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Leares of»posnte or altenale. Stamens 4-5, inaeii* 

 ed ou cur beneAfeb tbe nargin of the disk. Seed 

 usuallj alboimiioas. (Celastres,) 

 LeftTes opposite. 

 Fndt » capsule, 1-6-ceIled. 



Orary-celU 2-ovuled. Seeds nek winged. 



Pelakficee, capsQk3-6^1ed,locn1kidbl, 1. BooimnT?. 

 PeUls connate, capsule l-celled ... 2. Micbotropis. 



OvarjH^rfla each 4-OTnled, seeds winged. 



Capsole 3-eelled ... ... ... 3. LopHOPKTi.Lri£, 



Froifc indehisceal^ eonaoeooSt l-2-cdled« 



Siigma broad, peltate. A shrub ... 4. Plefrosttua. 



Fraift inddiiscent woody, l-3-€eUed« Stigma not 

 peltate. A small or laige taree ... 5. ELiEODSSDVOX. 



Leaves alternate. 



floweats paaknlate. Orary free. Scandmt 

 nnarmed ^irabs ... ... ... 6. Cslastrits. 



Flowers in small asHlary cymes. Oraiy con- 

 fluent with the disk. Erect shrubs or small 



spinous trees .. ... 7. GT>r>rospoETA. 



LeaTes nsoally opposite. Stamens 3, rarely more 

 or leas, insetted on the face of the disk. Seed 

 exalbandnoos. (HippoctateaeJ^ 

 Frait of S» flattaied carpel^ nsnally dehiscent. 

 Seeds winjged ... ... & HippockatkA. 



FndtabecEy ... ... 9. Sjllacia. 



1- STTOITYinJS, limu 



Trees or sbrabs. Leaves with cadncons slnpnles. Flowers in 

 axSbury eymesL Calyx 4-5-fid. Petals 4-5. Stamens 4-5^ inserted 

 on the disk. Disk fleshy, 4-5-lobed. Ovary immersed in the disk 

 and confloent with it, 3-5-celled ; stigma S-5-lobed ; OYoles 2 in each 

 celL Gapsole locaHddally dduscent, B-5-celled; cells 1-2-seeded. 

 Seeds coTered with an anlLns, albnminoas ; embryo orthotropons ; 

 cotyledons foliaeeons^ radicle inferior. 



B. mdicii& Heyne, in Roxhu M. IndL IL 409 ; FL Br. I. 1. 608. E. 

 GimgJm^ Wight; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. EL 47 ; Bedd. FL SjIt. 63. 



Wesfem Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Thronghont the 

 eragreen forests of the Konkan and Korth Ejinara ghats ; common on 

 &0 aonthexn ghits of North Kanara. Mowers, and is in fruit from 

 December till May. A shmb or small tree. 



Bark "25 in. tiiick, smooth, lenticnlar, per'derTiL Irirlit yellow, inner 

 bark leddiBh-ndiite. 



2. MICEOTROPIS. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves op; - ^ ^^ t ;,^L^re. Flowers in sessile 

 clusters or pedmicled cymes asill : 7 _ supra- axUlaiT, sometimes 

 nnisexnaL Sepals 5. Petals 5, co- n : be base into a short ring-. 

 Stamens 5, inserted on thedisk or c:: : :u e of the corolla. Disk 

 or annular. OYary free, 2-3-cdled ; style very short ; stigma minntely 



