354 LVIII. ARALIACEiE [Treveda 



often coliermg and coming off as a cap. Stamens and ovary-cells as many as 

 petals. Tr. fleshy, ovoidj \ in. diam., crowned by tlie stout style. 



Nepal. Sikldm Terai, banks of streams, ascending to 3,000 ft Khasi hills. Chitta- 

 gong. Btirma, Upper and Lower. Fl. Feb.-April, Ynnnan. Malay Peninsula. 



Tupidantlius calyptratus, Hook, fil & Thorns. Khasi hills. Burma, eastern sloioes of 

 the Arakan Yoma, Terai of Shan bills. A large glabrous shrub, often developing into 

 a huge climber, wood hard. L. digitate, leaflets 7-9, coriaceous, entire, blade 4-7, pet. 

 1-2 m., common petiole 8-12 in. long, stipules connate within the petiole. Umbels 3-7- 

 fl.d., in a short panicle ivith stout branches, pedicels thick, not articulate. I^l. large, 

 resembling mallets, calyx-tube thickly coriaceous, petals connate, falling off in a cap, 

 stamens 50-70, crowded, oyary-cells numerous, narrow, up to 90, arranged on both sides 

 of a line which usually bifurcates at the ends. Stigmas linear, sessile, as many as 

 ovary celK Yv. succulent, depressed, 1-1} in. diam. 



Ordeb LIX. CORNACE^. Gen. PI. i. 947. 



Shrubs or trees, 1. petioiate, entire, stipules 0. PL regular, calyx-tube 

 adnate to ovary, limb persistent, the segments small, open or valyate in 

 bud. Petals 4 or 5 inserted round an epigynons disk, stamens usually as 

 many as petals, ovary inferior 1-4-celled, one, rarely two pendulous ovules in 

 each cell. Fruit generally drupaceous with a l~-4-celled putamen or with 2 

 distinct stones. Embryo in a copious fleshy albumen, cotyledons generally 

 thin, foliaceous. 



A. Plowers bisexual, petals long, linear. 



Stameiib more numerous than petals . . . .1. Alangium. 

 Stamens as many as petals 2. Maklea. 



B. I'lowers bisexual, petals short. 



Ovary 2-celled 3. Cornus. 



Ovary 1-celled 4. Mastixia. 



C. JFlowers unisexual, 1. opposite Aucuba (p. 856). 



D. Flowers unisexual, 1. alternate. 



PI. in dense heads, ovary 1-celled 5. Nyssa. 



PL in large pendulous panicles, ov. 3-5-celled . . Torricellia (p. 357). 

 PI. on the mid-rib of leaf, ov. 2-3-celled . . Helwingia (p. 857). 



1. ALANGIUM, Lam. ; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 741. 



Shrubs or small trees, 1. alternate, entire, penninerved, the lowest pair of 

 nerves from the base. PL white, bisexual, in axillary fascicles or cymes. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate, free portion short, truncate or 5--10-dentate. Petals 

 5-10, strap-shaped, valvate, afterwards reflexed. Stamens over 20, filaments 

 short, hairy, anthers linear, cells adnate to the connective and dehiscing laterally. 

 Ovary 1-celled, style filiform. Pr. crowned with the persistent calyx-limb. 

 Species 16, Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Africa. Australia. Polynesia. 



1. A, Lamarckii, Thwaites ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 215.— Syn.il. hexajpetaluon^ 

 Eoxb.j Wight 111. t. 96. ; A. decapetalwn, Lamk. ; "Wight Ic. t. 194. Vern. 

 Akola^ AMiaul^ Ktveli, Hind. ; Ankol, Mar. ; Ankola, Kan. ; Uru, XJclaga^ Tel. ; 

 Alangi, Tarn. 



A shrub or small tree, bark grey, wood fine-grained, tough and strong, 

 branohlets generally spinescent. L, membranous, varying exceedingly in 

 shape, from oblong to elliptic and obovate, from obtuse to acuminate, blade 3-6, 

 pet. \-\ in. long, pubescent while young, glabrous or pubescent on the under- 

 side when full grown. PL fragrant, solitary or fasciculate, pedicels and calyx 

 hairy, petals 1 in. long, 5-10, usually 6, hairy outside. Fr, | ijx. long, black 

 when ripe, seed enclosed in red pulp. Cotyledons large flat, with 3 basal 



