Sun'ana.] Simarubacece. 231 



stam. 8 (or 10), fil. with a small scale at base ; ov. on a gyno- 

 phore, deeply 4-lobed, 4-celled, with i pendulous ovule in 

 each cell, styles completely connate ; fruit-carp. 1-4, distinct, 

 indehiscent, flattened, hard, i -seeded. — Sp. 3 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



S. indica, Gacrtn. Friict. ii. 352 (1791). Samadara, S. 



Herm. Mus. 5. Burm. Thes. 19, 25. Fl. Zeyl. n. 433 {Samandurd). 

 Vitmafinia elliptica^ Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. 51 ; Moon Cat. 31. Thw. 

 Enum. 70. C. P. 2766. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 519. Wight, 111. t. 68. Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. t. 60. 



A small tree, bark transversely cracked, young parts 

 glabrous ; 1. large, 7-10 in., oblong or oval-oblong, obtuse at 

 base, usually shortly acuminate, entire, glabrous and shining 

 on both sides, paler and veiny beneath, coriaceous, petiole 

 \-\ in., very thick, usually curved ; fl. i|-2 in., in few- or 

 many-fld. umbels, peduncle axillary, glabrous, short to very 

 long, ped. i-§ in., glabrous, red ; cal.-lobes broad, subacute, 

 glabrous ; pet. i in., linear -oblong, obtuse ; stam. a little 

 shorter than pet., basal scale hairy ; ov. shortly stalked, 

 glabrous, style filiform, a little longer than stam. ; ripe carp, 

 large, 2-2| in., compressed, semicircular, with a straight inner 

 edge, hard-leathery, smooth, reticulate, outer edge blunt, seed 

 large. 



Moist low country, in forests ; rather common. Galle ; Kalutara ; 

 Hewesse ; Chilaw. Fl. March; pinkish-yellow. 



Also on the Malabar coast of S. India. 



The whole plant is very bitter, and the bark, root, and fruit are all 

 used as febrifuge medicines. An infusion of the leaves is a good in- 

 secticide and destructive to white ants. Wood light, soft, pale yellow. 



Hermann's specimens were not sufficient to enable Linnaeus to define 

 this plant, and he left it among his ' Dubije ' in Fl. Zeyl. Specimens 

 from Koenig are in Mus. Brit. 



Briccea sumatrana^ Roxb. is a common weed about Kandy and in 

 some other parts, but is not native here, though it has a wide distribution 

 throughout the Eastern Tropics. The whole plant is bitter, and the 

 seeds (called ' Macassar Kernels ') are much used in Java as a cure for 

 dysentery. 



3. SURIANA, L. 



A small bush ; 1. simple ; fl. bisexual, in short racemes ; 

 cal. 5-cleft nearly to the base, imbricate ; pet. 5, imbricate ; 

 stam. 5 (or 10) ; ov. of 5 distinct carp., each with 2 erect, 

 collateral ovules, styles distinct, basal, persistent ; ripe carp. 

 2-5, small, i-seeded ; seed without endosperm. — Monotypic. 



