 ceolate, 
ELZOCARPEZ. I. Exrzocarrvs. 
4 sepals. Petals 4, linear, erose at the apex. Anthers 8-12, 
linear, puberulous, destitute of terminal bristles. Female flowers 
unknown. . 
6 Va'trEA. Sepals 5. Petals 5, trifid, with 5 scales under 
the claws, which adhere to the petals, and with a ring of glands 
around the torus. Anthers 30-40, mutic, bursting at the top. 
Capsule 3-4-valved, muricated, 4-5-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 
7 Tricusprpa‘r1a. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, tricuspidate, 
with a ring of glands around the 10-angled torus. Anthers 15, 
mutic, opening at the apex. Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, with 
a dissepiment in the middle of each valve. Seeds few. 
8? Deca'pia. Calyx 3-parted. Petals 10, obovate, serrat- 
ed. Stamens 10, seated on the base of the petals ; anthers 
roundish. Drupe containing a 5-celled nut. 
I. ELZOCA’RPUS (from ħaa, elaia, an olive, and xaproc, 
karpos, a fruit; the fruit is round, containing a nut furnished 
with rugosities, which has been compared to an olive.) Lin. 
gen. 665. D.C. prod. 1. p. 519. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-sepalled. 
Petals 5, jagged at the apex (f. 95. b.). Anthers ending in 
bristles. Drupe containing a rugged-furrowed, 5-celled nut, 
(f. 96. f.) or only 1-celled from abortion. Trees with white, 
but not durable wood. Flowers small, usually fragrant; the 
fruit is eatable, and the hard rugose stones are manufactured into 
necklaces set in gold. 
1 E.serra‘rus (Lin. spec. 734.) 
leaves with glands in the axils of 
the veins beneath, elliptic-oblong, 
Serrated, acuminated ; racemes ax- 
illary or lateral, drooping; fruit glo- 
bose; nut wrinkled and furrowed. 
k. S. Native of the East Indies. 
—Burm. zeyl. 39. t. 40. Ga- 
nìtrus sphe’rica, Geert. fr. 2. p. 
271. t. 139. f. 6. Flowers white,. 
but purplish before opening, sweet- 
scented. ' 
Serrated-leaved Elæocarpus. Fl. A) 
March to Oct. Clt. 1774. Tree WM . } 
50 feet. SE . fl 
2 E. Ganrtrus (Roxb. hort. A Ez 
beng. p. 42.) leaves elliptic-lan- Te > 
repand-toothed, acumi- 
nated, younger ones pubescent; racemes simple, lateral. h. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Ganítrus, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 162. t. 
101. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 
Ganiter Elæocarpus. Tree 40 feet. 
3 E. Pr’rim-xa'ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 519.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, serrated; flowers racemose; fruit ovate; nut even. 
hb. S. Native of Malabar.—Rheed. mal. 4. p. 51. t. 24. 
Racemes terminal. Flowers white, sweet-scented. ‘This tree 
is called Perim-kara by the inhabitants of Malabar. Fruit 
eatable. 
Perim-kara Eleocarpus. Tree 40 feet. 
4 E. cya'neus (Sims, bot. mag, t. 1737.) leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, serrated, netted with veins ; racemes axillary, close- 
flowered; fruit somewhat globose; nut almost even. kh. G. 
Native of New Holland. Flowers white. Drupe blue. E. re- 
ticulatus, Smith in Rees’ cycl. ex Ker. bot. reg. t. 657. E. cya- 
neus, Lois. herb. amat. t. 237. 
15 ete fruited Eleocarpus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1803. Tree 
eet. 
559 
5 E. oxova'tus ; leaves obovate-oblong, tapering to the base, 
obtuse at the apex, entire or serrated towards the apex ; racemes 
numerous, crowded-flowered. h.S. Native of New Holland. 
Flowers white, smaller than those of E. cyaneus. 
Obovate-leaved Elzocarpus. Shrub. 
