JSrythroxylon.'] LlfUlcecE, igi 



A tree, usually small, much branched, bark dark brown, 

 thick, very rough ; 1. i \~2\ in., shortly stalked, oval-obovate, 

 tapering to base, very obtuse, thin, paler beneath, veins 

 reticulate, combined stip. triangular, persistent ; fl. \ in., on 

 slender ped. very much shorter than 1., 1-4 together, axillary; 

 sep. triangular, acute, glabrous ; pet. much longer than sep., 

 spreading ; styles connate for nearly whole length ; drupe 

 f in., oblong, apiculate, somewhat trigonous, smooth, bright 

 scarlet, surrounded at base by persistent sep. and stam., stone 

 thin, 3-celled. 



Dry country; very common. Fl. August, &c.; greenish-white. 

 Fruit scarlet. 



Also in Southern India. 



There are specimens from Koenig in Brit. Mus. 



Heart-wood very hard, heavy, smooth, dark brown. It has a pleasant 

 resinous scent, and yields, by distillation, a kind of tar, said by Dr. 

 Ondaatje (Obs. Veg. Prod. (1853) 13) to be used by the Moormen at 

 Puttalam as a preservative for the wood of their boats. The leaves con- 

 tain an alkaloid, which is bitter and astringent, but it has none of the 

 properties of Cocaine, the alkaloid of E. Coca of Peru. 



2, E. lucidum, Moon Cat. 36 (1824). Bata-kirilla, S. Chiru- 

 chemannatti, T. 



SetJiia acuminata., Arn. Pug. 6 ; Wight, 111. t. 35 ; Thw. Enum. 54. 

 C. P. 222, 3488, 401 1. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 415. 



A much-branched, twiggy shrub, with pale bark ; 1. i J-3 in., 

 linear-lanceolate to oval-lanceolate, acute or rounded at base, 

 tapering, acuminate with obtuse apex, shining on both sur- 

 faces, lat. veins horizontal, petiole very short, stip. caducous ; 

 fl. solitary, axillary, ped. much longer than petiole ; sep. 

 lanceolate, acute ; pet. oblong, obtuse ; styles connate nearly 

 to apex ; drupe \ in., pointed, grooved. 



Low country ; rather common. Ratnapura ; Ambagamuwa ; Kuruwita 

 Korale ; Singhe Raja Forest ; and (in dry region) Uma Oya ; Nilgala ; 

 Dambulla. Occurs as an undergrowth in forests. Fl. March-May ; 

 greenish-yellow. 



Endemic (?): perhaps in Borneo. 



C. P. 3488 (from Singhe Raja) is Thwaites's var. /3.; it has smaller 

 and more caudate leaves than the type. C. P. 401 1 (from Dambulla) has 

 the leaves abruptly narrowed at the base, as is the case generally in the 

 dry country. 



The juice of the leaves is a valuable anthelmintic and much used, 

 especially for children. 



3. E. lanceolatum, Hk.f. Fl. B. hid. i. 415 (1874), 

 Sethia laticeolata, Wight, Thw. Enum. 54. C. P. 493. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 415. 



