542 XCIT. HEENANDIACEiE [Illigera 



Order XOil. HERNANDIACEiE- Englern. Prantl, iii. 2. 126. 



In Gen. Plant, i. 689 Illigera and Gyrocarpiis are included under Combre- 

 tacece, while Hernandia stands under Lauvinece, 



Climbing shrubs or large trees, 1. alternate, stipules 0, fl. bisexual or monoe- 

 cious. Ovary inferior, ovule 1 pendulous. Perianth of 4 to 10 segments, 

 stamens 3-5, anther-cells 2, opening by valves. Pr. often winged, seed 

 exalbuminous. 



A. L. trifoliolate, fr. witli 2 broad lateral wings. . . 1. Illigera. 



B. L. peltate, fr. ovoid, not winged Hernandia (p. 542). 



C. L. broadly ovate, often lobed, fr. witli 2 long wings at 



tbe apex 2. Gyrocarpus. 



1. ILLIGERA, Blume; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 460. 



Climbers, 1. of 8 (in the African sp. 5) petiolulate leaflets. PL bisexual, in 

 lax pedunculate compound cymes, each fl. supported by 1-3 bracteoles, inflor- 

 escence and peiianth outside clothed with 2-celled glandular hairs. Perianth- 

 segments in two circles of 5 each, stamens 5, opposite to those of the outer 

 circle, filaments with 2 oblong hooded scales at the base, stigma orbicular^ 

 broad, undulate. Pr. broadly 2-winged, sometimes with 1 or 2 additional 

 narrower wings. Cotyledons plano-convex. Species 1 in tropical Africa, 7 

 in India and the Malay Archip. 



1. I. appendicTilata, Blume ; Kurz F. PL i. 479 ; King in Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng vol. 66, 

 ii. 1898. 343.— Syn. I. Cor^zadetiia, Meissn. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 460. Assam. Kliasi hills. 

 Lower Burma. Andamans. Malay Archipelago. A powerful climber, young branches 

 tawny-pubescent soon becoming glabrous, petioles and peduncles often twisted round 

 supports. L. alternate, trifoliolatej leaflets elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, pubescent 

 beneath along nerves, blade 3-5, common petiole 3-4 in. long, sec. n. 3-4 pair. PI. 

 white, sepals ^ in. long. Pr. 2-winged, including the wings up to 3 in. broad. /. 

 Kurziij C. B. Clarke, PI. Brit. Ind. ii. 460 (species) is a variety with glabrous more 

 coriaceous 1. 2. I. KMsiana, C. B. Clarke, Khasi hills, 1. glabrous, with tufts of 

 yellowish hairs in the nerve axils beneath, sepals J in. long, the outer dull lurid 

 purple, the inner whitish, staminodes deeply emarginate. 3. I. villosa, Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 22, tab. ix. Kohima, 5,000 ft. Branchlets fulvous-villous, 

 fr, 2-4-winged. 



Hernandia peltata, Meissn. ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 300.— Syn. K Sonora. Linn. ; "Wight 

 Ic. t. 1855. Beach forests on the coast of the Andamans. Coast of Ceylon, the Malay 

 Penins. and Archip., the Pacific Islands, North Aubtralia, Madagascar and East Africa. 

 A large evergreen tree, wood light, soft, grey. L. glabrous, ovate, peltate, blade 4-8, 

 pet. as long as blade, 5-7 basal neryes. PL white, in involucrate heads of 3 fl., at the 

 ends of the ramifications of large axillary finely tomentose panicles ; the central fl. ? 

 supported at the base by a cupular involucel, which becomes greatly enlarged and 

 thickened in fi'., perianth-segments 8; the 2 lateral fl. <?, perianth-segments 6, 

 stamens 3, biglandular, opposite to the segments of the outer circle. Pr. ovoid, 

 nearly 1 in. long, cotyledons fleshy, much lobed. 



2. GYROCARPUS, Jacq[. ; PL Brit. Ind. ii. 461. 



G. americanus, Jacq. (the only species) ; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 66, 344.™ Syn. G. Jacquini, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 1 ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 190. 

 Vern, Zaitan, Hind. ; Poliki^ Tlianakit, Tel. ; FinU-thltkauk^ Burin. 



A deciduous tree, bark whitish, wood light, soft, greyish-white, young 

 shoots and often the underside of 1. pubescent. L. crowded at the ends of 

 thick brauQhlets marked with the scars of fallen L L. of adult trees entire, 

 broadly ovate, acuminate, blade 4-5, pet, 1-4 in. long, those of young plants 

 larger, pubescent and often deeply lobed. PL small, cream coloured or yellow, 

 in large terminal dense compound hairy cymes without bracts, a few bisexual, 

 scattered among a mass of male fl. ^ Perianth of 4-7 sepals, stamens 



