A N N A L S OF T H E E O T A L B O T A N I C G A K D E N , CALCTTTTA.
riowers usually large and from the leafy branches;
petals spreading ; tonis flat.
Flowers 2-sexual; ovules many 5. Xlvniia.
Flowers 1- or 2-sexual; ovules solitary, rarely 2 . 6. Ellipeiu.
TRIBE II.—TJSOKEIE. FctaU valvnte or open in bud, spreading in
flower, flat, or concave at the hase only ; inner subsimilar
or 0. Slamem many, close-packed ; their antbercells
concealed by the overlapping connectives. Ovanes
indefinite.
Flowers trimerons.
Petals conniving at the eonoave base and covering the
stamens and ovaries.
Ovaries 1—3, many-ovuled ; peduncles not
hooked 7. Cyathocnlyx.
Ovaries many, 2.ovviled ; peduncles hooked . . . 8. Artahotrtjz.
OvarieB many ; ovules 4 or more ; peduncles
straight Drepmmnihvs.
Fetah flat, spreading from the base.
Kipe carpels indehiscent.
Ovules many, 2-seriate ; petals lanceolate ;
stamens with acute apical appendages . . 10. Cnnangivm.
Ovules 2—6, 1-seriate on the ventral suture . 11. Unona.
Ovules 1-2, hasi.1 or sub-hosal _ 12. Polyallhia.
Eipe carpels foUioular 13. Anamgorea.
Flowers dimerous . . . . - 14. mepahm.
TRIH-E III.—MITREPHORE^, Petals valvate in bud, outer
inner dissimilar, concave, connivent, arching over the
stamens and pistils (divergent in some species of
Mitrephora). Stamens many (few in Orophcn), closely
packed ; anther-cells (except in Orophcn) concealed by
the overlapping connectives. Pistils numerous (few in
some species of Orophtn).
Inner petals clawed.
Inner petals connivent in a cone, but not vaulted . . 15, Ooniot/ialiimus.
Inner petals vaulted.
Stamens about 6, Miliusoid ; inner petals longer
than the outer Orop/wa.
Stamens numerous, Uvarioid; inner petals not
longer or very little longer than the outer . . 17. Mitrcphora.
Inner petals not clawed.
Flowers globose ; petals sub-equal 18- Popoina.
i'lowers elongate ; inner petals much shorter than the
outer • • O^ymitra.
A N O N A C E ^ OF B R I T I S H I N D I A.
TDIBE IV.—X^LOPIEIE. Petals valvate in bud, thick and rigid,
connivent ; the inner similar but smaller, rarely 0.
Outer petals broad ; torus convex 20. Mdodorum.
Outer petals narrow, often triquetrous; fcorus flat or
Titine v.—MILIUSE^E. Petals valvate in hud, the outer sometimes
very small like the sepals. Siamens often definite,
loosely imbricate; anther-cells (except in Phmanthun)
not concealed by the connectives. Ovaries solitary or
indefinite.
Ovaries indefinite.
Sepals and outer petals similar and minute; inner
petals very large, often cohering by their edges.
Ovules 1 or 2 ; stamens numerous, quadrate, with
broad truncate apical processes concealing the
aather-cells from above 22. Phmanthus.
Ovules 1 or 2, rarely 3 or 4 ; stamens few or
nimierouB, compressed; the apical process of the
connective compressed, not broad or truncate,
and not* concealing the anther-cells from
above
Ovules 6 or more, the inner petals much larger
than the outer aud saccote at the base; stamens
indefinite 24. Saccopetalim
All the petals larger than the sepals, often saccate at
the base, sub-equal or the inner smaller 25. Mphonsea.
Ovaries solitary.
Outer petals valvate, inner imbricate 26. Kingstonia.
AU the petals valvate 27. Mczzetiia.
* NOTE.-Some species of Sageraa have the auther.colU imperfectly ooEcealed by the oonuectives. mucli us ia Miliusa.
1. Stelecliocarpus,
Trees. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers dlo3clous, in fascicles from the old -wood.
Sepals 3, small, elliptic or orbicular, imbricatc. Torus conical. Siamens indefiaite; connective
dilated, truncate. Ovaries indefinite, ovoid; stigma sessile; ovules 6 or more.
" • -ge, berried, globose, 4—6-seeded. Distrib.—Species 3 or 4, all Malayan.
Leaves pellucid-punctate i- S. punctatus.
Leaves not pellucid-punctate.
Flowers of both soses alike 2. 6'. nitidus.
Male flowers smaller than the female 3. 5, Burahol.
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