Gynocardla} 



X. BIXACEiE 





coriaceous, oblong, abruptly acu-minate, quite entire, 6-10 in. long. Secondary 

 nerves 4-6 pair, prominent beneath. El. scented, pale yellow, fragrant, in 

 large fascicles on tlie trunk or a few in the leaf axils, dioecious. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, 5--tootlied.^ petals 5, with a ciliate scale at the base of each. <J : 

 Stamens oo, anthers basifixed, linear. ? : Larger, staminodes 10-15, villous, 

 ovary 1-celled, styles 5, stigma large cordate, ovules oo on5 parietal placentas. 

 Fruit globose, 3-5 in. diam.,rind thick, hard, rough. Seed obovoid, 1 in. long, 

 immersed in pulp. Cotyledons flat in oily albumen. 



Subliimalayaii tract, ascending to 4,000 ft., from Sikkim ea&twardb, Klia&i hills, 

 Oliittagong, Burma. Fl. H. S. Pulp of fruit used to poison fish. The Chaiilmugra oil 

 of commerce is supposed to be made of tlie seeds. This, liowever, is doubtful, and it is 

 supposed that they are tbe produce of Taraktogenos Kurzi% King. 



Ryparosa Kurzii, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 59 (1891), 125 ; Ann. Gard. Gale. v. 

 2 t. 154 {Ryparia ccBsia, Kurz, "F. M. i. 78). Andamans, Nicobars. A bmall evergreen 

 tree. Leaves 8-12 in., elliptic. Secondary nerves 6-8 pair, prominent beneatli, inter- 

 mediate and tertiary nerves conspicuously reticulate. Fl. small, dioecious, in axillary 

 tawny-pubescent racemes, the male attaining 12 in. Calyx globose in bud, 3-5 cleft. 

 Petals 5, imbricate, each with a large sericeous scale at the base. Filaments united 

 m a column, anthers 5, ovate, ovary witb 1-3 biovulate parietal i^lacentas. Fruit 

 globose^ 2-seeded, 



6. HYDNOCARPUS, Gaertner; M. Brit. Ind. i, 196. 



M. few 



Trees, leaves serrate or entire, stipules deciduous, 

 solitary, or fasci- 

 culate on short 

 thick woody 

 branchlets in the 

 axils of fallen 

 leaves. Sepals 5, 

 imbricate in bud. 

 Petals 5, with 

 scales at the base. 

 ^ : Stamens 5-8, 

 11 1 a m entis H'ee, 

 glabrous, an- 

 ther cells often 

 separate on a 

 broad connective. 

 2 : St amens 

 similar, but an- 

 thers without 

 pollen. Ovary 

 1-celled, ovules 

 many, on 3-6 pa- 

 rietal placentas. 

 Stigmas 3-5 ses- 

 sile, spreading, 

 lobed. Berry glo- 

 bose, crowned 

 with the persist- 

 ent stigma, rind 

 hard. Seeds 

 many, embedded 

 in pulp, albumen 

 oily. Species 

 12, tropical 

 Asia. Fia. 17.— Hydnocarpus Wightiana, Blume ? . 



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