t)6 Urticacecr. [Antfaris. 



pubescent, rarely i^labrous, base broad rounded or cordate, 

 rarely narrowed, veins 3-4 pairs, strong, basal long ; petiole 

 ii-4 in.; stip. ovate-lanceolate, j-A in.; recepts. axillary, 

 subsolitary, globose or subpyriform, A-i in. diam., tomentose, 

 densely hispid within, umbilicus broad, ped. ^-i in., hirsute ; 

 basal bracts 3, small, triangular-ovate ; male and gall fl., 

 sep. 5, linear-lanceolate, male fl., stam. 2-3, anth. elongate, 

 subsagittate ; achene of gall fl. globose, smooth, style sub- 

 terminal, stigma dilated ; fert. fem. fl. pedicelled, achene 

 elongate ovoid, style nearly as long, terminal. 



Moist region 1-4000 ft.; rather rare. Ratnapura; Ambagamuwa; 

 Adam's Peak ; Hantane; Hunasgiriya; Knuckles Mts. Fl. March-June. 

 Fr. clothed with dull brownish orange tomentum. 



E. Bengal, Burma, Malaya. 



21. r. g-lomerata, Roxb. Cor. PL ii. 13 (1798). Attika, S. 

 Atti, T 



Moon, Cat. 74. Covellia glo/nerata, Miq., Thw. Enum. 266. King, 

 Fie. 173. C. P. 3305. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 535. Wight, Ic. t. 667. King, Fie. t. 218. 



An evergreen tree, 50-60 ft. ; shoots glabrous, pubescent 

 or scaberulous ; 1. 4-7 in., oblong-ovate to obovate or lan- 

 ceolate, tapering to an obtuse apex, entire, membranous, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, base obtuse, rarely 

 acute, veins 4-6 pairs, strong beneath ; petiole f-2 in. ; 

 stip. i-| in., linear-lanceolate, membranous ; recepts. shortly 

 pedunculed on short warted branches, subglobose, pyriform or 

 subturbinate, i^ in. diam., glabrous or pubescent, umbilicus 

 depressed ; basal bracts 3, triangular-ovate ; male fl. sessile, 

 sep. 3-4, membranous, inflated, enveloping the 2 elongate- 

 ovate anths., fil. connate ; gall-fl. pedicelled, perianth toothed, 

 covering the base of the ovoid, rough ov., style lateral, 

 elongate, stigma clavate ; fert. fem. fl. in a zone between the 

 male and gall fl., subsessile, perianth 4-5-toothed, teeth 

 lanceolate, enveloping the small minutely tubercled achene, 

 style subterminal, much elongate, stigma clavate. 



Banks of rivers and streams, moist low country to 2000 ft. ; common. 

 Fl. November. Fr. reddish. 



India and Burma. 



This has much the largest fruits of the Ceylon species ; they are 

 scarcely edible. The juice of the stem is called ' Kallu toddy,' and is 

 used by the Tamils in diabetes. 



6. ANTZAmS, Lcschcn. 



Evergreen trees ; 1. alt., bifarious, penniveined, stip. small, 

 connate, caducous ; fl. monoecious, male crowded on the 



