Nyssa] 



LIX. COENACE.E 



857 



5. NYSSA, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 747. 

 Species 5, one in Chinaj 3 in eastern North America. 



N. sessiliflora, Hook, fil.— Syn. Daplmtphyllopsis capitata, Knrz F. Fl. 

 i. 240. Vern. Pant kadcun, Ass. 



A large evergreen tree, 1. membranous, 

 glaucous beneath, numberless raised dots on 

 both surfaces, blade 5-8, pet. i-1^ in. long. 

 Fl. sessile, usually pentamerous, "sometimes 

 6-7-merous, green, many ^ and one or a 

 few ? fl., with numerous bracts, in a dense 

 globose pedunculate head, these in short 

 axillary pubescent panicles, often solitary 

 near the ends of branches. (J : calyx short 

 cup-shaped, petals imbricate, hairy, stamens 

 usually 10, inserted round a large circular 

 disk. Fr. ovoid, endocai^p long, exceedingly 

 hard. 



Sikkim 5-7,000 ft. Assam (Makiim Foretefc 

 D. B. April 1879). Kha&i hills. Oachar, hills 

 east of Toungoo, 4-6,000 ft. El. April, May. 

 Perak, Suiiiatra, Java. 



Torricellia tilisefolia, DC. Nopal. Sikkim 

 6-10,000 ft. A small deciduous tree, braiichletb 

 thick, with large pith. L. alternate, when full 

 grown glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath, 

 cordate, sharply serrate, blade 5-7, petiole 3-4 in. 

 long, sheathing. Fl. small, white, dicBciou.s, 

 usually pentamerous, numerous in pendulouh 

 panicles. <? : calyx-tube short, petals acuminate, 

 induplicate-valvate, stamens usu-xUy 5, inserted 

 around a flat disk. $ : petals 0, ovary inferior 

 S-B-celled, stigmas 3-5, sessile, oylindrio. Drupe 

 small purple, seed linear, curved, embryo minute 

 in a fleshy albu.men. 



Fig. 119. — Nyssa sessiliflora, 



HelwiTigia Mmalaica, Hook. f. & Thorns. Sikkim Hook. fll. ^. 



7-9,000 ft. Kliasi hills. Maixipur China. A 



small shrub, 1. alternate, lanceolate, sharply senate, blade 3-5, pefc. 1 in. long. FL 

 unisexual, in small few-fld. umbels, sessile on tbe midrib of leaf or of large bracts. 

 Calyx truncate, petals and stamens 3-5, ovary 8-4-celled, styles short combined at base. 

 Fruit sessile, 1-3 on the leaf, ellipsoid, J in. long, 2-3-celled, with furrows between 

 the carpels. Embryo minute, in copious albumen. 



Order LX. CAPRIFOLIACE^, Gen. PL ii. 1. 



Shrubs or small trees, rarely herbs. L. opposite, usually without stipules. 

 Calyx-tube adnate to ovary, limb 3~5-toathed. Corolla gamopetalous, often 

 zygomorphic, lobes 5,"iml)ricate in bud. Stamens usually as many as corolla 

 lobes, inserted in the corolla tube, often unequal, anthers versatile. Ovary 

 1-8-celled. Tr, a berry or drupe, rarely capsular, 1- or many- seeded. Embryo 

 minute, in copious fleshy albumen. 



In most genera the wood fibres have bordered pits. As far as known the wood of the 

 climbing species (Lonicem) has a normal structure with numerous and in some species 

 large vessels. 



A. Corolla tubular or campanulate. Ovary cells 1- or many-ovuled, style filiform. 

 Stamens 5^ calyx 5-dentate, ovary 2-3-celled . . .1. Lomceea. 

 Stamens 5, calyx lobes 5, linear, ovary 5-8-celled . . 2. Lbycbsxeeia. 

 Stamens 4, calyx lobes 5. linear, ovary B-eelled . . 3. Abelia. 



