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in large spreading and drooping leafless pubescent terminal panicles ; 

 buds 5-angled ; pedicels very short. Calyx pubescent or puberulous 

 outside, glabescent within; lobes erect, triangular, very acute, keeled on 

 the inner face and with a hard incurved point at the apex vt'itbin. 

 Petals much smaller than the calyx-lobes, enveloping the stamens and 

 shorter than- them. Disk softly pubescent. Ovary pubescent ; styles 

 more or less divergent. Nuts about 4 in. in diam., yellowish, globular, 

 supported by the persistent calyx which forms a flat disk at the base oi: 

 the fruit; wing 1^-2 in. long by ^-f in. broad, linear-oblong, 1-nerved, 

 rounded at the apex and terminated by the remains of the bifid style. 

 ¥1 B. I. V. 1, p. 631 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 48; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 51 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 27 J ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. G, part 4, p. 227. V. ^naderasjMtana, AVight, Icon. t. 163 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 40 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 279.— I'lowers : Dec-Jan. 

 Vern. Lokandi ; Kdnvel. 



KoNKAN : Stocksl; common at Matheran, H. M. Birdwood; 23 miles east of 

 Ratnagiri, Woodrow. Dixcan: Khandaia, i^aL-e// ^" Gibson, Graham; Lanoli Grove, 

 Graham. S. M. Country : Eamghat, ii'iYt'A/e, 11)85! ; Padshapur, X'r. i/!<iA. — Distiub. 

 India (W. Peninsvila, Tenasserim) ; Ceylon. 



The root bark produces a valuable dye which is well adapted for tasar silk. See 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Ventilago calyculata, Talasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, v. 8 

 (1857) p. 124. An extensive climber. Leaves 2-5| by 1-2| in., 

 elliptic-oblong, subacute, crenate-serrate, pubescent when young (especi- 

 ally the lower surface), base oblique, rounded or acute ; nerves 4-6 pairs ; 

 petioles -^ in. long. Plowers with an offensive odor, numerous, greenish, 

 in densely pubescent paniculate spikes. Ovary pubescent. Fruit 1^- 

 2 in. long (including the wing), girt about the middle by the persistent 

 calyx ; wing pubescent, | in. broad, rounded at the apex, terminated by 

 the remains of the bifid style. PI. B. I. v. 1, p. 631 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 51 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1«97) p. 271 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 226. 



KoNKAN, Law !, Sfocks I ; in deciduous forests, Talbot. S. M. Country : Belgaum 

 GliAts, Ritchie ! ; Dharwar, Woodrow; Badaini, Bhiva ! Kanara : Yellapur (N. Kanara), 

 Woodrow. — DisTRii). India (throughout the hotter jJarts) ; Java. 



3. Ventilago bombaiensis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 

 (1851) p. 36. Branches, petioles and inflorescence fulvous-pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 g in., lanceolate, acute or subacuminate, crenate (the 

 ereuatures with callous points), glabrous, shining, base oblique, acute ; 

 main nerves 3-4 (rarely 5) pairs, furnished with rufous-vi lions glands 

 in the axils ; petioles \ in. long ; stipules subulate. Flowers (15-20), 

 fascicled in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels shorter than the petioles, 

 fulvous-pubescent. Calyx strongly fulvous-pubescent outside, cleft about 

 half way down ; lobes triangular, very conspicuously keeled on the inner 

 face. Petals truncate at the apex, cuneate at the base, shorter than the 

 stamens. Disk filling the calyx-tube. Filaments flattened ; anthers 

 subglobose, enveloped by the petals ; connective shortly excurrent. 

 Ovary sunk in the disk, 2-celled ; ovule 1 in each cell ; style bifid, fleshy, 

 slightly recurved at the apex. Fruit not seen. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 63L ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 48; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 271. 

 — Flowers : Feb. 



