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at the apex. Flowers appearing when the tree is bare of leaves, monoe- 

 eioiis, in unisexual robust spikes 3-8 in. long, the males sessile, the 

 females sessile or very shoi'tly pedicellate, the female spikes much 

 thickened in fruit. Male flowebs in round clusters ^-g in. in diam., 

 the central flower opening first. Sepals 2, orbicular, concave, yV ^""' ^^ 

 diam. Stamens 2; filaments very short. Female flowees: Sepals 

 ovale, acuminate, jL i^. long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous : styles 3, short, 

 spreading, shortly connate at the base. Capsules i in. in diam., 2-3- 

 celled, globosely ovoid, fleshy at first (purple, Graham), dry and irregu- 

 larly dehiscent when I'ipe, packed closely together along the rhachis. 

 Seeds 5 in. long and broad, ovoid, somewhat compressed, smooth, pale. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 471; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 76; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 319: Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 373; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 954; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 471. 

 Sapium baccatuiii, Grab. Cat. p. lyl {not of Roxb.). Falconeria mala- 

 barica, Wight, Icon, t. 1866. Exca;caria insiqnis, Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. V, 15 (1866) p. 1212; Bedd. For, Man. in Flor. Sylvat. (1873) 

 p. ccxiv & Anal. Gen. t. 22. fig. 5 (bis). — Flowers : Dec. -Feb, Veen. 

 Ura ; Dudla. 



Comnion near the coast of the Jvoiikan and N. Kauara on dry rocky soil, usually on 

 laterite, also iu nioift forests near the Ghats, Talhof. Sparingly ou the hills from 

 l^wsik to y'lngovlii, Dalzell c^- Gibson. Konkan: 'Rnt\v,\u\y:'\, Dakclll Deccan : Lanoli, 

 Woodrow ; Klnindala, Wu/hf \ ; Phonda Ghat, BitcMe 1334 ! — Distrib. India (Sub- 

 himalayas, Assam, Chittagong, W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



Saplum sehiferum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3 (1832) p. 693). A small 

 glabrous tree a native of China, known as the Chinese Tallow Tree, 

 occasionally culti\ated in gardens. Leaves rhomboid, entire, on long 

 slender petioles. Flowers in terminal spiciform racemes. Ovary 

 glabrous ; styles 3, long, spreading, recurved. Capsule coriaceous, siUd- 

 globooe, shortly pointed. Seeds enclosed in a thick layer of a white 

 falty substance [vegetable tallow) attached to a central column which 

 splits into 3 slender divisions. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 470 ; Grab. Cat. p. 181 ; 

 Dak. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 77 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 76 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 319; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 373; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 954; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 6, part 2, 

 p. 472. — Flowers : Jinie. Veen. Pi^Hili/anJc. 



Sapium Indicum, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 572. An evergreen 

 glabrous tree 20-25 feet high, occasionally planted but not indigenous 

 in the Bombay Presidency. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, 3-5 in. 

 long. Racemes spiciform, solitary ; male flowers clustered, subsessile : 

 female flowers larger, pedicellate. Fruit 1 in. in diam., glabrous, woody 

 when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 471 ; Grab. Cat. p. 181 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 1950 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 319 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 373; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 954; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 2, p. 471. 



Graham {I. c.) states on the autliority of Nimmo that this tree is to be found in 

 various parts of the S. Konkau. It has not been found wild by any other collectors, 

 and Talbot {f, c.) is of opinion that the tree is not found in the Bombay Presidency. 



