Tetraccra] II. DILLENIACEiE 5 



gradually narrows into the filament. Carpels 3-5, free^ coriaceous, dehiscent 

 when ripe. Species 24, in the tropics of both hemispheres. 



1. T. laevis, Yahl— Syn. T. Rhecdii, DC. ; Wight Ic. t. 70. 

 A glabrous climber. Leaves elliptic -oblong, entire or distantly dentate. 

 3-5 in. long, secondary nerves 6-8 pair. M. white, 1 in. diam. 



Malabar and Travancore, Ceylon. Fl. Marcli. 2. T. Assa, DC. (Chittagong, Lower 

 Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago) is similar, but has hairy bi aneliletb. 



3. DELIM A, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 31. 

 (Included under Tetracera by Grilg in Engleru. Prantl, iii. 6, 112.) 



Characters of Tetracera^ but leaves crenate-serrate and carpel solitary, 

 with 2-3 ovules. Seed solitary, with a cup-shaped, toothed arillus in a 

 coriaceous follicle. Species 2, one in South America. 



D. sarmentosa, Linn. ; Xurz, F. Fl. i. 22. 



An evergreen, large climber, with rough reddish-brown branches. Leaves 

 elliptic, blade 3-6, petiole | in. long, secondary nerves 10-20 pair, prominent 

 beneath, very rough from nnnutCj adpressed scattered stiff hairs. FL small 

 white, in large axillary and terminal panicles. 



Assam, Cachar, Chittagong, Burma. Fl. R. S.— Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 



Order III. MAGNOLIACEiE. Gen. PL i. 16. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, often aromatic. Leaves alternate, in 

 most genera with amplexicaul convolute deciduous stipules. Flowers solitary, 

 generally lax-ge and bisexual. Sepals and petals similar, arranged as a rule in 

 trimerous whorls. Stamens free, numerous, anther cells adnate to filaments. 

 Ovaries numerous, generally spirally arranged on the elongated torus. Ovules 

 attached to the ventral suture. Embryo minute, in an abundant oily 

 albumen. 



Important anatomical characters: Sacs containing resin in the parenchyma of leaves, 

 often visible as transparent dots ; wood fibres with bordered pits, the wood of Drimys 

 (South America, Australia, Borneo) consisting entirely of such fibres with bordered 

 pitSj without vessels, resembling the wood of Conifers. 



A. Shrubs or trees, stipules convolute, embracing the leaf buds. Fl. bisexual, carpels 

 in fruit on an elongated axis. 



a. Carpels dehiscing dorsally, not separating from the axis. 



Ovaries immediately over the stamens, or only separated from them by a short 

 interval ; carpels in fruit closely packed. 



Ovules 2, fruit cylindric 1. Magnolia. 



Ovules 6 or more, fruit ovoid 2. Manglietia. 



Ovaries separated by a distinct internode from stamens, 

 carpels in fruit more or less distant . . . .3. Michelia. 



I. Carpels dehiscing ventrally or indehiscent, separating 

 from the axis . 4. Talauma. 



B. Shrubs, stipules 0. FL bisexual, carpels in one whorl . Illicium (p. 9), 



0, Climbing shrubs, stipules 0. Fl. unisexual. 



Fruiting carpels in an elongated spike . . . .5. Sohizani>ka. 

 Pruitin^ carpeb in ^ glQbo^e he?^4 . . , . , Kai>sura (p. 9). 



