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Leaves thin, clustered near the euds of the branches, 3-5 by 1-1| in., 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous when mature, much tapered towards 

 the base; main nerves 10-12 pairs; petioles ^-| in., long, slender; 

 stipules ^ in. long, linear-subulate, hairy, caducous. Flo\Aers appearing 

 with the young leaves, in dense clusters near the ends of the branches 

 below the leaves ; pedicels l2-2| in. long, glabrous, erect at first, after- 

 wards more or less drooping. Calyx |-^ in. long, divided nearly to the 

 base, densely rusty-pubescent ; segments usually 4, ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate. Corolla ^-| in. long; tube tieshy, inflated, glabrous, rugose when 

 dried; lobes 6-12, about as long as or a little shorter than the tube, 

 lanceolate, subobtuse, glabrous. Stamens 10-20, in 2 rows one above 

 the other, subsessile ; anthers hairy, cordate at the base, the connective 

 pi'oduced to a point. Ovary densely hairy ; style 1-1 g in. long. Berry 

 oblong, the size of a plum, hirsute when young, ultimately nearly glabrous, 

 yellowish when ripe. Seeds 1-2, compressed, straight on one side, 

 curved on the other. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 544 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 139 ; 

 Bedd. rior. Sylvat. t. 42 ; Wight, 111. t. 147 ; Trim. Yl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 79 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 207 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. J 2 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 415.— Flowers i 

 Nov. -Jan. Veen. Mhovd ; Ippi. 



Soutbern districts of the Presidency, where it takes the place of Bassia latifolia of 

 the Northern districts. Dalzell & Gibson say that it does not come further north than 

 the latitude of Dharwar. Kanaka : Stocks I, Lavi !, common, Dalzell cf Gibson ; 

 Kalanaddi, common, Bitchie, 1830!, Talbot I ; Supa, Ritchie, 1830 ! ; Suligeri, Woodrow ; 

 Santgul, Talbot \ — Uistrib. India (southern portion of the Western Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



The economic uses of this tree in the south of India are the same as those of Bassia 

 latifolia in the Central table-land. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



3. Bassia malabarica, Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. (1872) 

 p. cxl. A middle-sized tree ; bark dark-colored, scaly. Leaves 3-8 by 

 1-2-i- in., very coriaceous, oblong to lanceolate, subobtuse, glabrous, dark- 

 green and shining, base tapering; main nerves 15-25 pairs, very slender 

 with closely reticulate veins between ; petioles ^-^ in. long. Flowers 

 crowded towards the ends of the branches in dense fascicles ; pedicels 

 •g-| in. long. Calyx g in. long, divided nearly to the base; segments 4, 

 ovate, subacute, the 2 outer glabrous or nearly so, the 2 inner hairy. 

 Corolla ^ in. long ; tube densely rufous-hairy both inside and outside, 

 slightly shorter than the lobes ; lobes 6 (rarely 7), oblong, obtuse, fuh ous- 

 hairy outside. Stamens 16-18 in 2 rows ; filaments densely rufous- 

 hairy ; anthers glabrous or with a very small tuft of hairs between the 

 basal lobes, cordate at the base, the connective much produced. Ovary 

 glabrous; style f in. long. Berry oblong-lanceolate, glabrous when 

 young. Fl.'B. I. v. 3, p. 544; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 207; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 163; Watt, Diet. Icon. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 416. — Flowers: Nov.-Jan. 



In the southern districts of the Presidency. Kanaka: southern parts ofN. Kanara 

 along the banks of rivers and in moist forests from near the sea-level to 2000 ft., 

 'Talbot ; Sampkhand (N. Kanara), Woodrow. 



5. PALAQUIUM, Blanco (1837). 



DICHOFSIS, Thwaites (1864). 



Trees with milky juice. Leaves coriaceous, often minutely tomentose 

 beneath. Flowers fascicled, axillary or on the naked branches below a 



