duullctia] XXX, CHAILLETIAOE^ 147 



stipules sniallj setaceous, piibescentj tineqnal. M. pale-green, in axillary or 

 extra-axillary compact cymes, sepals concave, pnbescent, petals bifid, connec- 

 tive dilated, styles 2 very short. Fr. i-| in. dianr., compressed, orbicular 

 didymous, dehiscent, mesocarp bright red. 



Webtern G-liats from the Koiikan southwards, Anamalaib, Khasl hills, Silliet, 

 ( 'achar, Chittagong. Fl. Marcli-Jmie. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 2. C. andamanica, 

 King, Soutli Andaman island. L. elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate ; fl. in pednncnlate 

 cymes. B. C. Helferiana, Knrz, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. Scandent. L. elliptic- 

 oblong, midrib strigose beneath, reticulate veins faint, drupe broader than long. 

 4. C. longipetala, Turcz. (maerojyetala, Kutz), Tenasserim, a shrub or tree, leaves silky 

 beneath ; cymes densely tonientobe, sepals greyish pubescent, petals longer than 

 sepals. 



Order XXXL OLACACE^, Eiigler in Engler u. 



Prantl iii. 1. 231. 



(Olacmere^ tribes i. Olacerv^ ii. Opiliea\ Gfen. PL i. 343.) 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. L. almost always alternate, stipules 0. FL 

 small, as a rule bisexual, calyx small or wanting, petals for segments of 

 perianth) free or connate, stamens as many as petals and opposite to them, or 

 more numerous. Ovary at base often 2-5-celled, ovules 1 or few, pendulous 

 from a free axile placenta. Drupe 1-seeded, embryo minute, in the apex of 

 the fleshy albumen. 



A. Stamens or stamens and staminodes more numerous than petals. 



Petals 8 not bearded, stamens S, staminodes 5, calyx 



enlarged in fruit ..,.,.. 1. Olax. 

 Petals bearded, stamens 8-10 Xxmenia (p. 148). 



B. Stamens as many as petals, calyx and corolla present. PL usually pentamerous. 



Calyx tube adnate to ovary, enlarged in fr. . . Erythhopalum (p. 148 



Calyx cup-shaped, petals free, hairy within . . 2. Htrumbosia. 

 Calyx truncate, supported by an involucre, corolla 



funnel-shaped ScHoEPriA (p. 149). 



PL 5-7-merou&, petals free, thick concave at base . 3. Anacolosa. 



C. stamens as many as petals or segments of periantli, no calyx. 



PL 4-5-merous, bracts small, perianth cami>anulate, 

 hairy 4. Cansjeka. 



PL 4-merous, bracts large, perianth urceolate . . Lepionukus (p. 150), 



PL 5-merous, in bud covered by large imbricating 

 bracts, segments of perianth free ♦ . , , Opilia (p. 150). 



1. OLAX, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind* i. 574. 



Shrubs, small trees, or climbers. L. entire^ petioles short. Calyx cup- 

 shaped, enlarged after flowering, petals 5"(), fertile stamens 3-5, and 5 bifxd 

 linear staminodes, ovary free 1-celled or with 3 imperfect cells. Drupe more 

 or less enclosed by the accrescent calyx. Embryo small, near the apex of the 

 fleshy albumen. Species 25-30, tropics of the Old World. 



1. O. scandens, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 102; Brandis P. PL 75. Vern* 

 RimilMri^ Kol ; JJ7w>, South. : Boderia^ TJriya ; Ilarduli, Mar. 



A powerful climber, structure of wood normal, vessels large. A few stout 

 thorns on the older branches. Branchlets, petioles and midrib pubescent. L, 

 distichous, ovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long. PL white, in short axillary racemes, 

 pedicels erect, less than half the length of fl., petals more or less cohering ; 

 anthers 3. Drupe yellow, three-fourths enclosed in the enlarged calyx. 



Subhimalayan tract of Kumaon. Oudh forests. Behar, Western Peninsula. Burma. 



