XXVII. SABIACEiE 
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XXVII. SABIACE^E 
Trees or climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple ; stipules 
none. Flowers § in. diam. or minute, usually 2-sexual, single on 
axillary stalks or panicled. Calyx 5-parted, lobes nearly equal, 
imbricate. Petals 5, equal or unequal, opposite the sepals, imbri- 
cate. Stamens 5, opposite the petals, filaments rather thick, all 
or only 2 anther-bearing. Disk ring- or cup-shaped. Ovary 
sessile, 2-lobed, 2-celled ; styles 2, simple, erect, more or less 
cohering, tips ultimately recurved ; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe 
solitary or in pairs ; stone 1-celled, 1-seeded. — A small Order, 
chiefly Asiatic. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers f in. diam. . .1. Sabia. 
Erect trees. Leaves toothed. Flowers minute . . . .2. Meliosma. 
1. SABIA. From Soobja, the Bengali name of Sabia lanceo- 
lata. — India, China, Japan, Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 
Sabia campanulata, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 1. A glabrous, 
climbing shrub. Leaves shortly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 
in., entire, long-pointed. Flowers regular, 2-sexual, brown-purple, 
J in. diam., single on axillary, usually solitary stalks. Calyx very 
short. Petals in. long, ovate, concave, obtuse. Stamens all 
anther-bearing. Disk ring-shaped, 5-lobed. Drupe orbicular, 
flattened, wrinkled, J in. diam., solitary or in pairs. 
Mushobra, in the woods above the Waterworks road, Narkunda, not 
common; April, May. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-9000 ft. 
2. MELIOSMA. From the Greek meli, honey, and osma, odour, 
referring to the flowers. — Himalaya, China, Corea, Japan, S. and 
Central America. 
Small trees. Leaves simple ; lateral nerves prominent on the 
lower surface, running out into sharp teeth. Flowers minute, 
irregular, 2- rarely 1-sexual, in panicles. Bracts none or 1-2. 
Sepals as long as the outer petals, concave. Petals unequal, the 
3 outer orbicular, concave, the 2 inner much smaller, 2-lobed. 
Disk cup-shaped, membranous, toothed, surrounding the base of 
the ovary. Filaments 5 ; two bearing large, globose anthers, con- 
nective much dilated; three without anthers. Drupe globose, 
containing a 1-seeded stone. 
Leaves ovate ; lateral nerves straight ; teeth numerous, 
close-set . . . . . . . . . 1. M. dillenicefolia. 
Leaves lanceolate ; lateral nerves curved ; teeth few, distant 2. M. pungens. 
