154 XXXII. ICAGINACE^ [Sarcostigma 



sessile clusters alon^- a long slender racliis. Calyx small 4-5-lobedj petals 

 5, nearly free. Stamens 5, alternating^ with petals, filaments flat, glabrous. 

 Ovary bairy, stigma sessile, conical. Fr. 1-1 i in., bright orange-red, albumen 

 0, cotyledons fleshy, wrapping round the short superior radicle. 



Western (Ihats, m eyergieeii forest b, from the Koiikan southwards. Fl. Nov. Closely 

 allied is: 2. ?. WallicMi, Baillon. (/S'. edule, Knrz.) L. do"v\ny beneatb, spikes rusty 

 tomentose. Drupe clot lied with oiango-coloured down, pu]p» edible. 



Natsiatum lierpeticum, Ham. Sikkim Terai and outer valleyb. Assam, Xhasi hills, 

 Chittagoug, Pegu Yoma. A large climber, with thin wiry branches; branchlets, 

 petioles, leaves and inflorescence rough with short stiff hairs. L. cordate, basal nerves 

 5-7. blade 4-6 m., petiole 2-5 in. long. Fl. dioecious, pentamerous, in long slender 

 bracteate spieiform hirsute racemes. Sepals and petals hairy, lineardanceolate, fertile 

 stamens alternating -with staminodes, which are opposite to petals, filaments very 

 short, antheis ^agittate. Drupe | in., black, cotyledons fleshy, orbicular, in a fleshy 

 albumen . 



7. lODES, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 505. 



Shrubs climbing by means of woody axillary or extra-axillary tendrils 

 L. opposite. FL dicecious, small, in short cymes on thick pedicels or in ample 

 cymose axillary or extra-axillary panicles. Calyx small, cup-shaped, 5-toothed, 

 corolla 3-5 lobed, outside densely clothed with long hairs. Stamens alternating 

 Avith segments of corolla. Stigma sessile, 5-lobed. Drupe supported by the 

 persistent calyx, cotyledons flat leafy, radicle superior, in fleshy albumen. 

 Species about 8. Tropical Africa and Indo-Malayan region. 



1. I. Hookeriana, Baillon ; Knrz F. Fl. i. 244. 



Branchlets and underside of leaves tawny-strigose. L. elliptic-oblong, base 

 acute or slightly cordate, 4-8 in., petioles |-| in. long, venation conspicuously 

 reticulate beneath. Cymes short few fld. Drupe 1-1^ in., yellowish-red. 



Assam, Khabi hills, Chittagong. Fl. C. S. Closely allied and perhaps not sx3ecifically 

 distinct is 2 : I. Thomsottiana, Baillon, Chittagong, an immense climber, 1. obovate 

 acuminate, narrowed into a cordate base. 3. I. ovalis, Blume (/. tomeiiteUa^ Kurz F, 

 FL 1. 243). Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. L. ovate acuminate, panicles ample, drooping, 

 much longer than leaves. J. Brand li>ii, Knrz, Thoungyeen, is probably not distinct. 



Order XXXIII, ILICINEjE. Gren. PL i, 355. 



(Aqulfoliacecej Engler u. Prantl iii. 5. 183.) 



ILEX, Linn, ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 598. 



Shrubs or trees, wood white, close-graiaed. L. alternate, simple, usually 

 coriaceous and (in Indian species, with few exceptions) evergreen, stipules 

 mimite. At the base of the current year's intei^node are frequently imperfect 

 bract-like leaves which had enveloped the leaf buds. El. usually dioecious, some- 

 times bisexu.al, in axillary cymes. Calyx 4-5 lobed, corolla x'otate, petals free 

 or connate at the base, deciduous, imbricate. Stamens 4-5, alternating with 

 petals, adhering to the base of corolla, the imperfect stamens in the $ some- 

 times hypogynous. Ovary 2-12-celled. Stigmas 2-12 sessile or nearly sessile, 

 free or confluent. Drupe globose, supported by the persistent calyx, stones 

 2-16, l-seeded, embryo minute in a fleshy albumen. Species over 200, cosmo- 

 politan, the majority tropical. 



A. El. 4-merous, in dense short axillary, frequently branched cymes. 



(a.) L. generally spinescent. 



1. I. dipyrena, Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 292; Brandis, P. PI. 76 t. 15. 



