent or connate at the base. Stamens erect ; anthers 2- 

 celled, introrse, bursting by slits. Ovary incompletely 2-3-celled, 

 Fruit a 1-celled woody usually 2-valved capsule ; valves placenti- 

 feious in the middle. Seeds smooth, imbedded in pulp. 



Young branches, leaves and capsule glabrous . 1. P. fioriTcundum. 

 Young branches, leaves and capsule tomentose . 2. P. eriocarpum. 



1. P. floribundum. W. ^ A. Prod. 154 ; Boyle Bl. 77 ; D. Sf O. Bomb. 

 Fl. 44 ; F. B. I. i. 199 ; Brand. For. Fh 19 ; Watt E. D. Celastrua verti- 

 cillata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 624. 



