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49. CAPRIPOLIACEiE. 



\_Mastixia, 



2. MASTIXIA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves alternate or opposite, entire. Flowers hermaplirodite, 

 S-bracteolate^ in terminal panicles ; pedicels jointed under the flower. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate ; limb 4-5-tootlied. Petals 4-5, ovate, valvate, 

 silky. Stamens 5-4. Ovary 1-celled ; disk fleshy ; ovule 1, pendulous. 

 Drupe ovoid, crowned by the calyx teeth ; putamen grooved ; endo- 

 carp protruded inwards down one side. Seed ellipsoid ; albumen fleshy. 



M. pentandra. Blume Mus. Bot. 1. 2o6 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 746. Bursino- 

 petalum arhoremi, Dalz, & Gib3< Bomb. Fl. 28. 



Western ghats from Bombay southwards. Konkan and North 

 Kanara in evergreen forests ; also along nalas in North. Kanara. Dbar- 

 war, Dalz. Fl. Jan. -Mar. Fr. May. A moderate-sized tree with smooth 

 bark. Wood unknown. 



Order 49. CAPRIFOLIACE^. 



Shrubs, small trees or herbs. Leaves opposite, simple or pinnate. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. Calyx-tube adnate to 

 the ovary, limb 3-5-divided. Corolla gamopetaloua, limb often 2- 

 lipped, 5-lobed, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, on the corolla. 

 Ovary 1-6-celled; ovules solitary, pendulous, or several on axile pla- 

 centas. Fruit a drupe with 1-8 cartilaginous pyrenes, or a many- 

 seeded berry. Albumen copious ; fleshy ; embryo minute. 



VIBURNUM, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite. Flowers in terminal 



panicles or corybose cymes. Calyx-limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla 



5-lobed. Stamens 5. Ovary 1-3-celled, with 1 pendulous ovule in 

 each cell. Fruit a dry or fleshy drupe, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



V. punctatum, Ham. in Don Prodr. 142; Fl, Br. L 3. 5 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 217. 



Outer Himalayas, Kumaon and Nepal (5000 ft.), Nilghiris, Anamal- 

 lays, Western ghats and Kanara. 



Brandis says this is found in Kdnara (North Kanara ?) ; Beddome says 

 " common in subalpine jungles." Var, acuminata, WalL, 1 hs^ve found 

 common on the Bababuden hills of Mvsore at 4 — 6000 ft- alt. Fl. Sept.- 

 Oct. Fr. 0. S. 



Order 50. RUBIACE^. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, erect or climbing, sometimes spinous. Leaves 

 opposite or whorled, entire, stipulate ; stipules free or connate. ^ In- 

 florescence various. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, limb entire or 

 toothed. Corolla gamopetalous, usually 4-5-lobed, lobes imbricate, 

 contorted or valvate. Stamens as many as corolla lobes, alternating 

 with them ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary inferior, 2 or moie celled rarely 



