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numerous, in rusty-pubescent racemes 2-4 in. long; buds ovoid, acute ; 

 pedicels up to 1 in. long. Sepals ^"t^E" ^^' -'^'^S? oblong-lanceolate or 

 liuear-oblong, acute, fulvous-pubescent without and with a few hairs 

 within. Petals a little longer than the sepals, wedge-shaped, hairy at 

 the base inside, silky villous outside, laciniate one third of the way down. 

 Stamens 40-50 ; filaments yV in. long ; anthers slender, linear, each with 

 an erect awn y^^-g in. long, which is often slightly curled or twisted. 

 Ovary conical, silky-villous, 2-celled ; style silky near the base, rapidly 

 tapering from base to apex. Drupes Ig-S in. ; stone compressed, 

 tubercled on the flattened sides and with a thickened mai'gin. Yl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 404; K. Schum. iu Engl. & Prantl, Pfla.izenf. v. 3, part 6, p. 4, 

 fig. 1, A, B ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 27 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 

 11 (1897) p. 265 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 206. Monocera 

 tuberculata, W. & A. Prodr. p. 83 ; Wight, Icon. t. 62 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 27. — Elowers : Jan. Veb:n'. lludml: 



In Wight's Icon. t. 62, the style is incorrectly copied from Koxburgh's 

 drawing. — It is shown as terete, glabrous, while it should have been 

 shown as tapering, silky. 



Southern Ghats from Belgaum southwards ex lalbot. Kanar.v : S/ocks !, Hohen- 

 hacker, 531 I^Distrib. Malaya. 



5. Elaeocarpus aristatus, Roxh. Hort. Bene/. (1814) p. 42 ; Fl. 

 Ind. V. 2, p. 59i). A tree. Leaves 8-11 by 3-4| in., obovate-cuneate, 

 obtuse, acute or somewhat acuminate, more or less irregularly crenate- 

 serrate, glabrous on both surfaces, base acute (rarely rounded) ; petioles 

 1 in. long, usually glabrous. Flowers numerous ; buds long, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, pointed. Sepals -f-^ in. long, pubescent. Petals cuneate, a 

 little longer than the sepals, hairy at the base within, silky-villous with- 

 out, somewhat more deeply and more finely divided at the apex than in 

 the last species. Stamens 40-50 ; awn erect ; filaments glabrous, short. 

 Ovary 2-celled, silky-villous, conical ; style tapering from a conical base, 

 the basal portion silky. Fruit of the size and shape of an olive ; stone 

 oblong, pointed at both ends, somewhat rugose (not tuberculate), 1- or 

 (rarely) 2-celled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 405; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 27. 

 Monocera Roxbicrghii, AVight, Icon. t. 63. — Flowers : Apr. 



Eare. Konkan : Stocks I ; Talkat Ghat, Dalzell ! 



6. Elseocarpus Munroii, Mast, in Roolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 407. 

 A tree. Leaves 2|-4 by I5-2 in., crowded towards the ends of the 

 branches, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, crenate-serrate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, base rounded, acute or subcordate ; petioles 1-1 g in. long, 

 glabrous. Flowers numerous in racemes which are usually shorter than 

 the leaves ; buds ellipsoid ; pedicels |-| in. long. Sepals y^'^. in. long, 

 narrow-lanceolate, acute, pubescent without. Petals a little longer than 

 the sepals, oblong, silky on both surfaces, laciniate about one third of 

 the way down ; segments 10-12. Ovary 2-celled, silky-puberulous ; 

 style straight, tapering, longer than the stamens, the basal half silky- 

 puberulous. Drupe size of a small olive, yellowish, edible ; stone 1- 

 celled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 407; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 27. Monocera 

 Munroii, Wight, Icon. t. 952.— Flowers : Sept.-Oct. 



This plant has been included ou the authority of a specimen in Herb. Kew. marked 

 " Konkan, Stocks ! " 



