Elceocarpiis.] 



XXV. TILIACE^. 



309 



(3) 

 of 



E. Ganitrus 

 E. parvifolius 



E. stipularis 



anthers bearded 



11. ELiEOCARPUS, L. 



Trees, or in high mountains, shrubs. Flowers usually bisexual, 

 in axillary racemes white. Sepals 5, distinct. Petals 5, usually 

 laciniate at tip, from the outside of a cushion-shaped torus often 

 5-lobed, or of 5 glands. Stamens usually many, never less than 10, 

 more or less aggregate into groups within the torus, alternating 

 with the lobes of the torus ; anthers linear, opening by a terminal 

 pore. Ovary 2- to 5-celled, cells 2- to many-ovuled ; style 

 columnar. Drupe with one bony stone, 3- to 5- or i-celled. Seeds 

 pendulous, i in each cell, albuminous. Species 50, Indo-Malaya, 

 a few Polynesia, Australia, and New Zealand. 



Malay name generally, Mendong, often accidentally Medang, 

 which properly means Laurinea. 



i. Ganitrus. Ovary and drupe 5-celIed (except a variety of No. 3). 

 Leaves glabrescent. 



Leaves lanceolate; flowers '5 in. long; drupe 



globose blue, stone tubercled 

 Leaves elliptic ovate; flowers -i in. long; 

 drupe globose, green stone smooth 

 Leaves tomentose beneath. 



Fruit globose ; stipules conspicuous 

 ii. Eu-ELiEOCARPUS. Ovary 3-celled ; longer cell 

 with a tuft of hairs. 



Leaves glabrescent ; nerves faintly puberulous. 

 Leaves ovate, stiff, strong-nerved . 

 Leaves lanceolate, thin ; nerves line 

 Leaves elliptic-ovate, coriaceous 4 to 7 in. by 



2 '5 to 4 '5 in. ; flowers "5 in. wide 

 Leaves elliptic, very stiff, 4 by 2 in. ; racemes 3 

 in. long; flowers -25 in. wide 

 Leaves glabrous entirely. 



Racemes very long, many flowered ; leaves 

 large ....... 



Racemes short ; leaves small rigid coriaceous . 

 iii. MoNOCERA. Outer cell of anther awned ; 

 i-celled, i-seeded. 



Leaves broad, elliptic, 5 in. long or more; 



racemes axillary, 3 to 4 in. long. 

 Leaves oblong; flowers in erect panicle, 9 in. 

 long or more, terminal .... 



Leaves elliptic, short, blunt acuminate, 3 in. 

 long; flowers "5 in. wide .... 



Leaves elliptic lanceolate, long, acuminate, 3 in. 

 long; flowers "24 in. wide .... 



Leaves obovate serrate, 3 in. long; flowers 



many -25 in. long ; sepals and peduncles silky 



Leaves obovate serrate, 3 in. long; flowers 



many -25 in. wide ; sepals and petals glabrous 



Leaves obovate, 5 by 3'5 in. long, decurrent; 



flowers -4 in. wide ..... 



Leaves obovate, 5 by 2 in.; petioles i in. long; 

 flowers few, -75 in. wide .... 



Leaves oblanceolate, 10 by 4"5 in. long, de- 

 current; flowers I in. wide . . • (18) E. rugOSUS 



(4) 

 (5) 



E. Wrayi 

 E. salicifolius 



(6) E. robustus 



(7) E. floribundus 



(8) E. nitidus 



(9) E. acmosepalus 



ovary 2-celled ; drupe 



(10) E. petiolatus 



(11) E. paniculatus 



(12) E. Griffithii 



(13) E. Hullettii 



(14) E. pedunculatiis 



(15) E, Barnardii 



(16) E. Kunstleri 



(17) E. obtusus 



