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XXXI. OLACACEiB 



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Ceylon. 2. S. javanica, Blume. Tena&herini, Malay Peninsula. A middle-sized tree. 

 L. oblong-lanceolate, blade 4-7, petiole J-1 in. 



SchLoepfla fragrans. Wall., Nepal, Assam, Khasi liillb, is a middle-sized tree, bark 

 corky, wliitisli. L. lanceolate, blade 2-4, petiole i in Fl. golden-yellow, very fragrant, 

 I in. long, in axillary racemes, pedicels slender, nearly as long as flower. Inrohicre 

 immediately below \lie calyx, of 3 bracts, connate into a cnp. Calvx truncate, 

 adherent to ovary. Corolla twice tlie lengtli of calyx, funnel-sliaped, lobeb 3, lanceo- 

 late, stamens 5, adnate to the corolla, and opposite to its lobes, a tuft of hair above 

 their insertion. Drupe supported by the persistent involucre, stone thin, striated, 

 embry(i> minute in the apex of the fleshy albumen. Closely allied and perhaps not 

 specifically distinct is : 2. S. acuminata, Wall. Kha^i hills. L. broader. I^l. J in., 

 pedicels much shorter than flower. 3. S. GrifiatMana, Yaleton, Bhutan, is imi^erfectly 

 known. 



3. ANACOLOSA, Biume; FL Brit. Ind. i. 580. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs. FL o-T-merous, in axillary cymose fascicles. 

 Calyx generally glabrous, cup-sbaped, indistinctly toothed, not accrescent. 

 Petals free, thick and concave at base, stamens opposite to petals and con- 

 cealed in the cavity, filaments sbort, flat. Drupe surrounded by the accrescent 

 disk, stone cnistaceons, embryo minute at the apex of the fleshy albumen. 

 Species 5 or 6, Indo-Malayan region. 



1. A. densiflora, Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 138. Vern. Katfa vekkali, Kahnanl- 

 kanij Mai. 



A lofty tree, wood brittle. L. oblong-lanceolate, base rounded, 4-5 in., 

 petioles short. M. in dense axillary clusters, pale-yellowish, very fragrant. 

 Petals densely bairy on the upper surface. 



Evergreen forests of the Anamalai hills and Travancore, ascending to 2,000 ft. Fl, 

 Sept.-Bec. " The boughs a perfect mass of very fragrant flower," Bedd. 2. A. ilicoidea. 

 Mast.; Khasi hills. A small spreading tx-ee. L. oblong-lanceolate, base acute. PL 

 few, in lax cymes. 3. A. Griffitliii, Mast. Tenasserim and Andamans. L. ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 2-4, petiole J~| in., cymes few fld., petals hairy at the apex of the 

 concave portion, otherwise glabrous, anthers hairy. 4, A- ptiberula, Ktirz. Anda- 

 mans and Nicobars. L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-6, petiole J-| in. long. Pedicels and 

 outside of calyx rusty-pubescent, petals glabrous, excepting a tuft of long hairs at the 

 apex of the cavity, anthers hairy. 



4. CANSJERA, Juss. ; PL Brit, Ind. i. 582. 



Climbing shrubs. PL 

 small, bisexual, 4-5-merous, 

 in short axillary spikes, 

 bracts small. Calvx 0, co- 

 roUa campanulate, hairy. 

 Stamens 4-5, adnate to 

 corolla and opposite to lobes, 

 hypogynous scales alternat- 

 ing with stamens, filaments 

 filifoi'm. Ovary fleshy, 

 1-celled, ovule 1, pendulous. 

 Drupe supported by the 

 marceseent corolla, embryo 

 straight in the axis of the 

 fleshy albumen, cotyledons 

 sometimes 3, long, plane- 

 convex. Species 3-^4, tropi- 

 cal Asia, China, Australia. 



1, C. Rheedii, Grmelin ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1861 ; Bedd. 



Fici. 69.— Cansjera Rheedii. Gmelin, 



