38 IX. VIOLAOE^ [Alsodeia 



2. A. zeylanica, Thwaites ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 229. 



Differs by puberulons branchletSj the leaves obscurely serrulate, stipules 

 broadly subulate and conspicuously ribbed. 



Evergreen forests, Malabar, Travaiicore, Ceylon. PL C. S. 3. A, RoxbuxgMi, Wall. 

 Silbet, Andamans, Slam. Leaves 1-1 J in. stamens exserted, antliers cohering in a cone. 

 4. A. racemosa, Hook. fil. & Tlioms. (A. longiracemosa^ Knrz, P. Fl. i. 70). Assam, Lo^\ er 

 Burma. A small tree. Leaves 3-4 in. serrate, pale beneatli, racemes slender, solitary, 

 8-5 in. long, bracts conspicuous, lanceolate, ribbed, antliers free, bearded at base. | 5. 

 A moUis, Hook. fil. & Tboms. Tenasserim. A sbrub. Slioots, young leaves and fl. 

 densely tomentose. Leaves 6-10 in., capsule densely pubescent. 



Oedee X. BIXACE^. Gen. PL i. 122. 



{Bixacece, Warburg in Engler und Prantl, iii. 6. 307, and a portion of 



FlacottrtiacecPj ibid. iii. 6a. p. 1.) 



Trees or shrubs, mth. alternate simple leaves. Stipules 0, minute or early 

 deciduous. Fl, regular, often 1-sexual, tetramerous or pentamerous. Antbers 

 2-celled, bursting by slits or pores. Disk thickened, often glandular. Ovary 

 one, generally l-celled, ovules on several parietal placentas. Seeds frequently 

 with an arillus or a pulpy testa, embryo enclosed in a fiesby, generally oily 

 albumen, cotyledons foliaceous. 



The 2 first genera, Cochlospermum (MaximlUanea^ Mart, et iSchrank) and Blxa, in 

 Engler and Prantl stand under BtXQcece, the rest under Flaeonrfiacem. 



A. Fl. bisexual, petals 4-6. 



Leaves palmately lobed or divided . . . .1. OocHLosPEUMrM, 



Leaves entire, fl. large, petals 5, contorted in bud . Bixa (p. 39). 



Leaves entire, fl. small, petals 4-6, imbricate in bud . 2. Sgox^opia. 



B* Fl. as a rule dioecious, petals 0, 



Ovary 2-6 celled 3. Flacoi-ktia. 



Ovary 1-celled 4. Xylosma. 



0. Fl. dioecious, petals with a scale or a flat pube&cent gland at the bas*\ 



Sepals connate, filaments fi-ee oo^ . . . . f 5. Gynocakdia. 

 Sepals connate, filaments united in a column, anthers 5 Ryparosa (p. 41). 

 Sepals free 5, petals 5, stamens 15, free^ filaments 



glabrous 6, HYDNocAEPUh, 



Sepals free 4, petals 8, stamens 20-32, filaments free, 

 hairy TAiiAKToaENos (p. 42). 



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



Trees or sbrubs. Leaves palmately lobed or divided. Fl. bisexuj^-, sep3,ls 5, 

 deciduous, petals 5, contorted in bud. Stamens indefinite, insertecj on a disk 

 without glg,nds, anther cells opening with a short slit at the top Cvules 

 numerous on 3-5 parietal placentas, style 1, filiform. Capsule 3-5 Yilved, 

 seeds numerous, reniform, with long w(»lly hairs. Albumen oily. Sp^ks 13, 

 1 in India, 3 in Africa, 3 in Australia, the remainder in tropical Ameri^, 



1. C. Gossypium, DO. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 171 j Kurz, F. Fl. i, 72. 

 KHmbi, GdbcU, Hind. ; Gejra^ Sahar. ; Eupii., Kol. ; Ganiar^ Gond. ; Gm 

 BML ; Gongal^ Gunglay, Gulgul, Mar. ; Kongillam, Tarn. ; Buruga, Kan7 



A soft-wooded deciduous tree, with few thick short branches. Leaves nesfc 

 the ends of branches, palmately 54obed^ 4-9 in. diam., lobes shortly acuminata 

 entire, grey-tomentose beneath, petioles 4-6 in. Fl. 4-5 in. diam., golden* 

 yellow, sepals silky, capsules pear-shaped, 3-4 in. long. 



