OXV. EUPHORBIAOE^. 593 



Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 43 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 308 ; Woodr. 

 in Jouni. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371 ; Praiu, Beng. PI. p. 938 ; 

 AA-^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 270. Antidesma paniculata, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. V. 3 (1832) p. 770 ; Wight, Icon. t. 820 ; Grab. Cat. p. 186 ; 

 Da]z. & Gibs. p. 237. A. jnibescem, Eoxb. Cor. PI. v. 2 (1798) p. 35, 

 t. 167 : Grab. Cat. p. 186 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 237.-F]o\vers : May- 

 July. Vern. Jondhra. 



Konkan: Law\; S. Kookau, Graham; hills near Vingorla, Balzell Sf Gibson. 

 S. M. Country: Londa, Woodrow. Kanaka: IVoodroivl; forests of N. Kanara, 

 Talbot I — DisTRFB. India (Oudli forests, Assam, Bengal, W. Peninsula); Ceylon, 

 Malay Islands, China. 



2. Antidesma Bunius, Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1 (1825) p. 826. A 

 small evergreen tree ; bark greyish-brown ; young sboots hairy. Leaves 

 variable, 3-7 by 1^-2^ in., elougate-ehiptie or elliptic-lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, glabrous and shining above, base tapering ; 

 main nerves 10-12 pairs, arching ; petioles g in. long or less, stout ; 

 stipules lanceolate-subulate, hairy, quickly falling. Flowers reddish, 

 numerous, in pubescent spikes, the spikes of the female simple, of the 

 male often compound. Male flowers sessile. Calyx cupular, shortly 

 4-lobed. Disk lobed, glabrous. Stamens 3, exserted, Pistillode short, 

 truncate. Female flowers on short pedicels ^-i in. long. Calyx 

 shortly tubular, truncate. Disk cupular. Ovary glabrous ; stigmas 3, 

 large, short, dilated, spreading. Fruit ^ in. in diam., globose-ovoid, 

 stalked, smooth, red, turning black. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 358 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 819 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cc, t. 24, fig. 3 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 43 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 308 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 371 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 938 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 269. Antidesma Alexiteria, Grab. Cat. 

 p. 186 {not of Linn.). — Flowers : May-June. Verw. A'mati. 



Konkan : Talbot. Deccan : Khandala Ghat, rare, Graham, Talbot. Kanara : 

 N. Kanara in moist forests, Talbot. — Distrib. India (Nipal, Assam, Birma, Chota 

 Nagpur, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, China. 



3. Antidesma diandrum, Roth, Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) p. 369. A 

 large shrub or small tree, the young parts usually glabrous. Leaves 

 thin, 2-5 by 1-2 in., lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, or obovate, acute or 

 acuminate, glabrous above, glabrous or shghtly pubescent beneath, base 

 acute ; petioles i in. long ; stipules | in. long, Hnear, acute. Flowers 

 in long slender glabrous or pulaescent racemes, both sexes pedicellate ; 

 bracts beneath the pedicels ovate, ^V in. long. Male flowers : Pedicels 

 2^0 in. long. Calyx cup-shaped, ^-^^ in. long, with 4 short obtuse lobes. 

 Stamens usually 2 ; filaments ^ in. long, at the base of a glabrous disk. 

 Female flowers : Pedicels stouter than in the male. Calyx yL ii^^. 

 long ; lobes rather deeper than in the male. Ovary glabrous ; styles 2, 

 short, terminal, one of them usually 2-fid. Fruit l in. in diam., purplish- 

 red, edible. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 361 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 237; Bedd. For. 

 Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cci ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 44; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 308 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 938 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 1, p. 270. Antidesma lanceolarium, Wall. Cat. 7284 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 766.— Flowers : May-July. 



Konkan: Law ! ; Vingorla, Dalzelli^' Gibson. Kanara : N. Kanara in moist forests 

 from the coast inland, Talbot; Yellapur, Talbot I — Distrib. India (Subhimalayan 

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