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10. ANTIRRHCEA, Comm. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx small, with a funnel-shaped tube and 
short 4-toothed erect persistent limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a 
cylindrical tube and 4 short obtuse imbricated lobes. Stamens 4, 
nearly sessile at the throat of the corolla-tube. Ovary 2-3-celled, 
with a single ovule in each cell ; style with as many branches as there 
are cells. Fruit a small indehiscent berry, with a bony endocarp. — 
Shrubs with small flowers in copious peduncled axillary bifid scor- 
pioid cymes. Distrib. Tropics of both hemispheres, but not conti- 
nental African. Species 20. 
Drupe cylindrical. Corolla i-i in. long 1. A. verticillata. 
Drupe globose. Corolla -|~£ in. long 2. A. frangulacea. 
1. A. verticillata^ DC. Prod. iv. 459. An erect shrub, 10-15 feet 
high, much-branched, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves opposite 
or ternate, crowded towards the end of the branchlets, oblanceolate- 
oblong, acute, cuneate at the base, 3-6 in. long, subcoriaceous, glabres- 
cent or slightly pilose below ; stipules moderately large, lanceolate, deci- 
duous. Cymes much shorter than leaves, with flowers crowded on 
slender spreading silky branches. Calyx J in. long ; teeth obscure. 
Corolla whitish, in. long, silky on the outside. Ovary 2-celled. 
Drupe cylindrical, red, juicy. A. dioica, Bory ; DC. loc. cit. 
Mauritius, in woods through the island. Also Bourbon. Bois Lousteau. 
2. A. frangulacea, DC. Prod. iv. 460. A much-branched shrub, 
4-6 feet high, with slender branchlets. Leaves opposite, crowded towards 
the end of the branchlets, petioled, oblanceolate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, 
subcoriaceous, glabrous, acute, cuneate at the base ; stipules small, 
lanceolate, deciduous. Peduncles slender, glabrous, \-l in. long, the 
flowers not crowded and branchlets slightly silky. Calyx -Jt in. long, 
silky ; teeth 4, deltoid. Corolla nearly glabrous, yellowish, £ in. 
long. Ovary 3-celled. Drupe globose, the size of a small pea, con- 
taining 3 pyrenes. 
Mauritius and Rodriguez, in woods of the high hills. Endemic. 
11. TIMONIUS, Humph. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx-tube campanulate ; teeth 4, deltoid, 
erect, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, with 4 short thick ligulate 
obtuse valvate lobes. Stamens 4, sessile at the throat of the corolla. 
Ovary mauy-celled ; ovules 1 in each cell ; style short, in our plant with 
four branches. Fruit a small globose drupe, with the minute pyrenes 
radiating in four bundles from the centre. — Shrubs with the flowers 
mostly in axillary bifid cymes. Distrib. Tropical Asia. Species 20. 
1. T. flavescens, Baker. A much-branched shrub, with rather 
stout glabrous branchlets. Leaves petioled, oblong, subcoriaceous, 
