2S I « XLTII. CON'XATIACE.E. 



imbricate, enlarged ami clasping tlie base of the ripo t'olli. le. Petals d, 

 usually linear-obloiig. Stamens 10 ; tihuueiits connate at the base. 

 Ovar;es 5, of which 4 ai-e usually imperfect ; styles slender. Follicle 

 sessile, curved. Seed erect, arillate, exalbuminoiis. — Distrib. Species 

 about 52, all tropical. 



1. Rourea santaloides, ir?y/7(/ 4' ^'•"- Prodr. (1834) p. 144. A 

 climbing or sarmeiitose shrub; branches slender. Leaflets 2-4 pairs 

 and a terminal one, Ig-S.j by f-lg in., coriaceous, elliptic or lanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate, shining above, prominently reticulately veined 

 beneath, base rounded, less commonly acute ; petioles g-| in. long. 

 Flowers small, in glabrous racemose ])anicles, several of which spring 

 from leaf-axils ; pedicels short, slender ; bracts minute. Sepals y^ in. 

 long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, more or less minutely ciliolate. 

 Petals f^^ in. long, spathulate-oblong. Ovaries ovoid, glabrous; styles 

 shorter than the stamens ; stigmas 2-Iobed. Follicles | in. long, conical- 

 ovoid, tapering to a point, falcately curved, chestnut-brown, finely 

 i^triate, supported on the enlarged calyx, dehiscing ventrally. Seeds 

 about i in. long, ovoid-oblong, arillate. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 47 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 53 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 1 ; Gilg, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. 

 V. 3, part 3, p. 63, fig. 34, f-u ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 04 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 420; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1, p. 570. — Flowers : Oct. Vern. Vardhdrd. 



KoNKAN : Stocks\\ Wari Country, Dalzell %• Gibson; Miradonger near Pen, X'a- 

 nitkar !, Woodrow. S. M. Country : Bel;^aiini districts, Cooke ! ; Rainghiit, Bitchir, 

 126!; Castlerock, Cooke\, Woodroiv l Ivanaiia : Yellapur, Woodroiv; abundant ou 

 the liills near Karvvar, Tulhoi .—Disrmn. India (Konkan tu Travancore). 



Mr. Talbot, reports a variety with ciliate sepals and small follicles at Ainshi Ghat 

 (N. Kanara). I have generally found the sepals of the species above described to 

 be if not ciliate, at all events almost invariably minutely ciliolate. I have examined 

 specimens from the Konkan, Castlerock, Belgauni districts, and Ramghat, with the 

 above result.— I have not seen any epeciineus of the variety noted by Mr. Talbot. 



2. CONNARUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs often scandent. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 usually 5, quite entire. Flowers small, in axillary and terminal 

 branched panicles. Sepals 5, not enlarged after flowering, imbricate, 

 embracing the pedicel of the fruit. Petals 5, linear or ligulate, slightly 

 dilated upwards. Stamens 10, those opposite the sepals long, with 

 perfect anthers, those opposite the petals shorter and sometimes anther- 

 less. Ovaries 5, densely pubescent, 4 usually imperfect or obsolete, tiie 

 fifth with a slender style ; stignia capitellate. Follicle obliciue, stipitate, 

 inflated, glabrous or pubescent within. Seed arillate ; testa shining ; 

 albumen ; cotyledons amygdaloid. — Distkib. Sj)ecies about SO, all 

 tropical." 



A branched shrub; follicles not striate nor sliiin'ng, contracted 



into the stalk •••.. 1. C. monocarpus. 



A climbing shrub; follicles chestnut -brown, strongly striate, 



shortly narrowed into the stalk 2. C. JVij/hfii. 



A small tree; follicles dark brown, striate, cordate at the base... 3. C. Uitchci. 



1. Connarus monocarpus, /"vZ/in. .S*^). /'/. (1753) p. 675. A much- 

 braiiehrd slinih. I,r;illets 1 or 2 [)airs with a terminal one, 3-4 l)y 1]- 

 H in., glabrous, shining, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely aeuiui- 



