Cratoxylon] 



XIII. tamaeicacej: 





2. MYRICARIA, Desv. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 249. 



Fl. bisexual, pink or wMte, in long racemes. Stamens more or less united 

 in a tube. Species 10, Europe, Central Asia, China. 



1. M. germanica, Desv.; Brand. F. M. t. 8.— Syn. i/. bracteata, Eoyle 

 111. t. 44. Vern. Homhu^ Umhu, North-West Himalaya, 



A gregarious shrub. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, generally crov^ded, 

 less than I in. long. El. pink, on short pedicels, in dense cylindrical racemes 

 often 12 in. long. Bracts longer than pedicels, ovate-lanceolate, with broad 

 membranous lacerate margins, caducous. 



Abundant in the inner arid regions of the Himalaya from Iskardo to Sikkim, between 

 5,000 and 10,000 ft., occasionally to 15,000 ft. Chiefly in sandy stream beds, where it 

 often covers large areas. Fl. July, Aug. Also in Tibet, Afghanistan, western and 

 northern Asia, and on the mountains of Europe. 2. M. elegans, Eoyle; Kunawar, 

 Spiti, Lahaul, Ladak and Zanskar, often associated with M. germanica. Leaves larger, 

 oblanceolate, ii. white. 



Obdbb XIV. HYPERICACEiE. Qen. PL i, 163. 



{Hy^eHcinece.) 



(Included under GiitUferm^ Engler n, Prantl, iii 6. 205.) 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves opposite, often punctate, entire in the 

 species here described, stipules 0. FL bisexual, regular, cymose or solitary 

 sepals and petals each 5, sepals imbricate, petals contorted in bud. Stamens 

 00 in 3 or 5 bundles, anthers versatile. Ovary of 3-5 carpels, 1- or 3-5-celled, 

 styles filiform, free or united, ovules on parietal or axile placentas. Seeds 

 without albumen. 



Capsule opening loculicidally, seeds winged . . .1. Obatoxyi-on, 

 Capsule opening septicidally or at the junction of carpels, 

 seeds not winged .... ... Hypericum (p. 48). 



1. CRATOXYLON, Blume ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 257. 



M. in axillary or terminal cymose panicles, sepals persistent. Fleshy 

 hypogynous glands alternating with the staminal bundles. Ovary 3-celIecl 

 styles 3, distinct, Capsule dehisc- 

 ing loculicidally, seeds winged i^^ 

 at the upper end. Species 12 in ^^^^^ 

 tropical Asia. 



1. C. polyanthum, Korth. ; 

 Kurz, F. Fl. i. 84, 



A middle-sized glabrous tree 

 thorny, (Pierre, Fl. For. Cochin, 

 t. 50). Leafless m H. S., stem 

 fluted, heartwood dark-coloured. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, glau- 

 cous beneath, reticulate veins dis- 

 tinct. Fl. pink or bright red, 

 in 3 fid. axillary cymes, often 

 solitary, petals persistent some 

 time after flowering, hypogynous 

 glands large, nearly half the 

 length of petals. Capsule oblong, 

 considerably longer than sepals, 

 nearly twice their length. 



Pig. 19. — Oratoxylum polyanthum, Korth, J 