6 E. srricrus (Lamb. herb.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, coria- * 
ceous, tapering to the base, serrated, silky beneath; racemes 
simple, axillary. h. S. Native of New Zealand. Flowers 
crowded, white. 
Straight Elzocarpus. Tree 15 feet. 
7 E. mono’ceras (Cav. icon. 6. p. 1. t. 501.) leaves lanceolate, 
cuneated at the base, serrated at the top; racemes axillary. h. 
S. Native of the island of Luzon, and at the town of Bannos. 
Ovary 2-celled? Anthers furnished with 1 bristle at the apex. 
Flowers of a rusty-red colour. 
One-horned-anthered Eleocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
8 E. rucdsus (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42.) leaves large, elliptic 
or obovately-oblong, acuminated, abrupt at the base, repandly- ` 
serrated; anthers ending in 1 bristle each; petals 2-lobed, 
jagged; racemes simple, axillary. h. S. Native of Chittagong. . 
Flowers large, white. Anthers with beardless valves. 
Wrinkled-leaved Elzeocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
9 E. INTEGRIFÒLIUS (Lam. dict. 2. p. 604.) leaves obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, quite entire; racemes axillary, longer than the 
leaves; flowers 4-cleft. h. S. Native of the Mauritius. 
Flowers white. Anthers beardless. 
Entire-leaved Eleocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
10 E. osròxcus (Smith in Rees’ cycl. no. 2.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, quite entire; drupe ovate-oblong, l-seeded. kh. 
S. Native of the Moluccas. Ganitrum obléngum, Rumph. 
amb. 3. p. 163. t. 102. Geert. fruct. 1. p. 202. t. 43. Racemes 
axillary. Flowers white. Fruit eatable. 
Oblong-leaved Eleocarpus. Tree 40 feet. 
11 E. rrece’rrimus (Lour. coch. 1. p. 412.) leaves lanceo- 
late, quite entire; flowers axillary, crowded. kh. G. Native 
of Cochin-china.*. Flowers sweet-scented, of a golden-colour, 
Drupe black, somewhat ovate. This plant is cultivated in China 
for the sweetness and beauty of its flowers. 
Very-entire-leaved Eleocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
12 E..sytve’stris (Poir. suppl. 294.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
serrated ; spikes almost terminal ; glands of receptacle 2-lobed ; 
drupe l-seeded. h. G. Native of Cochin-china in woods. 
Adenddus sylvéstris, Lour. coch. 294. Branches spreading. 
Flowers white, varying to red. 
Wild Eleocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
13 E. nitrpus (Mal. misc. 1. no. 2. p. 41.) leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, serrated ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 
stamens 15; nut 5-celled, 4 of which are for the most part abor- 
tive. h.S. Native of Pulo-Pinang. Flowers white. 
Shining-leaved Elezocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
14 E. exxr’pricus (Smith in Rees’ cycl. no. 3.) leaves smooth, 
glandless ; calyxes acute; ovary globose, with 5 little scales at 
the base. h.S. Native of? Lin. mant. 2. p. 401. m a note. 
Flowers white ? ` 
Elliptic-leaved Elæocarpus. Tree. , 
15 E. raxceora`rus (Blum. bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnæa. 1. 
p. 659 and 660.) leaves lanceolate, bluntish and remotely ser- 
rated at the top; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves, nod- 
ding ; pedicels longer than the petioles ; drupe oval ; nut wrink- 
led, and covered with recurved prickles. k. S. Native of Java, 
Flowers white. 
Lanceolate-leaved Elzocarpus. Tree 20 feet. 
16 E. ostu sus (Blum. 1. c.) leaves obovate-oblong, bluntish, 
mucronately-serrated above the base ; racemes axillary, and are 
as well as the petals silky; pedicels longer than the petioles. 
h. S. Nativeof Java. Flowers white. Like E. monéceras. 
