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long, base rounded; petiole 4-1 in. Male fl. in glabrous axillary branched cyniose 

 Binbellules, i\ in. diam.. greenish-white; peduncle compressed, stout, 4-I in. ; pedi- 

 cels 5 in., slender. Calyx-lohes vonnAei. Petals broadly oblong, connate in both sexes. 

 wame?i^shoTt, inserted on the corolla in both sexes. Female fi. umbellules in shorter 

 pouter simple or much-branched peduncles. Drupes red, crowded; pedicels of about 

 ^eir own diameter; stones 5-6, trigonous, with convex backs, rather thick.— A very 

 flistinct and handsome species. ' . , • • 



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J ^^- .*v Gardnerlana, Wight Ic. t. 1217; glabrous, leaves 2-2| in. 

 ong-petioled ovate-lanceolate caudate-acuminate quite entire, umbellules 

 sit^pie and panicled, flowers 5-merous. _ . _ 



^ESTEBN Peninsula; on the Nilghiri hills at Sisparah Ghat, WigU. 



A small tree or large shrub ( WigJit), Leaves rather coriaceous, base rounded ; nerves 



J^y laint beneath ; petiole |-f in., very slender. Flowers J in. diam., male only^ 



1 ^^» ^^ ^^"^ple solitary or fascicled peduncled slightly pubescent umbels; peduncles' 



i?^*^'",P''*'n the petioles ; pedicels slender, | in. Calyx-lobes broad, ciliolate. Petals 



^"g, obtuse, connate below. Stamens of (J equalling the petals, inserted on the 



*«roua m both sexes. — A vevj distinct species, of which the fruit is unknown. 



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J^'.*- Wightiana, Wall. Ca^. 4332 ; glabrous, leaves l|-4^ in. elliptic 

 iiptic-oblong or -ovate subacute or uniinate quite entire softly coriaceous, 



powers usually 5-6-merous, (^ and ^ in peduncled simple panicled pu- 

 erulous umbellules, drupe with 5-(5 stones, stigma subsessile. Wight Ic. 



^ ^216 ■ Thwaites Enum. 183 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 142. 



pp f^^^^^ Peninsula; Nil2:hiri hills, Wight, &c. ; Ceylon, in the southern and 



° Y ^^^^^' ascending to 4000 ft., Thwaites, 

 ^ large umbrageous tree, trunk 6 ft. in diam. at as high above the ground (Wight). 

 J^l^i ^o^^ceous, much larger in Ceylon than in Peninsular specimens, and more reti- 

 FIm ^^^ rather distant nerves beneath, narrowed into a petiole \-^ in. long. 

 r^^^? minute, ^\j- in. diam., white, umbellules subsessile in Peninsular specimens, on 

 r^uncles ^-J in. long in Ceylon specimens. Cahjx-lohes orbicular. Pttals \ oh\ong^ 

 ^^^^1^^^. below in both sexes. Stamens of 6 shorter than the petals, united to the 

 con ^ ^^^^ sexes. Drupe i in. diam., globose, smooth, stones with flat sides and 

 ^ex hacks; style very short mdeed.— The differences between the Peninsular and 



/ion specimens are almost specific. , ^ , . . ( / , 



Bes 't^' P^^i^^ularis ; leaves 1-2 J in., nerves very indistinct beneath, umbellules sub- 

 ■^ ^ylanica; leaves 3-5 in., nerves very distinct beneath, umbellules pedicelled. 





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elli f* ®*<5®lsa, Wall. Cat 4328 (exsulca) ; glabrous, leaves 2-4 in. soft; 

 Def I '^^^^^ or -lanceolate acuminate quite entire, nerves very oblioue, 

 g iioie slender, umbellules pubescent very shortly and stoutly peduncled, 

 w^ 4-5-merous, drupe ^ in. diam. with 5 stones. Brandis For. 

 Jh' l^ (^^^^- ^y^' Ehretise). 1 1, elliptica, Don Frodr. 189, Cassine ex- 

 '^^^WalL in Jioxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey, ± 376. 



alf ^"^^^-t^^CAL Hjmalata; from Kumnon to Nipal and Bhotan (exclusive of Sikkim), 



VpOOO ft. ; KiusiA Mrs., alt. 4000 ft., Gri^th, &c. 

 li(;f:i^^''Se shrub ("or tall tree, Wallich). Leaves dark-green, shining above, paler be- 

 4am 1 ^^ fleshy, base acute ; petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules 2, minute. Flowers J in. 

 Vgyy » ^bout 12 in an umbel; peduncle ^-4 in., stout, compressed; pedicels stout, 

 VtPrl^ *^ ^^^y^'lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Petals ovate-rotundate, crenulate, 

 in ^^^ die base in, hoi'ii'lexes.' Stamens equalling the petals, inserted on the corolla 

 «i2^ /^^^^ ' filaments dilated at the base. Drupe elobc>se,%ith 4-5 trigonous stones ; 

 kr^t ""^ Jobed.— That the trivial name exsulca of Wall. Cat. is an oversight hrexcelsa 

 Her^ V ^ from this being «ie Ca6siji£Met^d of Wallich in Roxburgh's Flora Indica, 

 ^^ " 13 adniirublj- described and staled to be a lofty tree ; no less than from the fact 







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