1. Sidbboxtlon.] 68. SATOTACEM [8. Mimusofs. 



L. 3-6'' by l\-2\''. obtnse or suddenly acute, glabrescent above, base 

 narrowed into the %-\'' long petiole, sec. n. 912 prs. straight strong. 

 Pedicels ultimately reflexed. Calyx campanulate, 2 outer lobes pubescent 

 or tomentose ovate-oblong, inner narrower. Corolla tabular- campanulate 

 i-i'' long, petals twice as long as the tube. St. 5 alternating with a 

 corona of 5 ovate petaloid staminodes with filiform tips. Ovary tomen* 

 tose, 5-celled. Fr. with very bitter flesh. Seed 1 large deep brown com- 

 pressed with-a very thick testa, long hilum and copious albumen. 



2. Bassia, L: 



1- B. latifolia, Roxb. Madkom, Matkom, Mandukam, 

 K:> 8.; Mahua, E. The Mohwa, 



A large or m. s. tree with low dense crown, pubescent 

 or tomentose twigs, large leaves clustered at the ends of the 

 branches with petioles 1-1 J" long and numerous ovoid- 

 campanulate cream-coloured flowers on long rusty- tomentose 

 pedicels clustered at the ends of the b^^ches, from the leaf- 

 scars. Berry ovoid 1-2'' long, 



A well-known tree common throughont Chota Nagpur, but in the forestf 

 chiefly confined to the hills. Fls. Feby. -April. Fr. June- July. It is more 

 or less leafless at the time of flowering and the new leaves appear about 

 May. 



L. 5-8" by 2%-3%'' shortly acuminate with 10-12 prs. of strcng sec. 

 nerves, tertiary n. strong. Corolla §''• fleshy with 7-14 short erect teeth, 

 ^i. 20-30 3-seriate sub-sessile Seeds large 1-4 with thick fleshy coty- 

 ledons and no albumen. 



Corollas eaten raw and cooked and are also eaten largely by animals. 

 A spirit (daru, H. ; arki. K.) is also distilled from them. The fruitis 

 eaten. A cooking and lighting oil (Kuindi sunum, S. ; dola, K.j is 

 expressed from ihe seeds (Kaiiidi, S.) The wood is good and used for 

 oil-mills, but living trees^are never felled by the Kols. 



3. Mimusops, L. 



1. M. EleDgi, L. Bokul, Beng. 



A tree often cultivated, with phining plabrous broadly-oblong finely- 

 nerved leaves about 4 V long with petioles J-f*. Via. white about V 

 diam. in fascicles with pubescent pedicels about as-long as or shorter than 

 petiole. Calyx segments 8 acuminate. Corolla-lobes 2-seriate, inner 8-10, 

 obovate-oblong, outer linear -oblcng. St. 8 alternating with lanceolate 

 staminodes, anthers acuminate hirsute. Berry narrowly ovoid or ellip- 

 soid, l v long, orange, 1-seeded. Flesh eaten, very astringent when unripe. 

 Fla. April-May. Evergreen. 



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