194 XXXIir. SIMARUBACE^. 



p. 37 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 46 ; Pierre, Flor. For. Cochiiich. t. 295, a ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 35 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 268 ; AVatt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 1, p. 148.— Flowers : Jan.-Mar. 

 Vebn. MaMruk. 



KoNKAN : Dahclll, Stocks'. Deccan : Gihson, Woodr ow. Gujarat : English burial- 

 ground, Sarat, Geburnc; common about Broach and Baroda, Dr. Lush. — Distrib. 

 India (N.W. Prov., W. Peninsula, Behar) ; Queensland (var. imberhijlora). 



2. Ailanthus malabarica, DC. Prod. v. 2 (1825) p. 89. A large 

 tree. Leaves very large, 1^-2 ft. long, crowded, spreading, glabrous ; 

 leaflets 8-10 pairs, 3-6 by 1^-2^ in., alternate or subopposite, ovate- 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, tapei-ing, acute or acuminate, entire, 

 glabrous, glaucous beneath, unequal-sided at tlie base, the upper side 

 the larger and rounded, the lower smaller and acute ; petiolules ^y-| in. 

 long. Flowers white (the bisexual rather larger than the male), in lax 

 axillary panicles ; pedicels short. Calyx-lobes triangular, acute. Petals 

 about ^ in. long, oblong-lanceolate. Stamens longer than the petals ; 

 filaments filiform, much longer than the anthers. Samara 2-2^ by 

 §-| in., linear-oblong, rounded at both ends, reddish-brown, not or very 

 rarely twisted. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 518 ; Grab. Cat. p. 37 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 46 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 230 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 35 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat." v. 11 (1897) p. 268.— Flowers : Feb.-Mar. 



KoNKAN : stocks I, Law'., Gibson, BalzelV. ; Nagotna, Dalsell (^ Gibson, Woodroio. 

 Deccan : Pant Sachiv's country at Udhar, Ranishwar, Balzell cf- Gihso?i. Kanara : 

 N. Kanara. in evergreen forests, Talbot ; Kumpta-Sirsi Road, Woodrow. — Distuib. 

 India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Cochinchina. 



2. SAMADERA, Gsertn. 



Small glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, simple, short-petioled, 

 oblong, coriaceous, shining. Flowers hermaphrodite, few, in axillary 

 and terminal umbels. Calyx small, 3-5-partite, glandular at the base 

 outside, imbricate. Petals 3-5, coriaceous, much longer than the calyx, 

 imbricate. Disk large. Stamens 6-10, with small basilar scales, 

 included. Carpels 4-5, distinct, free ; ovule solitary, pendulous ; styles 

 free at the base, more or less united above ; stigmas acute. Drupes 

 1-5, large, dry, compressed, rigid, winged. Seed solitary ; testa mem- 

 branous ; cotyledons plano-convex, fleshy ; radicle very short. — 

 DiSTiiiB. Tropical Asia and Madagascar; species 3. 



1. Samadera indica, Gcprtn. Fruct. v. 2 (1791) p. 352, t. 156. 

 A small tree 30-35 ft. high, with stout branches. Leaves large, some- 

 times reaching 10 by 3| in., elliptic-oblong, usually shortly acuminate, 

 entire, reticulately veined, glabrous, shining, base rounded rarely sub- 

 acute : petioles |-| in. long, stout. Flowers in few- or many-flowered 

 umb(;ls ; peduncles axillary, glabrous, often longer than the leaves ; 

 pedicels fj-| in. long, glabrous, red. Calyx small, glabrous, persistent; 

 lobes broad, thick, ciliate. Petals |-1 in. long, oblong, obtuse. 

 Stamens twice as many as the petals and slightly shorter than them ; 

 filaments long, with a hairy scale at the base. Ovary shortly stalked, 

 glabrous, usually 4-celled ; style glabrous, a little longer than the 

 stamens. Ripe carpels 2-2^ in. long, nearly semicircular, much com- 

 pressed, smooth, reticulate. Seed large. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 519 ; Grah. 



