594 cxv. euphorbiacEjE. 



tract, Behar, Chota Nagpur, Central Provinces, Bengal, Birnia, \V. Peninsula); 

 Ceylon. 



Tlie fruit is eaten, as also the leaves, which have an acid taste like sorrel. The 

 wood is pilikish-grey, liard and close-grained [Talhof). 



4. Antidesma Menasu, lUiq. ex 'Jul. in Ann. Sc. A^at. ser. 3, 

 V. 15 (1851) p. 215. A .small or middle-sized tree ; branchlets, stipules, 

 petioles, and intioresceuceA'elvety. Leaves 3^ 7 by l^-^^ iu. (sometimes 

 10 in. long, Talhot), elliptic-oblong, acuminate (the acumen often \ery 

 long), glabrous and sliining on both sides ; main nerves 6-10 pairs, 

 arched ; petioles i— -!• in. long ; stipules ^-j in. long, liuear, acute. 

 Flowers in axillary and terminal, solitary or paniculate racemes, tlie 

 male and female flowers with short stout pedicels ; bracts -^-.j in. long, 

 setaceous. Male flowehs : Calyx cup-shaped, ^ in. long, 4-lobed 

 from above the middle, the lobes rounded. Stamens 3-4, inserted 

 between the lobes of the glabrous ditsk ; filaments Jj in. long. Pistil- 

 lode columnar, glabrous. Female flowebs : Calyx ^ in. lung, cup- 

 shaped, 4-lobed from about the n)iddle, the lobes acute. Ovary glabrous ; 

 stigmas 3-5. Fruit l-i in. long, ovoid, acute. Fl. B. 1. v. 5, p. 3G4 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 308 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 371; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 270. Antidesma 

 lanceolatum , Dalz. & Gibs. p. 237 (not of Tul.). — Flowers : Feb. -May. 



Evergreen forests of the Konkan and N. K;inara, also along nalas in deciduous 

 moist forests, Talhot. DaJzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Lambert without 

 locality in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan: Law\ — Distrib. India (\V. Peninsula). 



Yar. linearifoUa, Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1887) p. 364. Leaves 3-5 

 by 2-I3 in., linear-oblong, shining on both sides. 



Dahcll without locality in Herb. Kew.! Kanaka : common in the Siddapur taluka 

 of N. Kanara, Talt)ot ; Ainshi (N. Kanara), Woodrow. 



10. APOROSA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, aliernatu, entire (rarely sinuate-toothed). 

 Flowers minute, dicecious (rarely motioecious), the males most minute, in 

 axillary calkin-like spikes, the females sessile or shortly pedicellate, in 

 short bracteate spikes; the bracts concave and imbricating. Male 

 FLOWERS : Sepals 3-0 (usually 4), membranous, imbricate. Petals 0. 

 Disk 0. Stamens 2-5 in the centre of the flower; filaments free, 

 capillary ; anthers didymous. Pistillode minute or 0, Femall flowkks : 

 Sepals as iu the male but larger. Petals 0. Disk 0. Ovary 2 (rarely 3)- 

 celled ; ovules 2 iu each cell; stigmas small, plumose, simple or 2-4- 

 cleft, s|)reading and recurved (rarely elongate and 2-partiLe). Fruit au 

 elli|)soid ovoid or globose capsule, opening irreguhirly or partially, 2-4- 

 valved from the base upwards; t»i)icarp Ihin or thick and spong\ or 

 fleshy ; endocarp thin, often separable ; cells glabrous or hairy w it bin, 

 especially on the septum. Seeds oblong or suhorbiculai-, usually plano- 

 convex ; albumen fleshy; cotyh dons broad, flal. — Djstimb. Species 30- 

 40, lropi<'ul Asiatic, ami Mala van. 



I. Aporosa Lindleyana, BalUon, Etnd. G'en. EirpJiorb. (1858) 

 p. 645. A small or middle-sized tree; bark thin, smooth. i.,eaves 

 thinly coriaceous, 3|-6,] by 1|-2J in., elliptic-oblong, ncnminnle, 

 glal)rous, base acute or rounded; main nerves 8 lo pairs, slender- 



