Excacaria?^ Eitpliorbiacece. 77 



not enveloping the stamens in bud; stam. 3, fil. distinct; 

 pistillode o; fern. fl. pedicelled ; sep. 3, minute, broad; ov. 

 3-celled, with one ovule in each cell, styles 3, distinct, un- 

 divided, recurved ; capsule of 3 crustaceous cocci falling away 

 from a central column ; seeds globose, estrophiolate, testa crus- 

 taceous, endosperm fleshy, cotyledons broad. — Sp. about 30; 

 9 in Fl. B. Ind. 



r. E. Ag-allocha,* Z. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1288 (1759). Tala- 

 Icirlya, S. 



Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 864. Moon, Cat. 68 and E. Camettia, Willd. Thw. 

 Enum. 269. C. P. 2169. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 472. Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. t. 30. Wight, Ic. t. 

 1865 B. 



A small tree; branchlets rather thick, marked with leaf- 

 scars, smooth; 1. 2|-3| in., alt., oval, acute at base, shortly 

 obtusely acuminate, obtuse, entire or obscurely crenate, 

 rather thick, veins, except midrib, very inconspicuous; petiole 

 |-i in., slender; male spikes numerous, catkin-like, supra- 

 axillary, crowded, 1^7-2 in.; male fl. sessile in the rounded, 

 acuminate bracts; fem. spikes fewer, more slender, pedi- 

 celled; male fl, : — sep. minute, unequal, subserrulate; fil. 

 elongate; capsule \-~\ in., very variable in size. 



On the coast, by tidal estuaries and backwaters ; common. Fl. Feb.- 

 Sept. ; yellow. 



Throughout the shores of Tropical Asia to Australia. 



Flowers fragrant, fresh sap extremely acrid, hence called the Blinding 

 tree in India. E. Catnettia, Willd., is a form with larger fruit; Moon 

 gives Trincomalie for this. 



2. E. crenulata, Wight., Ic. v. 2, 20 (1852). 



E. opposttifolia, Thw. Enum. 269 (non Jack). E. cochinchinensis^ 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod, xv., ii., 12 15. C. P. 2523. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 473. Wight, Ic. t. 1865. Bedd. For. Man. t. xxii. f. v. 



A small tree; branchlets slender, marked with scars of 1. 

 and stip. ; 1. opp., narrowly oblong-lanceolate, acute at both 

 ends, tip obtuse, shallovvly crenate-serrate, thin ; petiole about 

 \ in.; stip. ovate, acuminate, deciduous; spikes or racemes 

 slender, axillary, or apparently terminal ; male fl. : — bracteoles 

 and lanceolate sepals erose; fem. fl. few, often at base of male 

 spike; capsule i in. diam., smooth, green. 



Forests of montane zone, 4000-6000 ft. ; rather common. Also on 

 Ritigalu at about 2000 ft. Fl. Feb. ; greenish. 

 Also in S. India. 

 Has much the appearance of a Chloranthus. 



* Name given by Linnaeus, probably from the tree resembling the 

 Aloe tree {Aquilaria agalloclia) of Rumph. 



