124 MALFiaHIACEJE, [Hiptagf- 



XXV.-MALPIGHIACE^. 



Teees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves (in the Indian genera) 

 opposite, entire ; stipules small or 0. Inflorescence axillary or termi- 

 nal ; pedicels jointed, usually 2-bracteolate. Flowers usually white 

 or yellow, bermapbrodite, regular or irregular. Calyx usually 5- 

 partite ; segments imbricate or valvate, 1 or more (not all) fur- 

 nished wifcb a large gland (eglandular in Asp%dopterys\ Petals h> 

 clawed or not ; fimbriate, imbricate. Bisk obscure. Stamens 10; 

 hypogynous or sub-perigynous, equal or not ; filaments free or con- 

 nate below ; anthers 2-lobed. Ovary 3-celled ; styles 1-3, straight or 

 circinnate ; stigmas capitate or punctif orm or lateral ; ovules solitary 

 in each cell. Fruit (of Asiatic genera) of one or more winged samaras. 

 Seed exalbuminous. Largely represented in South America, less so>' 

 in Africa and Asia. 



Style 1 ; calycine gland large, adnata to the 



pedicel, petals unequal . . .1. HiPTAaE 



Styles 3, calycine glands 0, petals equal. . 2. Aspidopterts. 



1. HIPTAGE, Gaertn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 418. 



Climbing or suberect herbs. Leaves opposite, coriaceous \ stipules 

 0. Bacemes terminal or axillary, simple or compound ; Peduncles 

 erect, bracteate, jointed on the 2-bracteolate pedicels. Flowers white, 

 fragrant, the 5th petal discoloured. Calyx 5 -partite. Gland large. 

 Petals 5, clawed, unequal, silky. Stamens 10, all fertile, declinate, one 

 larger than the rest ; filaments connate at the base. Ovary 3-lobed,. 

 lobes appendiculate ; ovules 1 in each cell ; styles 1-2, circinnate. 

 Fruit of 1-3 dry indehiscent winged 1-seeded nuts. Seed subglobose. 

 — Species about 8, inhabiting Trop. Asia. 



H. Madablota, Goertn. Fruct. ii, 169, t. 116 ; W, ^ A. Prod. 107 ; Boyle 

 m. 134; F.B.Li, 418; Watt F.I). Gsertnera racemosa, Boxb.i Fl. Ind. 

 »t, 368. Vern. Madhmalti, aneta (Dehra Dun). 



A large handsome woody evergreen' climber, young parts and inflorescence 

 silky. Leaves 3-6 in. long, oblong or ovate-lanceolate or acuminate, coria-' 

 ceous, glabrous, shining above ; petiole about ^ in. Racemes axillary, 

 usually forming a leafy panicle, silky- pubescent. Flowers aihout f in. 

 across, fragrant. 8epals obtuse. Petals twice as long, fimbriate, the 5th 

 one yellow at the base. Wings of carpels oblong, coriaceous; inner 1-2 

 in., lanceolate-oblong ; outer narrower and shorter, spreading. 



Bavines and damp places in Dehra Dun, Eohilkhand and Oudh ; often 

 climbing on sal trees. Distrib. : Throughout the hotter parts of India j 



