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2. E. Indicus, Heyne in Eoxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, iL 409 : peduncles 

 1-3-flowered solitary or geminate. Wall. Cat. 4290 ; W. & ^-P^od^-^Z' 

 E. Gougbii, Wight III. i. 178 ; Ic. t. 215 ; Dah. d: Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 47 ; JiedU. 

 Fl. iSylv. A nal. Gen. Ixiii. ' . . ' • 



Western Peninsula; on the Ghats from the Concan southward. . 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 3-4 by 1 J-2| in., subcoriaceous, ovate or lanceolate. 

 oblong, entire or obscurely serrate at the apex. Peduncles J-2 in., 9'linanc, stouUBtu 

 Fetals nearly orbicular, about i in., rust-coloured. Fruit | in., obovoid-clavate. , . 



** Flowers usually 5-merous. Petals entire. 



3. E. revolutus, Wight HI i. 178; leaves l|-2 by f-U in- ovate or 



roundish to obovate very coriaceous margins revolute, peduncles 1^3- 

 flowered usually geminate, petals ^ in. orbicular flat. Thwaites Emm. /J j 



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Bedd. FL Sylv. Anal, Gen, Ixiv, 



Cetlon; at Newera Ellia, ascendinff to 6000 ft. ' . 



A small glabrous tree with subquadrangular shoots. Leaves rounded at the apex, 

 entire or obscurely serrate at the apex. Peduncles |-1 in. cylindrical. Flowers brig 

 red. Fruit ^ in., turbinate. 



> 4. E. crenulatus, Wall Gat. 4297 ; leaves 2-3 by l-l| in. elliptic-oblong 

 to subovate coriaceous margins revolute, peduncles 3- or more-flowered, soli- 

 tary, petals i in. orbicular flat W. dc A. Prodr. 161 ; Wight /^- t. y''^' 

 Bedd, Fl, Sylv. t. cxliv. 





Western Peninsula ; Nilghiri hills, Wight, Sc. . ^^ 



A small glabrous tree; young branches slightly compressed, i^^ave^crenulate-se 

 towards the apex. Peduncles 1 or more in., compressed, usually S-flowered, ^"My^^ 

 times Iwice divided and 7-flowered. Petals rust-coloured. Fruit i in., turbinate. / 



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nearly allied to the last species, of which it may prove to be a variety 



■ , t E. Tiiwaitesil, Laws, ; leaves H by f in. broadly lanceolate sut)Ovate 

 acute or blandly subacuminate subcoriaceous margins flat or ^^^^^ T' 

 peduncles 1 in. filiform solitary 3-flowered, petals i in. orbicular witn un- 

 dulate margins. 





Cetlon; alt 2000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. - "entire 



A small tree with twi^rey branchlets and rough dark bark. Leaves e 



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Fruit J in., obovoid, clavate. 



6. E. Walkeri, Wight lU. i. 178 ; leaves l|-4 by |-U i"- ^^'^^^^f '£ 

 ovate or acuminate subcoriaceous margins flat, peduncles 1-flowerea se 

 or in subsessile cymes \-\ in. in the axils of the upper leaves, pet^s ^ - 

 orbicular with undulate margins. Thwaites Enum. 73; Btdd. t^- ^n 

 Anal. Gen. Ixiv. E. zeylanicus, Alom Cat. 17. 



Ceylon ; ascending to 3000 ft. . sleodeT. 



A small tree. Leaves crenate-serrate towards the apex. tT A.j^pnjaeos 

 Flowers almost sessile, exceedincly small. Fruit tuiLinate.— Small-leavea spe ^ 

 of this species closely resemble £. dichotomous, and it is possible that ^^S^ . 

 «cnbiug the inflorescence as dichotomously branched may have confoundea tne <. 



*** Flowers i-merom. 





7. E. grrandiflorus, Wall, in Roxb. Fl.Jnd.ed. Carey,i'i. f*'^^ 



4282; Terd. Fl. Nep. 41, t. 30; PI. As. Ear. iii. 35, t- 254; pedunc ^ 

 2-3 m. slender. E. lacerus, Ham. in Don Prodr. 191 ; DC ■^^^/':Anm, 



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Western Temperate Himalaya : from Kumaon, alt. 3000 ft. to >epal. 

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