280 XLV. AXACAKDIACE.E. 



2. Holigarna Grahamii, Hoolc f. in Fl. B. I. v. 2 (1876) p. 37. 

 A tree 20-;j0 ft. higli ; young branches ferrugineo-tonientose. Leaves 

 12-16 by 4-6 in., rigidly coriaceous, oblanceolute, triangular above the 

 middle, acute or acuminate, glabrous and shining above, ferrugineo- 

 pubescent beneath, base cuneate ; main nerves 20-30 pairs, prominent 

 and pilose beneath ; petioles |-g in. long, stout, with 1 or 2 spurs on 

 each side 5-5 in, long. Plowers in rusty-tomentose terminal panicles, 

 clustered, the male panicle about 1 ft. long, the female shorter. Calyx 

 Clip-shaped ; lobes minute. Petals -Jy- in. long, y^ in. broad. Drupes 

 about 4- in. long, enclosed in the cup-shaped torus, except one-sixth or 

 one-fourth of the upper i)art which is exserted. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 37 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 63; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 273 ; Engler, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 4, p. 499 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 260. Semecarpus GraJiamii, Wight, Icon. t. 235 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 52. 



KoNKAN : Law .', Sfc^is ! ; Mira hills near Pen, Bahell ^ Gibson. Drcoan : 

 Khnndala, Woodrow. S. M. Country : Eauighdt, Bitchie, 1677! Kanaka: common 

 on tbe N. Kanara Ghats from Aiuahi southwards, 7'ulbot. — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



9. NOTHOPEGIA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves alternate or opposite, coriaceous, quite entire. Plowers 

 email, bracteate, polygamous, in short axillary racemes. Calyx small, 

 4-5-lobed, persistent. Petals 4-5, spreading, imbricate. Disk annular, 

 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, inserted on the margin of the disk ; filaments 

 free, pilose. Ovary free, sessile, ovoid, 1-celled ; ovule 1, pendulous 

 from near the top of the cell ; style short. Drupe depressed-globose, 

 striate, apiculate with the style, seated on the slightly thickened torus. 

 Seed pendulous ; testa memlDranous ; cotyledons thick, plano-convex ; 

 radicle very short, sublateral. — Disthib. India (W. Peninsula); species 3. 



1. Nothopegia Colebrookiana, Blume, Mus. Bot. v. 1 (1849) 

 p. 203. A small tree about 15 ft. high, with acrid milky juice. Leaves 

 3-8| by 11-21 in., elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate (rarely subobtuse), 

 glabrous and shining above, pale beneath, base decurrent into the petiole ; 

 main nerves 15-20 pairs ; petioles 2-| in. long. Flowers small, white ; 

 the female sessile or nearly so, in more or less rufous-pubescent racemes 

 which are much shorter than the leaves, solitary and fascicled ; the male 

 racemes much longer and more branched than the female. Calyx-lobes 4, 

 about -jL in. long. Petals 4, hairy on the back, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 -j^ in. long and about J^ in. broad, \\ith recurved tips. Stamens 4. 

 Drupes seated on the slightly enlarged torus, the shape of a fig, about 

 I in. long, longitudinally striate, purple ; pulp copious, edible. El. B.I. 

 V. 1, p. 40; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 325; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 63; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 273; Engler, in UC. Monogr. 

 Phan. V. 4, p. 467, & in Engl. & Prantl, Pllanzenf. v. H, part 5, p. 175, 

 fig. 110, A-D ; Watt, Diet. P.con. Prod. v. 5, p. 430. GJi/iycaiyus 

 racemosa, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 39 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 51 

 (exclud. syn.). — Flowers: Jan.-Mar. Vern. A'mheri. 



Konkan: SiocAsl, Law]; Bait.-i (Wari Couutry), Ififchir, 422'. Dkccan : Phunda 

 GhiU, liifchie, 422.' S. M. Country : Kamglial, ]iit<liir, 422! Kanaka: evcrf,'ret'n 

 forests of N. Kanara Gliats, 01)111111011, Talhut: Divimana (<li;it, ]V()odrow\\ Sauipkliand 

 (N. Kanara;, \VvodroU)\—Yi\hiv.\\i. India (W. Peninsula) ; Cejlon. 



