Tatcria] 



X V II. DIPTEHOGAIiPACEiTj 



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A large handsome evergreen tree, young shoots and inflorescence clothed 

 with scurfy stellate tonienttim. Leaves coriaceouSj glabrons, elliptic- oblong, 

 blade 4-10, petiole 1-1^ in. long, secondary nerves 14-10 pair, prominent 

 beneath as well as midrib. Fl. \ in. across, in large terminal panicles, pedicels 

 longer than calyx segments. Petals spreading, slightly pubescent outside. 

 Stamens 40-50, filaments short, anthers linear, hairy at base, celL unequal, 

 the outer much longer, appendix of connective as long as anther. Ovary 

 tomentose, style filiform, stigma minute. Fruit ovoid, 2-2^ in. long, splitting 

 open into 3 valves, fruiting calyx small, segments refiexed. Cotyledons filled 

 with fat (Piney tallow). 



Evergreen forests along the Western Clhatb, asceiidmg to 4,000 ft. Planted largely 

 as an avenue tiee below and above ghat m the nioister western districts* of Mysoie. 



Oedbb XVIIL ANCISTROCLADACEiE. Planchon ; Gilg in 

 Engler u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. iii. 6. p. 274. 



Only aenus: ANCISTROCLADUS, WalL ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 299. 

 Evergreen, glabrous, woody climbers, numerous 



sti'ong 



hooked tendi^ils 

 terminating the principal branches, the leaf- and flower-bearing branchlets 

 being axillary. Leaves entire, sessile, lanceolate, usually in tufts at the ends 

 of branchlets, stipules minute, caducous. Fl, bisexual, calyx adnate to ovary, 

 lobes 5, imbricate, petals 5, slightly contorted. Stamens 5 or 10, filaments 

 broad, short, connate at base. Ovary 1 -celled, ovule solitary. Fruiting calyx 

 much enlarged. No resin ducts. Species 8, one in tropical Africa, the others in 

 eastern tropical Asia. 



A. Leaves broad, width more than 4 times their length. 



1. A. extensus, Wall. ; King, Journ. 



A strong climber. Leaves coriaceous, 

 obovate or broadly oblanceolate, secon- 

 dary nerves distinct, joined by intra- 

 marginal veins. Panicle repeatedly 

 dichotomous. Lobes of fruiting calyx 

 unequal, the larger I2-II in. long. 



Lower Burma, Andamans. El. S. 2. 

 A. Heyneanus, "Wall.; "Wight Ic. t. 1987-88 

 {Kardor^ Kardal^ Mar.). Western Ghats, 

 from the Thana district soiithwaids, ni 

 evergreen forest. Leaves elliptic-lanceolatej 

 secondary nerves 3iot more conspioiioiis than 

 the reticulate veins between, panicle twice 

 dichotomous. Lobes of fruiting calyx nar- 

 row, unequal, with distinct parallel nerves. 



B. Leaves narrow, width less than 4 

 times their length. 



3. A. Wallichii, Planchon ; Kurz, 

 F. Fl 1. 111. 



A large woody climber with dark- 

 brown twisted stems, numerous strong 

 black hooked tendrils on the branch - 

 lets. Leaves lanceolate and oblanceo- 

 late, 1-2 ft. long, midrib stout. FL 



As. Soc. Beng. vol. G2 ii. (1893) 187. 



Fig. 33. — Ancistrooladus extensus, 

 Wall, h 



