Parrofia] 



a.Ij V III. HAMAM.E3IjII)A0E^tLi 



301 



stamens nsually 15, free. Capsule I in. long, Avoolly, with stellate tomentiim, 

 girt by the adhering calyx-tuhe, 2-celleclj the cells separating when ripe^ 

 each cell with one seed in a hard horny endocarp, which ojDens at the top hj 

 two rostrate valves. Embryo oblique in copious albumen. 



Kuram valley (abundant, used for tlie wicker work, of whieli tlie walls of houseb 

 consist). Ka&hmir and Chamba, 8,800-8,500 ft. PL Marcli-Ma\% the leaves turn yellow 

 before failing. Tiie twigs are used for binding and basket work, tliey are the best 

 material for making the twig bridges to cross the rivers of the Punjab Himala^^'a. 



Distylium indicum, Benth. Khasi hills. A small tree, 1. coriaceous, 3-5 in., acumi- 

 nate, stipules lanceolate, deciduous. PL polygamous, in short ujoright axillary racemes. 

 Fruit (unripe) lanceolate, I in. long, densely stellate-tomentose. 



Sycopsis GriffitMana, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. t S. Khasi hills. Leaves 

 coriaceous, 2-4 in, acuminate, stipules minute, caducous. Fl. unisexual, in small 

 axillary heads, ^ and $ in the same head, ovary, lower half adnate to, upper half 

 closely surrounded by calyx-tube. Captsule nearly globose, \ in. diam., stellately 

 tomentose. 



2. CORYLOPSIS, Sieb. & Zucc. ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 427. 

 (Species 4-6, all except the following in China and Japan.) 



C. him al ay an a, G-riiF. in Jonrn. As. Soc. xxiii. 641. ; Ic. PL As. t. 633. 



A large shrub or small tree, branchlets^ petioles and underside of leaves softly 

 stellate - tomentose, 1. broad- 

 ovate, often nearly orbicular, 

 serrate, base more or less cor- 

 date, sec. n. oblique, nearly 

 straight, parallel, the outer 

 branching on the outside, sti- 

 pules lanceolate, almost glab- 

 rous, deciduous. El. bisexual, 

 pentamerous, yellow, scented, in 

 drooping densely silky catkin- 

 like spikes, each fl. in the axil 

 of a large concave bract. Calyx- 

 tube adnate to ovary, petals 

 spathulate, stamens 5, with a 

 number of scales (sterile sta- 

 mens). Ovary half inferior, 

 capsule woody, I in. diam. 



Bhutan, 5-8,000 ft. Ivliasi hills. 

 Manipur. FL Dec-March. 



Loropetalum cMnense, Oliver, As- 

 sam, Khasi hills, China. An evex'- 

 green shrub, 1. entire, hranchlets, 

 young leaves and inflorescence 

 stellately pubescent, leaves 1-8 in. 

 long. FL greenish-white, bisexual, 

 tetramerous, 6-8 in small heads at 

 the ends of leafy hranchlets. 

 Petals linear, | in. long. Ovary half-inferior, capsule ovoid, woody, J in. long. 



Fict. 129. — Corylopsife himalayana, Giiff. -l. 



3. BUCKLANDIA, Eob. Brown ; FL Brit. Ind. ii 429. 



B. populnea, E. Br. (the only species) ; Kurz. F. M, i. 445. Vern. Fipli, 

 Darjeeling. 



A tall tree, leaves thickly coriaceous, glabroiis, rarely pubescent beneath 

 along nerves, broadly ovate, nearly orbicular, apex acuminate, sometimes with 

 3 cuspidate lobes, basal nerves 5-7, blade 3-9, petiole 1-3 in. long. Stipules 



