Lxxxvii. bukagixace.t:. 201 



without style or stigma. Calyx ^ in. long, obconic, densely tomentose, 

 ribbed ; lobes short, obtuse. Corolla | in. long ; lobes i by -^jra i^-' 

 exceeding the tube, spathulate-oblong, obtuse, veined. Stamens usually 

 6, exserted ; filaments hairy at the base ; anthers of male flowers large, 

 those of hermaphrodite howers smaller. Drupe g-| in. long, ovoid, 

 acute, supported on the cup-shaped ribbed tomentose persistent crenate 

 or denticulate calyx, not edible. ¥1. B. I. v. 4, p. 139; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 244; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1S98) p. 169 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 563. — Flowers : Mar.-Apr. Yeen. 

 Dahivcin. 



Forests of N. Kanara, Belgaum, and the Konkau ; often planted as a roadside tree 

 in southern drier districts. Deccan : Robe near Poona, Bhival ; Mawal, Woodrow ! ; 

 Sinbagad, Sirpati I 8. M. Country: Belgaum, Eitchic, 1902!— Distrib. Central 

 India and W. Peninsula. 



Tke timber is excellent, bard and tougb, and is largely used in Kanara in tbe 

 construction of country carts. Tbe species bas become rare in tbe Haliyal subdivision 

 ofN. Kanara owing to tbe large demand for tbe timber for cart-building {Talbot). 



4. Cordia fulvosa, Wight, Icon. v. 4, part 2 (1850) p. 15, t. 1380. 

 A small tree ; branches terete, glabrous ; young shoots clothed with 

 short fulvous pubescence. Leaves ^^-Q by l|-3i in., oyate-oblong or 

 suborbieular, obtuse or subacute, entire or crenate, scabrous and with 

 white discs (cystoNihs) above, obscurely 3-nerved, the mature leaves 

 with hard (not woolly) thin fulvous tomentum beneath ; petioles 1-1 1 in. 

 long. Flowers in rather dense, short, paniculate, terminal and axillary 

 fulvous-tomentose cymes; pedicels short. Calyx 1 in. long, obconic, 

 clothed outside with sbort fulvous tomentum, glabrous inside ; teeth 

 usually 5, deltoid, with a small tuft of short hairs at the apex of each. 

 Corolla ^ in. long; tube i in. long; lobes 4-G (usually 6), spreading, 

 obovate-oblong with undulate margins, bifid at the apex. Stamens as 

 many as the corolla-lobes ; filaments glabrous. Drupe when immature 

 ovoid-conical, apiculate with the remains of the style, seated on the per- 

 sistent cup-shaped calyx. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 140 ; Bedd. For. Man. in 

 Flor. Sylvat. p. clxvi ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 244.— Flowers : 

 June-Aug. 



Konkan: Sfoc/csl, Lawl, Talbot. S. M. Country: Belgaum in dry forests, Talbot; 

 south bills, Belgaum, Ritchie, ^~ I Konkan : Jagalbet, Eitchie, 1904 !— Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Cordia monoica, Roxh. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 43, t. 58. A 



small tree. Leaves 1^-3 by |-1| in., ovate or elliptic, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, subentire or crenate, rough with white discs {cystoliths) above, 

 pubescent or villous beneath, base rounded or shortly cuneate, 3-nerved ; 

 petioles round, -l-^ in. long. Flowers subsessile, in small dense panicu- 

 late tomentose cymes • male and fertile flowers on separate branches 

 (Brandis). Calyx | in. long, obconic, densely fulvous-hairy or -tomen- 

 tose outside, glabrous inside ; lobes 5, short, triangular, often obscure. 

 Corolla ^ in. long ; lobes longer than the tube, 4 in. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 reflexed. Stamens exserted ; filaments glabrous. Drupe size of a 

 cherry, ovoid, apiculate, smooth, bright-yellow, seated on the cup-shaped, 

 fulvous-pubescent, veined, irregularly lobed, persistent calyx ; stone 

 4-celled, drilled at the apex, 3 of the cells barren and 1 one-seeded 

 (C. B. Clarl-e). Fl. B. 1. v. 4. p. 137 ; Grab. Cat. p. 136 ; Bedd. For. 



