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548 xxxvTi. MELiACE^. (W. P. Hiem.) [Dysoxylu^^ 



.7. S. BCamlltonii, Hiem; shoots tawny velvety, leaflets 9-17 oppo- 

 ^te or subopposite oblong acuminate velvety on the midrib beneath, 

 panicles lax axillary shorter than the leaves, pedicels slender about equalling 

 or shorter than the flowers, calyx very small 4-partite with rounded con- 

 cave imbricated lobes pubescent, petals 4 glabrous, staminal tube pubescent 

 ■ on both sides, anthers 8, disk glabrous on both sides twice the length of 

 the ovary, style slender pubescent below glabrous above, ovary pubescent 

 3-celled. Guarea mollis, Wall rnss. G. paniculata. Wall. Cat. n. 4882, not 

 oflioxb. Epicharis molUs, Wall ex Voigt HorL Sub. Calc. 135. G. Alliana, 

 HaniUL in Mem. Wern. Soc. vi. 305 (1832) excl syn. Humph. Hartignsea 

 Alliaria, Am, ex Voigt HorL iSuh. Calc, 136. , - ^ 



Assam and SiLHET. . .. -'* 



A large tree. Leaves erect, 15-20 in. ; leaflets 4 by 1^ in. ; petiolules | in. /^ 

 rescence 6 in. long and wide ; flowers J in. long, greenish- white, v f/; 



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8. D. malabaricum, Bedd. mss. ; leaflets about 8 subopposite ovate 

 or subelliptic acuminate obsoletely puberulent base cuneate shoruy 

 petioluled, panicles many-flowered puberulent, pedicels short, flo^vers -^ 

 merous, calyx cleft halfway short, disk short mouth not very hairy, ovary 

 shortly pubescent 4-celled, ovules 2 together collateral, fruit globose botu 

 ends pointed. Dysoxylum (sp.), ^ec/d in Tram. Linn. Soc. ^"f > i^^ jj^^^^^ 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. p. liv. 



Western Peninsula ; Mountains of Kurz and Travancor, alt. 2-3000 ft., Beddom^ 

 An immense tree, ieare^ .pallid, U ft. ; leaflets 5-8 by 1 1-2 J in. ; petioles a"b^^ ' 

 4i in. ; petiolules J in. Flowers ^ in. Anthers short. Fruit 2 in. diam., verruco^ 

 longitudinally lined, nearly glabrous, bright yellow when ripe, 3-4-seeded. o^^ 

 bluntly 3-sided, attached by their whole inner face to the central placenta , ^^^ 

 reddish-brown; cotyledohs green.— Called Porapa by the Kaders on the Anamaiiajs. 



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Flowers racemose or spicate. 



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9. p. pallens, Ilkm ; leaflets 5-10 alternate oblong or elliptic narrowly 



acuminate glabrous, inflorescence axillary racemose, pedicels not exceeai j, 

 the closely puberulent 4-merous flowers, calyx shortly cup-shapeff -j- ^ 

 anthers 8, disk glabrous on both sides coarsely toothed about equaui< = 

 the hairy 3- (-2)-celled ovary, style shortly hairy below, Iruit pym^i';^ 

 seeds exarillate ? 



SiKKiM Himalaya (Eerh. Griff.) ; Mishmi and Khasia Mts., Griffith ^^g bf 



A small or moderate-sized tree; shoots pale. Leaves 9-32 iu. ; ''^^f '^^,^K.»t«; 



li-3 lu. ; petiolule i-J in. Flowers I, in, greenish ; calvx A"* i"- '""^ ! P*^**" \,! htl? 



Btammal tube glabrous ou Loth sides, obtusely 6-8-toothed. Fruit IJ bj 1 in., s"6 / 



pubescent. ■; 



Beddomel 



labrous_ submern 



branous ovate- or elliptic-oblong narrowly and obtusely acummaie ^^ 

 oblique obtuse or cuneate, inflorescence axillary spicate somewhat i*!^" j^g. 

 near the base, flowers subsessile or very shortly pedicelled ^-merous f ^^ 

 ■ • rulent, calyx very short, teeth short obtuse, staminal tube puberme 

 both sides, disk glabrous exceeding the hirsute ovary. , : -' ^'.j;;- j.. 



• South Travancok, .Be«Wome. ;..iii 'O t,.; , = * ' ''tolr in. ; 1**^ 



■ A middling-sized tree ; young parts pubenilent. Leaves pale-green, 12 ^ "/„^ 



ets 4-6 by 1 4 to 2 in., midrib and lateral veins pale beneath ; petiolules r-| '"• • j ju}* 

 ■ mcCTce 3-0, in. , 1-2 in. Wide. %Flowers J in. long.- Petals imbricated^ jiW"* 



•Lortly toothed. Ovary 2-celIed : ovules collateral. 



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