Cretaia.] TlUaceCB. 1 77 



ov. very hairy ; fr. globose, not lobed, nearly f in., apiculate, 

 densely pubescent, yellow, stones 4, 2-seeded. 



Low country ; rare, and perhaps not native. Chilaw (Nevill) ; 

 Colombo ; Hantane ; common in Peradeniya Bot. Gardens, but doubtful 

 if native there. Fl. Feb.-April ; white. 



Native in Southern India. 



Hermann, who notes that the branches are often sarmentose, says 

 that the wood is particularly adapted for bows. 



8. G-. polyg-ama, Roxb. Hort. Beiig. (1814). Bora-daniiniya, 

 S. Taviddai, T. 



G. helicterifolia^ Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 11 13. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 391. 



A much-branched tree, with smooth, whitish bark, twigs 

 slender, young parts pubescent ; 1. 1-J-3 in., distichous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, unequal at base, acuminate, acute, finely serrate in 

 upper part, 3-nerved at base, nearly glabrous above, white 

 with stellate pubescence beneath, petiole short, stip. longer, 

 linear, very acute ; fl. small, under \ in. diam., polygamous, 

 3-5 in., pedunculate umbels 1-4 together from axil, buds 

 oblong, bracts linear ; sep. linear, pubescent on both sides ; 

 fr. \ in., globular, not lobed, hairy, stones 4, i -seeded. 



Dry country ; rather common. Dambulla ; Hangurankette ; Anurad- 

 hapura ; Karativu ; Vavuniya. Fl. July-October. 

 Also in India, Burma, Trop. Australia. 

 Heart-wood heavy, rather hard, smooth, even-grained, pale brown. 



9. G-. IWEicrocos,* Z. Syst. ed. xii. 602 (1767). Kdliya, Kohu- 

 kirilla, S. 



Herm. Mus. 10. Burm. Thes. 159. FL Zeyl. n. 207. Microcos panicu- 

 lata, L., Moon Cat. 41. Thw. Enum. 32. C. P. 1109. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 393. Wight, 111. t. 33. Burm. Thes. t. 74. 



A shrub, young parts stellate-pubescent ; 1. 4-9 in., lan- 

 ceolate, rounded at base, tapering, acute, entire or nearly so, 

 glabrous above, finely stellate-hairy beneath, 3-nerved at base, 

 veins prominent beneath, petiole -J-| in., stip. \ in., linear, 

 acuminate ; fl. small, fin. diam., shortly pedicellate or nearly 

 sessile, rather crowded, in small terminal panicles, buds 

 globular-ovoid, bracts linear ; sep. lanceolate-oblong, woolly 

 on both sides ; ov. 3-celled ; fr. small, | in., ovoid, smooth, 

 fleshy, purplish, stones combined into one, 3-celled, hairy. 



Low country ; common. Fl. June, July ; White. 

 Throughout India, and in Burma, Java, and China. 



* Microcos is Burman's translation of the names ' Kocurille,' 'de 

 Kleine Cocos,' given by Hermann (who has also ' Kohukirilla '), for this 

 plant, apparently referring to the small hard stone of the fruit, suggesting 

 a miniature coconut. 



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