194 XL. SABIACE^ [Sabia 



4. S. malatoarica, Bedd. Anamalai liills, 3-4,000 ft. Peduncles 2-6-M. ; fl. mimite. 

 Fruiting carpels solitary, reniform, reticulate. 



B. ri. in axillary or terminal panicles. 



5. S. parviflora, "Wall. Nepal. Sikkini, 3-6,000f t. Silliet. Fl. minute, in 7- many -fid. 

 corymbs, peduncles long, filiform. Fruiting carpel solitary, generally obovoid, J— | in. 

 long. 6. S. lanceolata, Colebrooke. Assam, Khasi liills, Manipur. L. lanceolate, blade 

 6-8, petiole ^-f in., sec. n. almost at rigbt angles to midrib. Panicles axillary, many- 

 fid., petals ovate-lanceolate | in. long. Stamens shorter tlian petals. Fruiting carpels 

 1 or 2, dark blue, | in. long, exocarp pulpy. 7. S. limoniacea, Wall Sikkim, Assam, 

 Kliasi Mils, Cliittagong, hills east of Toungoo 3,000 ft. (D. B. February, 1880), Malay 

 Peninsula. Leaves tliicldy coriaceous, oblong'-lanceolate, blade 4-7, petiole ^-| in., 

 veins prominently reticulate. Panicles narrow racemiform, glabrous, as long as leaves 

 or longer. Petals obovate -^^ in. Stamens short, included. 8. S. paniculata, Edgew. 

 Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. 

 Upper Burma {Kywe-hin-hyi7i, Smales, Febr. 1902). Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, blade 5-9, petiole 1 in. long, sec. n. and reticulate veins prominent beneath. 

 Panicles axillary and terminal, pubescent, fi. greenish-yellow, petals oblong, ^ in. 

 long, stamens included. 9. S. tomentosa, Hook, f . tipper Assam or Upper Burma (Griff.), 

 branchlets and petioles clothed with soft spreading hairs. Fruiting carpels in pairs, 

 obovate, J in long. 



2. MELIOSMA, Blume ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 3. 



Trees or slirnbs. L. simple or pinnate. Fl. in large terminal panicles, 

 usually bisexual, supported by bracteoles, which are similar to sepals. Sepals 

 generally 5, somewhat unequ.al, imbricate, usually ciliate. Petals 5, unequal, 

 the 3 outer concave, orbicular, the 2 inner small, bifid. Stamens : two fertile, 

 adnate to the smaller petals, three sterile, opposite to the larger petals, anther- 

 cells of the fertile stamens globose, attached to a large flat connective. Ovary 

 2-celied, base surrounded by the cup-shaped membranous toothed disk, ovules 

 2 in each cell, style one subulate. Fr. a drupe, generally oblique, endocarp 

 hard, as a rule 1-celled, 1 -seeded, cotyledons folded, radicle long, twisted. 

 Species over 40, Indo-Malayan region, China, Japan, a smaller number in 

 America. 



A. Leaves simple. 



1. M. simplicifolia, Boxb,, Cor. PL t 254 {MilUngtonia). Vern. Churri^ 

 Nep. ; Toloa, Ass. ; Kokoh^ Mechi ; Pet-taung-gyaing^ Burm. (Upper B.) ; 

 Lalay, Karen. 



A middle-sized tree, wood reddish-brown, medullary rays broad, branchlets, 

 petioles and panicles more or less tawny pubescent. L. entire, rarely 

 obtusely toothed while young, oblanceolate, blade 6-16, narrowed into petiole 

 1-2 in. long, sec. n. arching, prominent, tertiary parallel. Fl. yellowish- 

 white, minute, nearly sessile, bracteoles similar to sepals, teeth of inner petals 

 long, subulate, almost filiform. 



Subhimalayan tract, from Nepal eastwards, in Sikkim to 4,000 ft. Khasi hills, 

 Chittagong, Tenasserim, Upper Burma. Western Peninsula on the Ghats from Coorg 

 to Oourtallum. Fl. December-April. Ceylon. 



2. M. Wightii, Planchon.— Syn. M, ^ungens, Bedd. Man. 77 ; MilUngtonia 

 pwigenSy Wight Ic. t. 964. 



A small tree, branchlets, petioles and panicle rusty tomentose. L. 

 coriaceous, entire, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-5, petiole ^-l in. FL lai-ger, sessile, 

 -/^ in. across, bracteoles numerous, imbricate, teeth of inner petals short. 



Western Ghats, from the Konkan southwards, Nilgiris. Fl. May-September. Ceylon, 

 upper montane zone, common. 3. M. pungens, Walpers Rep. i. 42B (1842). — Syn. M. 

 rigida, Sieb. and Zucc. (1843). North-West Himalaya (2,500-8,000 ft.). Vern. Ka%>per^ 

 Bekeshj Bushkua. Nepal. China, Japan. A small tree, similar to 2, but leaves caudate- 

 acuminate, with large distant mucronate serratures, tapering gradually into petiole 

 ^-^ in long. FL in the axils of lanceolate deciduous bracts longer than buds. Calyx 

 supported by 1-2 bracteoles, similar to sepals. 



