544 XCIII. PROTEAOEiE [Hellcia 



8. A species with entire and pinnatiiid 1. 10-30 in. long, segments linear-lanceolate, 

 the larger ones 12 by 2 in. from a pollard 10 ft. liigh, in Ponzo and Wabo fore&t 

 Tliabyetba, Sliwebo district, Upper Burma (leaves only. Smales Feb. 1902) somewhat 

 resembles if. incisa^ Koorders et Valeton, of Java, but is quite different. 



Grevillea robusta, A Cunningham. Silky Oah. Indigenous in Queensland and New 

 "South Wales, cultivated in Behra Dun, the Nilgiris and elsewhere. A large tree, 

 young shoots rusty-tomenfcose. L. pinnate, pinnse 4-12 in. long, deeply pinnatiiid, so 

 that the 1. are almost bipmnate, sometimes tripinnate. Fl. orange coloured, in one- 

 sided racemes 3-4 in. long fascicled on short leafless branchlets, jaedicels slender, | in. 

 long. Perianth-segments recurved to one side. Fr. an oblique coriaceous follicle, 

 ^-|"in. long, dehiscing on 1 side, seeds 1 or 2. 



Order XOIV. THYMELiEACE^. Gen. PL iii. 186. 



Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs, bast tough. L. alternate or opposite, simple, 

 quite entire. Fl. usually bisexual, perianth tubular or campanulate, lobes 4 

 or 5, imbricate in bud. A few genera have scales alternating with the lobes, 

 regarded as petals by some Botanists, while the lower portion of the perianth 

 is regarded as a hollow receptacle or torus, on the edge of which are inserted 

 sepals and, in some cases, petals (Gilg in Engler u. Prantl, iii. 6a 216 and 

 Bugler's Jahrbticher xviii, 1894 pp.491, 492). Stamens inserted on the inside 

 •of the perianth, usually twice as many as lobes, those of the outer (upper) series 

 opposite to the lobes. Disk annular, cupular or of distinct scales, sometimes 

 wanting. Ovary superior, usually 1 -celled, ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous 

 from near the apex, 'Ft, usually indehiscent, seed one, radicle superior. 



Bast fibres are abundant in the bark, and the wood-fibres have bordered pits. An 

 Interior phloem, often accompanied by thick- walled bast-fibres, is found on the out- 

 side of the pith. 



A. Lobes of Perianth 4, stamens 8. 



L. alternate, stigma nearly sessile. . . .1. Daphne. 



L. alternate, style long, stigma linear . . . Edgewobihia (p. 545). 



L. as a rule opposite, style short, stigma large 



globose 2. WlKSTRCEMIA 



B. Lobes of Perianth 5. 



L. mostly opposite, fl. in dense globose heads . Lasiosiphon (p. 545). 



L. opposite or nearly so, fl. in compound cymes . S. Linostoma. 



L. alternate, fl. umbellate 4. Aqthlaria. 



1. DAPHNE, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 198. 



Shrubs, usually evergreen, 1. alternate, mostly coriaceous. M. generally in 

 terminal heads, perianth coloured, segments 4 nearly equal, spreading. 

 Anthers 8 on short filaments. Stigma capitate, subsessile. Fr. coriaceous 

 or fleshy, mostly enclosed until near maturity in the inflated perianth-tube 

 (receptacle). Testa thick, crustaceous. Species .80, Europe, N. Afi-ica, 

 temperate Asia, Himalaya. 



A. FL heads sessile, bracts or early deciduous. 



1. D. oleoides, Schreber, — Syn. Z>. mucronata, Eoyle 111. t. 81, f. 2* ; Fu)alj BaL ] Jiko, 

 Af/rii^ Bash. Baluchistan. Kxxram valley to 11,000 ft. Himalaya as far east as the 

 Jumna, 8-0,000 ft., albo in the inner arid valleys. Mediterranean region. Western 

 Asia. Afghanistan. A tall shrub, young shoots pubescent. L. subsessile, lanceolate 

 or linear-lanceolate, midrib prominent, terminating in a short sharp mucx*o. Fl. white 

 with a pink tinge, slightly scented, in terminal heads of 3-9 fl. Perianth-tube J in, 

 long, outside densely grey-tomentose, inside glabrous. Fr. orange or scarlet, J- J in. 

 long. 



2. D. cannabina, Wall.; Collett Simla Flora 435, fig. 140.— Syn. D. 

 papi/racea^ Wall. Vern. Satbaru, Bash. ; Satpura^ N. W. Him. ; Kaghuti^ 

 Nep. 



A tall shrub, branches often bi- and tri-furcate, youngest shoots slightly 



