Combrelum,J 



41. MYRTACE/rC, 



165 



Til bo of calyx equalling the ovary. Fruit with 4i papery 



wings ... ... ... ... ... 1. C, oval i folium, 



V Tube of calyx 2-3 times as long as the ovary, Fruit 



with 4 membranous wings ... ... 2. C. extensum. 



1. C. ovalifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 256 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 458; Dalz. & 

 ,Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 90. Zellnoseij, madbel^ Vern. The Decean peninsula 

 and Oeylou. Throaghout the presidency in deciduous forejsts. FL Feb. 

 Fr. May. 



2. C. extensum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2. 229 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 45?^; 0. WiyUi- 

 anum, Wall. ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. FL 458. Pihka, VTern. 



Peccan peninsula, Ceylon, Trans-Gangetic pjninsula, from Silhet to 

 Singapore. Throughout the moist forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara. Fl. Feb. Fr. May. 



6 QUISQUALIS, Linn. 



Rambling shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers white or red; axillary 

 and terminal in short spikes, caljx-tube long produced. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10. Ovary l-ce)led. Fruit 5-angled or winged^ dry. 



Q. indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 556 ; .Fl. Br. 1. 2. 459 ; Brandis For. FL22(>; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL Suppl. 33. Rangoon Creeper. Indigenous in 

 the Ma^ay Archipela^-o. Cultivated in gardens tbrougho.it the presi- 

 dency. Fl. May-Sept. 



7. GYROCARPUS, Jacq. 



Tree. Leaves alternate,^ long petioled. F lowers small, unisexual,, 

 males numerous. Male fl : Calyx 4-7-divided. Petals 0. Stamens 

 4-7, inserted at the base of the calyx with alternate, clavate glands ; 

 anthers opening by lateral valves. Ovary 0.' Female fl. Calyx-limb 

 2-divided, accrescent. Petals aiid stamens 0. Ovary 1-celled, ovule 

 1^ pendulous. Nut bony, crowned with the 2-winged calyx-lobes ; 

 cotyledons convolute. 



G. Jaequini, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 445 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 4 61; Kz. For. FL 

 Br. Burm. 1. 470 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. Pi. 250. Zaitun, Hind. 



South India, Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands, Decoan banks of 

 the Krishna near Nalutwar, Grab. Bel^aum District, in dry forests. FL 

 R. S. Fr. C. S. A deciduous tree. Wood (grey) soft. Pores large and 

 moderate sized. Med. rays short , moderately broad. Used in S. India 

 for boxes and toys and for catamarans. 



Order 41. MYRTACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, usually coriaceous and 

 pellucid glar.d-dotted, with an intramarginal vein. Flowers regular^ 

 wsually hermaphrodite. Calyx 4-5 or m«:re divided. Petals as many 

 as calyx-lobes, on disk surrounding cavity of calyx. Stamens usually 

 many. Ovary inferior or J inferior, crowned by the fleshy disk^ 1* 

 celled, 1-ovuled or 2-many-celled with many ovules on axile placentas.^ 



