Isonandra.'\ SapOtaceCB, 77 



S. tomentosum, Roxb. Cor. PL i. 28 (1795). Mul-makil, T. 



Sapota elengoides, A. DC, Thw. Enum. 175. C. P. 1795. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 538. Wight, Ic. t. 1218 {S. elengoides). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 235 {Ac/iras elengoides). 



A small much-branched tree, bark much cracked, the lat. 

 twigs often becoming sharp axillary spines, young parts rusty- 

 pubescent ; 1. numerous, 2-2| in., on short pubescent petioles, 

 oval or obovate-oval, acute at base, subacute, glabrous when 

 mature, stiff, paler beneath, with the lat. veins conspicuous 

 (but not prominent), fine, anastomosing; fl. small, on short, 

 stout, pubescent ped., in small, rounded, axillary clusters; cal. 

 tomentose, segm. lanceolate, acute, speading at ends ; cor.- 

 lobes narrowly lanceolate, very acute ; stam. very short, 

 staminodes lanceolate, hairy ; ov. densely hairy, style much 

 exserted; berry |-i in., pubescent when young, afterwards 

 glabrous, green ; seed | in., shining, brown. 



Dry and intermediate regions to 2000 ft.; rather rare. Maturata; 

 Nalande; Mulliativu. Fl. Sept.; white. 



Also in S. India and Burma. A montane plant in S. India on the 

 higher Nilgiris, &c., but not in our Hills. 



Wood hard, heavy, yellowish. Berries said to be eaten. 



3. ZSOMANDRA, IVzgkl. 



Tree, 1. alt., entire ; fl. small, sessile in axillary fascicles ; 

 cal.-segm. 4, imbricate ; cor.-lobes 4, imbricate ; stam. 8, in- 

 serted on cor. -tube; ov. 4-celled, style simple; berry ovoid- 

 oblong, pointed ; seed solitary, long-ovoid, slightly compressed, 

 embryo large, with flat cotyledons in scanty fleshy endosperm. 

 — Sp. 7 ; 6 in Fl. B. Ind. 



I. lanceolata^ Wight., Ic. ii. i, 5 (1843). Kiriwarala, Mol- 

 pedda, S. 



I. Wightiana., A. DC, Thw. Enum. 177. C P. 45. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 539 (with /. Wighticma). Wight, Ic. t. 359, and t. 12 19 

 (/. Perrottetiana), and t. 1220 (/. Candolleatta). 



A moderate-sized or large tree, much branched, bark dark 

 brown, young parts rusty-pubescent, 1. shortly petiolate, very 

 variable, usually \\-z\ in., oval or oblong-oval or obovate- 

 oval, tapering to base, sometimes acuminate, rounded, or 

 obtuse, often rather undulate, glabrous, stiff, paler beneath, 

 lat. veins distant, conspicuous, curved, connected by parallel 

 veinlets; fl. small, sessile or very nearly so, in small, crowded, 

 axillary fascicles ; cal. rusty-silky, segm. lanceolate, subacute ; 

 cor. glabrous, lobes short, rounded; stam. short, included; 



