1. Dillenia. ] 15. BILLEN1ACEM. 



It bears large solitary beautiful yellow ffs. terminating the 

 leafless branches, and which much resemble those of Cochlos- 

 permum. 1 



Dry hills in Singbhum, very common in places on clay schists. Gangpnr, 

 Manbhum, Hazaribagh (Sitagarh hill, Koderma forest etc.) S. P. near 

 Silingi, hills near Morjhora. Palamau, hills between Banki and Barwadih 

 on trachyte, ghats near Chandwa on reddish grit. Fl. April-May. Fr. 

 May-June. The leaves drop at end of Jan. and the new leaves appear at 

 end of May. 



I have cited localities rather fully from the curious fact that this tree 

 has never before been recorded from Ch. Nag. It is, however, easily dis- 

 tinguished from D. pentagyna by both habit and habitat. The leaves are 

 usually smaller, when young beautifully silky above, tomentose beneath 

 between, and densely silky on, the close sec. n. (25-50 prs.) ; spinulose denti- 

 culate ; adult pubescent or somewhat hairy beneath, margin sub-entire 

 except for the excurrent nerves. Peduncles stout pubescent 1-3" with 

 S-4 recurved bracts, lateral, but close to the terminal bud. Sep- |-1". Pet. 

 obovate-lanceo. 3" by 2". Styles 10 free i" spreading and recurved. Ovules 

 many 2-seriate in each carpel. 



The fruit is edible and is greedily eaten by wild elephante, which destroy 

 the trees to obtain them. 



3. D. pentagyna, Boxb. Kai, L. ; Sahar S. 



(Agor and Gulgul are vern. names ace. to Wood, but Korkot quoted 

 in his list certainly belongs to the last. Agor is used in Monghyr.) 



A mod, -sized tree with ell. or narrowly-elliptic leaves 

 12-36" long decuxrent below on a short petiole. Pis. very 

 numerous in umbels along the leafless branches. 



Confined to the valleys, not very common. Singbhum, Manbhum, 

 Ijlazaribagh (2,000 ft. on Parasnath), Santal Parganahs. Fls. March- 

 April. Fr. May. Deciduous end of Feb.-May. 



L. much like the last but adult nearly or quite glabrous between the 

 sec. n. beneath, margin distinctly repand crenate and together with the 

 excurrent nerves forming teeth, the base is much more tapering and most 

 often forms a wing on the petiole which hence rarely exceeds 1" in length 

 or is absent, base of leaf or of petiole broadly amplexicaul. Peduncles 

 slender, 1-2" ebracteate. Carples and Styles 5. 



The wood gives an excellent charcoal. The fruit ijs eaten. 



1 1 have found sheets of this placed under Cochlospermum in a 

 herbarium. 



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