800 



XLVII. SAXI fcm AGACE^ 



[Iiibts 



pedicelj lower pedicels longer tliaii upper. Berries black, \ in. diam., very aromatic. 

 8. E. Griffithii, Hook. f. & Thorns. Sikkiiii 10-13,000 ft. Bhutan. L. sharply serrrate, 

 pubescent on the nervet. beneath, racemeblax, 3-6 m. long, pendent, bracts J-^ in., linear, 

 longer than pedicels, berries red. 



0mm XLVIII HAMAMELIDACE^. Gen. PL i. 664, 



{HainamcJidece.) 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate; stipules usually' deciduous , liairs mobtly fascicu- 

 late or stellate. FL in compact heads or spikes, usually bracteate. Calyx- 

 tube more or lesb adnate to ovary, petals 4-od, occasionally none. Ovary 

 2-celled, styles 2, usually persistent, ultimately divaricate. Capsule woody, 

 loculiciclally dehiscent, often also imperfectly dehiscing septicidally. Seeds 1 

 in each cell, or numei'ous, in which case the lowest only is fertile. Testa 

 shining, embryo straight, cotyledons flat, albumen usually thin. (No species 

 in the Western Peninsula.) 



In 1886 GrifEth discovered that the Indian Geneva of this Order are dibtingui^hed 

 by bordered pits on the walls of wood-fibres, resembling the bordered pits of Coniters 

 (Asiatic Researches xix. 95, 99, 102), and this is now recognized as an important character 

 of HamamelldacecB. These wood-fibres have thick walls and a small Innien. The 

 medullary rays are narrow (1 or 2 cells wide) the vessels small, and the wood paren- 

 chyma is of no importance. 



A. Ovules solitary in each cell. 



Petals 0. 



Leaves deciduous, crenate, fi. bisexual in involn- 



crate heads 1. Parroiia. 



Leaves persistent, entire, fl. polygamous 

 Ovary superior .... 

 Ovary half -inferior 

 Petals 4 or 5. 

 Leaves deciduous, seriate . 

 Leaves persistent, entire . 



B. Ovules several in each cell. 



Leaves entire, sometimes 3-cuspidate at the apex 



stipules large, coriaceous .... 

 Leaves serrate, stipules usually deciduous 



or unisexual. 



Bis 11 Lit M (p. 301). 

 Sycopsis (p. 301). 



2. CoRiLorsis. 



IjORopetali m (p. 301). 



8. Blcklandia. 

 4. Altingia. 



Fio. 128. 

 Parrot ia Jacquemontiana, Dene." 



1. PARROTIA, C. A. Meyer ; M. Brit. 

 Ind. ii. 426. 



(Species 2, one on the south coast 

 of the Caspian Sea.) 



P. Jacquemontiana, Dene. ; Brandis 

 F. Fl. t. 28, Vern. Killar, Chamba; Shtdr, 

 Kan. 



A large gi-egarious deciduous shrub or 

 small tree, stellate hairs on branchlets, 

 petioles, stipules, calyx and the underside 

 of leaves, L. orbicular or obovate, obtuse, 

 crenate, the lowest pair of sec. n. direct 

 fi*om the base, stipules deciduous, oblongj 

 as long as petioles or longer. Fl. bisexual, 

 greenish-yellow, sessile, about 20 in an 

 ovoid head, which is supported by 4 large 

 round membranous bracts, white or pale 

 yellow. Calyx caxnpanulate, adhering to 

 base of ovary, limb thick, woolly, trun- 

 cate, or with a few linear lobes, petals 0, 



