534 cix. la. l'jiac ];:.«. 



Excluded Species. 



CRYPTOCARTA STOCKSJI, Meissn. in DC. Prodr v. 15, part 1, p. 71. A large 

 tree ; brandies and panicles nisty-tonientose. Leaves 2^-4 in. long, rigidly corinceous, 

 oblong, obtuse or rounded at the tip, glabrous above, glaucous beneath ; nerves 6-7 

 pairs, stout, pubescent or glabrous. Panicles shorter than the leaves, dense-flowered. 

 Fruit ovoid, 3 in. long. 



Tliere is one sheet from Dalzell's and one from Stocks's Herbarium in Herb. Kew. 

 Neither of these has reliable localities assigned to the plant. Talbit says (Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 282) that he has not seen the tree in any of the N. Ivanara forests. 

 The specimens in Herb. Kew. may be from S. Kanara and therefore outside the 

 Uombay area. VVoodrow does not include it in his list. 



2. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. 



Evergreen ti'ees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite. Elowers 

 small, hermaphrodite, fasciculate or paniculate. Perianth-tube short ; 

 lobes of limb subequal. Stamens 9 perfect, those of the 2 outer sei'ies 

 with eglandular filaments and introrse 2-cellfcd anthers ; those of the 

 third series witli 2-glandular filaments and extrorse 2-celled anthers ; 

 those of the fourth series replaced by ovoid or cordate staminodes. Ovary 

 sessile, free from the perianth, narrowed into the style ; stigma obtuse. 

 Eruit an oblong, ovoid or globose berry ; pedicels not or slightly 

 thickened ; perianth quite deciduous. Seed with membranous testa. 

 — DiSTEiB. Species about 20, all tropical. 



1. Beilschmiedia fagifolia, Var. Dalzellii, j\Jeiss)i. in DO. 

 Prodr. V. 15, part 1 (18G4) p. 6i. A large tree; bark grey, scaly. 

 Leaves coriaceous, 3^-5 by 1^-2 in., elhptic-Janceolate, acute, glabrous, 

 smooth and shining above, closely reticulately veined beneath, base 

 tapering ; main nerves about 10 pairs, slender ; petioles |-^ in. long. 

 Elowers in short axillary panicles ; pedicels thickened in fruit. Perianth 

 ■^-1 in. long; segments g in. long or rather more, oblong, rounded at 

 the tip, pubescent on both sides, gland-dotted. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 

 lapernig into the style. Eruit 1|-] i- in. long, ovoid. El. B. I. v. 5, 

 p. 122. Brihchniedia fcn/ifolia, Bedd.'Flor. Sylvat. t. 263 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 282 ; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 367. 

 B. Boxbtii'i/Mana, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 222 (not of Nees). 



This plant and B. facjifolia proper might be placed as varieties under 

 B, Roxhurghiana, Nees. 



Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew. I Konkan: Law\; Matheran, Cookel, 

 Wood row. S.M. Country: PArva Qhrit, /i'/A7<(>. 696 ! Kanaka: Stocks \; evergreen 

 forests of N. Kanara Qhdts, Talbot; Sonda, Talbot, 3Gr)8 .' ; Ainshi Ghat, common, 

 Talbot; Waguli, Ritchie, 1323!— Disthib. India (W. Peninsula). 



3. CINNAMOMUM, Bl. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, usually 

 3-nerved. Elowers small, hermaphrodite or by abortion polygamous, in 

 axillary and subtern)ina] panicles, the females usually largest and some- 

 times with fewer parts. Perianth-tube short; lobes of limb subequal. 

 Stamens 9 ])erl'(,'ct, or by abortion fe^^•er, those of (he 2 outer rows with 

 eglandular iilameuts and introrse 4-celled anthers, those of the third row 

 with glandular filaments, the glands subsessile or stipitate, and e.\trorse 

 ^ (ranjly 2)-celled anthers, those of the fourth row replaced by shortly 



