Broiniloicia] XXI. TILIACE.E 



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Order XXI. TILIACE^. Gen. PL i. 228. 



(EUeocarjxteece and Tiliaeece, Scbiimann in Engler u. Prantl iii. G. pp. 1, 8,; 



Trees or shrnbsj some genera herbaceous. Leaves alternate simple stipiileb 

 deciduous. M. regular, generally bisexual and pentamerous. Sepals free 

 or connate valvate. Stamens numerous, free, sometimes in bundles. Antliers 

 2-celled. Ovary free, 2^10-celled, ovules attached to axile placentas. Stamens 

 and ovary as a rule on an elevated androgynophore^. sepals and petals at its base. 

 Seeds with or without albumen. 



Sae^ containing mucilage in pitb, bark and the leaf parenchvma. Tlie^se mneila-«^ 

 Ektom%Z^^^'''^ '"^ ^^eor«ri;«. ami JEchinocarpm. This is one reason for .separating 



A. Sepals connate into a cup, btaminodes 5. 



Carpelb distinct, 2-YalYea, l-seeded .... 1. Biiownlowi\ 

 Fruit indehisoent, l-ss'^clecl, winged .... 2. Plxtvcf. 



B. Sepals connate, no staminodes 3. Berkya. 



C. Sepals free, petals as a rule with a thickened or glandular claw. 



Fruit a drupe with several stone.s 4. Grlwi v 



Capsule winged, separating into 3-5 1-seeded carpels ' CoLUArBiA (p 101) 

 in-uit woody, triquetrous, slightly wmged, 1-s-edpd . EiUNof uipub (p. 101). 

 B. Sepalta free, petals not clawed. 



Fruit covered with prickles or bristles . . . , 5. Echinoc vppc & 



Fruitaiieshydnii^e, with 1 stone, 1 or niorebvded . 6. El-eocarpus. 



^Plagiopteron suaveolens, Griif.; Calc. Journ. Kat. Hist. iv. (1844) t. 13: Kurz F Fl i 

 1/2, isa&candent&hrub of-Mergui. Leaves opposite, elliiitic-oblong, acuminate, 4-5 

 in. ±L small, greenish, very fragrant, in dense axillary panicles, ramilicationh oppo- 

 site, sepals minute, petals linear-oblong, revolute. Ovary entire, 3-celled, 2 ovules in 

 each cell, style subulate. Fruit dry, with 3 wing* J in. long. Kurz classes this 

 sj)ecies under Maljjifjhiacece, 



1. BROWNLOWIA, Roxb.; M. Brit. Ind. i. 381. 



Trees, with scaly or stellate pubescence. Leaves with 3-9 basal nerves. 

 1 /^^c?^'"^^®' ^^ ^^^^^® terminal panicles. Calyx campanulate, irregularly 3-5 

 cleit. Stamens many, filaments free on a raised torus. Anthers broad, some- 

 times nearly globose. Inside the stamens, surrounding the ovary, 5 petaloid 

 staminodes, opposite the petals. Carpels 5, more or less cohering, each with 

 2 ovules ultimately free, 2-valved, 1-seeded. Albumen none, cotyledons thick 

 fleshy. Species 10-15, tropical Asia. 



1. B. elata, Eoxb., Cor. PL t. 265; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 153. 



A lofty evergreen tree, young shoots rusty- or tawny-puberulous. Leaves 

 cordate, petiole 2-4, blade 4-12 in. long, coriaceous, glossy above, glauces- 

 cent and puberulous beneath. Fl. yellow, i-| in. diam. Calyx | in, long, 

 scurfy^omentose. Carpels woody, usually'^ 2-S, 1-U in. diam., ash-grey, 

 minutely puberulous, suture prominent. 



Tidal forests of Ohittagong and Tenasserim. Fl. H. S. 2, B. lanceolata, Benth. An 

 e^'-ergreen shrub or tree of the tidal and Mangrove forests of the Sundriban and the 

 Burma coast. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, pale beneath. Fl. small, carpels* 

 globose, i in. diam. 3. B. peltata, Benth. ; Kurz, F. FL i. 153 (B, Eelferimm, Pierre, F. 

 Fl. Cochinch. under t. 130). A small tree of Tenasserim -, has round peltate leaves, 

 petiole 7-8 m, long, blade with 9 basal nerves, 8-10 in. long, calyx velvety outside. 



