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ovules many in each, cell, pendulous. Fniit 1 in. diam., crowned by the large 

 persistent sepals, seed cylindric, testa woody, inner integument thin but 

 tough, embryo horseshoe-shaped, albumen 0. 



Manipur. Common in the Eng forests of the plains and hills in Upper and Lower 

 Bnrma. Fl. Jannary- April. Also Malay Peninsula , Cocliinchnia, and the Philippines. 

 I follow Pierre in regarding A. monficola, Knrz, F. PI. i. 98, as belonging to thi^ 

 species. 



6. PYRENARIA, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 289. 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, styles 5, free, or partially united. Ovary 5-celled, 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy-coriaceous, seeds oblong, 

 stout, without a wing, testa woody, albumen 0. Species 7, Malay Peninsula 

 and Indian Archipelago. 



1. P. barringtoniaefolia, Seem. — Syn. Ensynaxis barringtonifolia^ 

 Griffith, Notul^ iv. 560, Ic. PL As. t. 603 iii. 



A scrambling shrub. Leaves 8-10 in., glabrous, obovate from a cuneate base, 

 abruptly acuminate, strongly serrate, secondary nerves 8-10 paii'S, joined at 

 a distance from the edge by intramarginal veins. Fl. yellowish white, 1| in. 

 diam., almost sessile, supported by coriaceous erose-crenate bracts, which 

 gradually pass into sepals, bracts and sepals tomentose outside. Styles dis- 

 tinct. 



Garo hills. Upper Assam. PI H. S 2. P. cameUiffiflora, Kurz, hills of Lower 

 Burma. Branohlets pnbescent. Leaves 5-7 in., yellowisli green when dry. Drupe 

 obovoid, 1 in , seeds 2. 3. P. diospyricarpa, Kurz, P. PI. i. 104. Branclilets pubescent. 

 Leaves 4-5 in. Drupes obovoid, the size of a small pear, 4-5 ribbed, waxy yellow. 



7. SCHIMA, Eeinw.; M. Brit. Ind. i. 288. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves entire or crenate. M. showy, solitary on axillary 

 peduncles, two deciduous bracteoles under calyx. Sepals 5, nearly equal, petals 

 5, slightly connate at the base, the outermost concave, often hood-like. Stamens 

 many, filaments adnate to base of petals, attached to the back of anthers 

 above their base. Ovary 5-celled, style simple or lobed at the apex with broad 

 spreading stigmas, ovules 2-6 in each cell, attached laterally. Capsule globose, 

 woody, loculicidal, with a persistent axis. Seeds flat, kidney-shaped, winged 

 on the back, albumen thin, cotyledons foliaceous, radicle inferior, curved 

 upwards. Species 3 or 4, eastern Asia, tropical and subtropical. 



Pig. 26.~~Sohima 'Wallichii, Ohoisy. Fl. and fr. J. 



