416 xxxvi. chailletiaceas. [ Chailletia . 
5 sub-perigynous free or adnate to corolla; anthers oblong, con¬ 
nective often thickened at the back. Disc of 5 glands or scales 
or a 5-lobed cup. Ovary free pubescent or villous 2- or 3-celled; 
ovules anatropous, pendulous in pairs from the top of the cells; 
styles 1 to 3. Stigmas simple or capitate. Drupe pubescent or 
hispid oblong, transversely oblong or didymous compressed, 
epicarp dehiscent or not, 1- to 3-celled. Seeds pendulous; testa 
membranous albuminous. Tropics generally, 3 genera and about 
40 species (King, Journ . As. Soc. Beng., lxiv. 90). 
CHAILLETIA, DC. 
Shrubs often climbing. Sepals unequal united at base, blunt. 
Petals 5 bilobed free, narrow. Stamens sometimes adnate to 
petals at base. Disc of 5 quadrate glands opposite the petals. 
Species about 30, chiefly American, some in Asia and Africa. 
Shrub. Leaves quite glabrous; cymes globular very 
small; leaves thin elliptic . • • (*) C* tenuifolia 
Climber. Leaves coriaceous ovate-elliptic; nerves 
prominent . . . • • • ( 2 ) C* tesselata 
Climber. Leaves coriaceous; cymes lax small; 
nerves faint . . * ■ • ■ ■ ( 3 ) Laurocerasns 
Climber. Midrib pubescent on back; leaves elliptic 
cuspidate, thin coriaceous . . . • (4) C. Helferiana 
Climber. Panicles lax peduncled. Leaves lanceo¬ 
late-oblong glabrous except midrib . . • ( 5 ) C. Hookeri 
Climber. Leaves oblong 3 m. long nearly glabrous (6) C. sordida 
Climber. Leaves ovate-lanceolate broad 5 in. long 
tomentose beneath ; cymes large . . • (7) C. deflexifolia 
Shrub. Whole plant and large fruit rough hairy, 
erect . . . . . • . (8) C. Griflithn 
(1) C. tenuifolia King, l.c. 91. 
Shrub 6 ft. tall to treelet 15 ft. tall. Leaves thin membranous 
wrinkled elliptic-lanceolate tapering to both ends glabrous; nerves 
5 to 8 pairs bold beneath, 6 to 8 in. long, 2*25 to 275 in. wide; 
petioles strigose ‘15 in. long. Cymes globular *25 to *4 in. wide, 
pedicels *15 in. long strigose. Flowers '05 in. wide. Sepals elliptic 
obtuse, silky outside. Petals shorter broader, glabrous slightly 
bifid sub-acute. Stamens shorter silky; anthers oblong. Ovary 
ovoid silky. Fruit deeply 3-lobed ’6 in. long, 75 in. wide, light 
yellow. Hab. Rare 300 to 2000 ft. altitude in rocky jungle. Perak, 
Larut Hills and Selama (Kunstler). 
(2) C. tesselata King, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. Beng. lxv. 515. 
Climber 10 to 15 ft. long, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 
or elliptic-oblong, shortly abrupt-acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 
6 to 7 pairs inarching far from edges, 4*5 to 5 in. long, 2’5 to 
3 in. broad; petioles •4 in. long transversely rugose. Cymes in 
pairs much branched "5 to 1 in. across. Sepals oblong obtuse 
tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals glabrous obovate sub¬ 
acute deeply bifid, lobes oblanceolate. Stamens longer glabrous, 
