Glycosniis?^ RlltacCiC. 21^ 



Straight, axillar}' peduncles ; cal. -lobes short, broad ; pet. % in., 

 strap-shaped, acute, inflexed at tip, hairy within at base, sub- 

 persistent ; stam. shorter than pet., 4 inner rather shorter, 

 fil. slightly dilated at base ; disk tomentose ; ov. tomentose, 

 style very short ; fr. nearly globular, |-f in., glabrous, rough 

 with immersed glands, harder in centre but with no distinct 

 stone, 4-celled. 



IMoist region from sea-level up to 5000 ft.; common. Fl. Feb.-April ; 

 pale yellowish -green. 



Also in E. Bengal, S.W. India, Malaya, and Cochin-China. 



Confounded by Linnaeus with Eugenia Jambolana (on which con- 

 fusion see my note in Journ. Linn. Soc. x.xiv. 140). Vahl's excellent figure 

 was made from Ceylon specimens collected by Koenig, from whom are 

 others in Brit. Mus. 



The whole plant when bruised has a warm terebinthinate scent. The 

 bark is used as an external application to sores and ulcers. Wood close- 

 grained, rather heavy, yellowish-white. 



5. GI.YCOSBIIS, Correa. 



Shrubs or small trees without spines ; 1. imparipinnate ; 

 fl. in axillary panicles ; sep. 5, distinct, imbricate ; pet. 5, 

 imbricate ; stam. 10, distinct, alternate ones shorter; ov. on a 

 broad, tumid gynophore, 2-5 -celled, with i pendulous ovule 

 in each cell, style very thick and short ; fr. a 1-3-seeded berry. 

 — Sp. 5 ; 4 in FL B. hid. 



Ov. 5-celIed ; infl. more or less stalked. . . i. G. pentaphylla. 

 Ov. 2-celled ; infl. nearly sessile . . ' . . 2. G. bilocularis. 



I. G. pentaphylla, Corr. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. 384 (1804). 

 Sodan-pana, 6. Kulapannai, T. 



Limonia pentapJiylla, Retz. and L. arborea, Roxb., Moon Cat. 35. 

 Thw. Enum. 45, 406 (incl. G. arborea, DC). C. P. 180, 1192. 

 Y\. B. ind. i. 599. Wight, Ic. t. 167 [G. triphyila). 



A shrub or small tree without spines, bark thin, brown, 

 young parts scurfy - pubescent ; 1- imparipinnate, rachis 

 flattened with sharp edges, Iflts. 3-5, often reduced to i, 

 rarely 7, nearly sessile, alternate or opposite, 2-5 in., oval, 

 acute at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, entire or faintly 

 denticulate ; fl. small, under h in., nearly sessile, crowded in 

 small clusters arranged in erect, rusty-pubescent, axillary 

 panicles 1-4 in. long ; sep. small, obtuse ; pet. lanceolate, 

 acute ; fil. flattened ; ov. on a short, thick gynophore, broader 

 than long, studded with large glands, 5-celled, style as wide 

 as ov., stigma capitate ; berry globose, | in., apiculate, smooth, 

 pinkish-white or cream-coloured ; seeds i or 2. testa mem- 

 branous, cotyledons green. 



