EL^AGNACE^E. 351 



Species 26, in South Africa, torpical Africa, Madagascar 

 and tropical Asia. 



Lasiosiphon erioccphalus Decaisne ; F.B.L v 197, VII 

 I. A small tree or shrub, much and loosely branched : 

 branches very rough and scarred across ; twigs glossy, 

 Vandyke brown, or at the tips green. Leaves I to 3 by 

 54 to M inch, elliptic or oblanceolate acute, nearly sessile, 

 rounded at the base, entire, glabrous : midrib prominent ; 

 veins very slender, numerous and much reticulated. 

 Heads of flowers terminal, nearly globular 1% inches. 

 Pedicels i/io inch, green silky. Tube of flower ^ to J4 

 inch, yellow, densely clothed at the base by erect white 

 hairs 1/5 inch long, enlarged here but narrower above, 

 then slightly wider below the five lobes : lobes 1/8 by 

 1/20 inch, spreading, woolly outside, light brown and 

 nearly glabrous within : scales between the lobes five, 

 much smaller, 1/16 inch, glabrous, very variable in shape. 

 Anthers 1/12 inch, attached at different levels inside the 

 perianth tube, and opening inwards. Ovary slender, 

 thickened at the middle, covered like the perianth tube 

 with coarse erect hairs, one-celled. Wight Ic. tt. 1859-60. 



In sholas : Nilgiris on the borders of our area, e.g., below 

 Pykara at 6,800 feet, Neduwattum, Coonoor, etc., flowering early 

 May; but not near Ootacamund. Fyson 2244, 1161, 3089. 

 Pulneys : Poombari, but not at highest levels. Bourne 1161. 



Gen. Dist, South India and Ceylon. 



EL/EAGNACE/E. 



A small family of about 1 5 species nearly all 

 belonging to one genus. 



EL^EAGNUS. f.b.i. 131 i. 



Trees or shrubs, often straggling, peculiar in being 



covered all over the twigs and backs of the leaves with 



numerous flat silvery or brownish shiny scales, attached 



by their centres. Leaves quite entire, alternate or 



