150 XXXI. OLACACEiE ; [Cansjem 



M. Sylv. Manual t. 26 ; Brandis F. M, 75. Syn. C. scandenSj Eoxb. Goi% 

 PL t. 103. 



A large evergreen climberj armed with scattered stout spines, branclilets, 

 petioles and inflorescence pubescent. L. ovate-lanceolate, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent, lJ-4 in. long. Fl. yellow, perianth hairy outside. Fr. orange-red, 

 I in. long. 



Oudh forf&ts. Behar. Western Peninsula, generally in evergreen moist forest- 

 Teiia&serim, Aiidamans. PL Sept.-Mar. Fr. H. S. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago Nearly allied and i^robably not specificall}^ distinct: 2. 0. parvifoliaj 

 Knrz. Tenassernn. L. small, pubescent. 3. C. zizypMfolia, Qriff., and 4. 0. Helferiana, 

 Valeton. Tenas-^erim. 



Lepionurus sylvestris; Blnme ; King in Jonrn. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 64 (1896) 105 

 (//. ohIon(jifoliub>, Mast.). Sikkim, Assam, Khasi and Naga liills, Tenasserim, Malay 

 Peninsula and Arcliipelago. A glabrous shrub or small tree, brandies pale when dry. 

 L. 4-7 in. PI. tetramerous, bisexual, in axillary si)ike& J-IJ in. long, at first enveloped 

 by the large ovate acute membranous deciduous bracts. Calyx 0, perianth urceolate, 

 lined by the di^k. Stamens exserted, filaments broad. Pr. l~} in. long. 



Opilia ameatacea, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 158 ; "Wight 111. t. 40 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. Manual 

 t. 9. Western Peninsula, Burma, Ppp^r and Lower, Ceylon dry country, Malay Penin- 

 sula and Archipelago, New Guinea, Australia, tropical Africa. A T-veak, scrambling 

 shrub, branclilets finely pubescent. L. glabrous 2-3 in. Fl. minute, yellow, bisexual. 

 Clusters of 2-4 flowers, in short erect axillary spikes, covered before expansion by 

 round acute ciliate bracts, overlapping the buds. Calyx 0, petals 5 free. Stamens 5, 

 opposite to petals, alternating with sliort fieshy staminodes, style short, truncate. 



Oeder XXXII, ICACINACEiE. Engler in Engler u. 



Prantl iii. 5. 23e3, 



{Olacinece^ tribes iii. leacinece^ iv. Fhyfocreneae. Gen. PL i. 344.) 



Shrnhn, trees or large climbers. L. generally alternate, stipules 0. PL 

 smallj mostly polygamous or dioecionSj calyx small or wanting, petals or 

 segments of perianth free or connate, stamens alternating with petals or 

 perianth segments. Ovary mostly l-cellecl, ovules pendulous from the apex 

 of the cavity. Drupe 1-seeded. 



A. L. alternate ; fl, bisexual, rarely polygamous ; shru.b& or trees. 



Corolla campanulate, midrib of lobes prominent . . 1. G-omphakdra. 

 Petals free, hairy above, style terminal . . . .2. Mapfia. 

 Petals free, glabrous, style lateral B. Apodvtes. 



B. L. alternate ; fl. polygamous ; shrubs or trees. 



Calyx 5-lobed, petals 5, fleshy, more or less cohering, 



apex inflexed .' Phlebocalymna (p. 152). 



Sepals 5j corolla tubular, teeth 5, spreading . . . Gonocaeyum (p. 152). 



0. L. alternate, fl. dioecious, climbers. 

 Calyx Oj perianth 4-5-lobed. 

 L. broad, <? co in long panicles, ? in solitary globose 



heads 4. Phytocrkne. 



L. glabrous, lanceolate or ovate, fl. in long peduncu- 

 late heads 5. Miqueha. 



L, barbh, lanceolate, with shallow distant teeth, ^ in 

 lax filiform axillary spikes, ? in small heads on 



filiform peduncles . * . . . Pyrenacantha (p.l58). 



Calyx 4-5-lobed, petals free, albumen . . . .6. Saecostigma. 

 Sepals 5, petals 5, cotyledons orbicular, in a fleshy albu- 

 nien Natsiatum (p. 154). 



D. L. opposite ; fl. dioecious : calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed, 



corolla 3-5-lobed, hairy outside 7. Iodes. 



