12. Antidbsma.] 22. ETJTHORBIAQEJE. \ 13 BisriroFiA. 

 3. A. Bunius, Spreng. 



A small tree, sometimes 30 ft. somewhat resembling the 

 last and distinguished by the characters given above. L. 

 oblong-oblanceolate glabrous and shining both/Side?. Racemes 



rather lax fid., 3-4 long simple or branched. Fr. ell. 



Parasnath. Fl. April-May. Fr. August New shoots sometimes in 

 August. ^ 



4. A. Ghaesembilla, GW*. Mata-sara,. #„• Bhabiranj, 

 Kharw.; Umtoa, (Hazaribagh) Wood, appears to be same 

 word as Amtua (vide A. diandrnm). 



A shrub with broadly elliptic or orbicular grey- or hoary- 

 tomentose leaves 2— 4| by If -2|". Fls. in densely tomentose 

 panicled spikes. Frt. red to black oblong j". 



A plant of much drier localities than the other Bpecies'; found chiefly on 

 hill sides in Singbhum, Manbhum (also along Barakar E.). Hazaribagh 

 Paiamau and S. P. Fl. May-June. Fr. September-October. 



L, rounded both ends. Sec. n. strong beneath 36 prs. Spikes *■" to 

 2i" in fruit. Disc 5-partite pubescent, F. fl. pedicelled. Ovary glabrous 

 pubescent or tomentose, exserted from the wooly perianth. ' 



13, Bischofia, Bl. 

 1. B. javanica, Bl. Hajam, if.; Pader, & 



A mod.-sized tree easily recognized by its long-petioled 

 3-foliolate leaves, crenate or serrate leaflets and 1-sexual green 

 or greenish-yellow fls. Berry §* diam. brown or black. 



Eavines in Singbhum and the S. P.; Parasnath. Evergreen. Fl. March- 

 April. Fr. Oct.-Dec. New shoots March-April. 



Lflts. 3-6" oblong to obovate or ell., always with a sudden acumination, 

 glabrous, rather strongly nerved and sometimes with glands in the nerve 

 axils. Petioles 2£-6" and terminal petiolules f-l£". Panicles from tho 

 scale axils of the new shoots. Fls. usually dioecious. Sep. 5, hooded 

 over the young stamens, caducous in the F. St. 5, inserted under the 

 peltate pistillode. Ovary 3-4-celled with linear recurved styles. 



An excellent wood for planking. 



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