PLATE 21.
21. SANTIRIA FLORIBUNDA KÍT\g in Journ. Ás. Soc. Beng. IXII. 2. 254 (1894).
Natural order Burserace«.
A tree, 20—30 feet high; young branches stout, scurfy, rusty-pubescent; haves
6—9 dm. long, the rachisea flattened aad chanaelled on the upper surface below the
lowest leaflets, auricled at the very base, puberuloas at first but speedily glabrous;
leaflets 13 or 15 or 17, coriaceous, oblong, shortly acuminate, the base rounded, slightly
unequal, glabrous on both surfaces, the midrib alone sometimes puberulous on the lower,
reticulations minute, main-nerves 20—30 pairs, spreading, curving at the tips, only
slightly interarching; length 2-áó—5 dm., breadth 7—12-5 cm.; petiolules very stout,
1-35—2 cm. long; panicle 6—9 dm. long, slender, much branched, striate, glabrous,
bearing numerous, scattered, horizontal branchlets l-2ó—4 cm. long, each with 2—3
3—5-flowered cymules; flowers 2-5 mm. long, their pedicels longer, unequal, slender,
puberulous, with a few subulate bracteoles at the base, calyx flat, 3-angled, glabrescfent;
yetáis erect, deltoid, fleshy, concave, keeled along the middle, giabroni externally ;
stamens 6, the filaments shorter than the oblong anthers, slightly dilated below, inserted
on outer sm-face of the edge of a thick, fleshy, cupular disk; ooary small; style short,
stout, 3-angled like the stigma; ripe drupes elliptic, apiculate, glabrous, 2 cm. long and
1*25 cm. in diam., the peduncles slender, 1'2.5—3 cm. long, stiguiatic scar terminal.
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PLATE 21.—Santiria floribunda King. 1, twig, with part of a leaf and of a flowering panicle J
2, part of a fruiting paniole,—o/ natural she; 3, flowar, before opening; 4, oalyx, seen from above •
5, petals; 6, disk with stamens; 7, two stamens, removed; 8, ovary,—enlarged.
Q. K.
PLATE 23.
22. DYSOXVLDM EETICÜLATOII King in Journ. As. Soc. Bang. Ixv. 2. 114 (1896).
Natural order ]
A tree, 50 feet high; young branches stout, striate, puberulous; leases 2-25—4'5 dm,
long, even-pinnate; the petiole flattened in front, the rachis angled, both puberulousleaflets
4—7 pairs, opposite or alternate, thinly coriaceous, oblong, slightly uaequal-sided,
shortly acuminate, the base cuneate and often obKque; both surfaces glabrous and minutely
reticulate, the lower glaucous when young, both pale when dry; length 8—18 cm.,
breadth 2-5—6 cm., petiolules 5—8 mm. long; racetnes solitary, axillary, 1-5—2 dm.
long, tawny-puberulous, bearing flowers from near the base; Jlowsra broadly ovoid in
bud, about 6-5 mm. long, rather remote, their pedicels about 5 mm. long, each with a
subulate basal bracteole; calyx cupular, -with 4 remote teeth, glabrous, fleshy; petals \
three or four times as long as the calyx, elliptic, subacute, concave, boary-puberulous on
both surfaces; staminal-tube cylindric, shorter than the petals, slightly inflated about the
middle, the mouth with 8, shallow, emarginate teeth, hoary-puberulous externally,
glabrescent internally, anthers 8, oblong, their apices much below the mouth of the tube;
disk tubular, short, fleshy, glandular-pubescent, the mouth incurvcd and irregularly
tooihed; ovary depressed hemispheric, 3-angled, 3-celled with 2 ovules in each cell
pubescent, tapering to the stout, subgkbrous style; stigma slightly exserted, cylindnc
with a narrow basal annulus; ripe fruit broadly pyriform, the apex depressed,^ 8 cm.
long and 6-5 cm. in diam., rugulose when young, glabrous and smooth when aault, tl>o
pericarp crustaceous, 4 mm. thick; seeds 3-angled, the posterior surface concave, 3 cm.
long.
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nearest ally of this speoies is B. Vmotarifcnm Bedd., from which it diHers
oonspicaoasly in its smaller flowers, different disk, and mimtely retieulated leaflets.
Plate 22.-11™!™! rsW.tara Ki«,. 1, ioworiag twig, from Eyang; 2, imitmg twig, f r™
Tisl.,-i.M of .te; 3, b«d; 4, opemd S o w ; 6, Blami.al labe; 0, diet; 7, «ntho.s; 8, o w y . -
alì mhrged: 9, deliiwing cipsolo ; 10, sesd,-»«« of natura! «se. ^ ^
33. LliriDOPETALUil
PLATE 23.
JACKIAITOM nadlt. in Siili. Bdjer. AcaJ. ix. 633 (1879).
Natural ordsr Sapindaeeai.
A small tree with irittlo wood; young branches puberulous, soon becoming glabrous ;
¡earn 1'5—3 dm. long, leaflets 2—10, subopposite, oblong or ovate-oblong, subacuminate,
the base rounded or cuneate, both suriaoes shining, quite glabrous and finely
reticulate; main-nerves 7—8 pairs, bold beneath, spreading; length 8 - 1 3 - 0 cm., width
3—6 cm.; petiolules 4 mm. long; racemes under 5 cm. long; fimer-luis oval, pointed;
nepals oyate-lanceolate, green; fdaU white, minute, cordate, acute, each with a large
scale connate to its margins ; stamcni short, hypogynous, 8, filaments glabrous short,
anthers oblong hirsute ; ovar) 2-celIed ; cafsuh not lobed, coriaceous, compressed, obovate,
glabrous reddish-brown outride, hirsute bright scarlet within, minutely apiculate, 3 cm.
long and about 2 cm. wide, pedicel 5 mm. long ; seiii solitary, black, covered with
mucilage and embraced as to the lower third by a pink, cup-shaped, thick, Sesl.y
arillus." -Praiii, Pro». As. Soc. Bag. (1891) 167; King, Journ. As. Soc. Baig. Ixv.
2. 440 (1896). Connarua ? Jackianus Wall. Cat. 8552 (1817). Oupania Jackiana Ilicrn in
ilooli. f . tior. Brit. Ind. i. 678 (1875).
NICOBAES: Car Hicobar; Jack! Brain 1 Kamorta; Kitrzl Batti Halv; Brain!
PLATE 23.—Lepidspetalam Jaokianum R^dl!:. 1, fruiting branch from tlie Nicobars; 2, seed,—
loth of miaral size; 3, bud; 4, opaned flower; 5, calyx aod caraUa, laid open; 6, stamens and
ovary, the perianth removed; 7, sepal; 8, petal; 9, vertical sectioa of petal; 10, stamen; 11, vertical
wjction of ovary,-o7i tometciiat enlarged.
G. K , ; D. P.
P L A T E 24.
21. ACER PAPILIO King in Journ. As. Soc. Bang. Isv. 2. 115 (1896),
Natural order Sapindaceaj.
A bmall treo; the young branches at first rusty-tomentose, afterwards glabrous
and with cinereous exfoliating bark; Imves simple, 5-lobed, the lobes caudate-acuminate
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