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A cfiinnion tree in tlie Bonibav Presidency. Konkan : common along tlie foot of 

 tlic GliiUs in the S. Konkan, Dahe/I cj- GUison ; coniiiion in the vales of Konkan rivers 

 near their source, Graham; Pohulpur, Cooke'. Gcjakat : iibundant in the j m.'les 

 soiitii-eust of Surat, Jmw e\ Grahnm. S. M. Country: hills uortii-east of IJelgaum, 

 Rifchie, )iSr>\ Kanaka: one of the most common trees in N. Kanara, TaUiot ; near 

 Sirsi, U'oodrow. — Distrib, India from Bombay southwards to Cape Comorin. 



Terminalia Catappa, Linn. Mantiss. (1771) p. 519. A small tree 

 often with butln'ssrd trunk, witli brandies in horizonfal whorls, obovate 

 leaves and an ellipsoid fruit keeled all round, a iiative of the Moluccas, 

 is frequently cultivated. It is known as the Bengal Almond., but the 

 kernel, though edible, is very insipid as compared with the almond. F\. 

 B. I. V. 2, p. 444 ; Grab. Cat. p. G9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. '3:i ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 103; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 636, & Gard. in India, ed. 5, p. 313; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 4, p. 22. — Vekx. DesJii-baddm ; Bengali-haddm. 



2. CALYCOPTERIS, Lamk. 



A diffuse scandent shrub. Leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic or ovate, 

 acuminate, entire. Flowers iu dense axillary racemes crowded towards 

 the ends of the branches so as to form large panicles. Calyx-tube 

 elongate-turbinate, 5-striate, produced above the ovary ; limb broadly 

 canipanulate, 5-fid, accrescent, the lobes persistent, spreading. Petals 0. 

 Stamens 10, biseriate, short; iilaments subulate; anthers didymous. 

 Ovary 1-celled, inferior ; ovules 3, pendulous from the apex of the cell ; 

 style subulate ; stigma simple. Fruit ovoid, 5-ribbed, villous, 1-seeded, 

 surmounted by the enlarged calyx. — Disxbib. India ; species 1. 



1. Calycopteris floribunda, Laml-. Tab. £'«o^c. v. 2 (1793)p. 485, 

 t. 357. A scandent shrub ; young branches slender, ru&ty-puberulous. 

 Leaves opposite, 3-5 by 14-2-|- in., ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 

 acute or acuminate, both surfaces more or less tomentose, the lower rusty 

 and pitted, base usually rounded ; main nerves 5-8 pairs, rather prominent 

 beneath; petioles |-| in. long. Flowers sessile, yellowish-green, in 

 fulvous-pubescent terminal panicles ; bracteoles short, lanceolate, pubes- 

 cent. Calyx densely hairy within at the mouth of the tube ; tube 

 produced above the ovary ; lobes accrescent, |-| iu. long in fruit, 

 scarious, broadly linear-lanceolate, acute, strongly 3-uerved and reticu- 

 lately veined, tomentose. Stamens unequal, much shorter than the 

 calyx-lobes. Ovary densely villous outside; ovules 3, pendulous from 

 the apex of the cell with long funicles. Fruit i in. long, oblong or 

 ellipsoid, 5-ribbed, pubescent or tomentose. crowned bv the persistent 

 calyx-lobes. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 449 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb.' ed. 2, p. 163 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 636; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 50. Getonia floribunda. Eoxb. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 61, 

 t. 87; Grab. Cat. p. 70; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 91.— Flowers: Mar.-May. 

 Vern. Ukshi ; Bdgidi. 



Common in the Konkan and on the Ghats. Konkan : Elephanta, Graham ; Vingorla, 

 Hitchie, 362 ! ; Matheran, abundant, Coo/ce \ Deccan: hills, Woodrowl; Lauoli. 

 Woodrotv\ — Distrib. India (Central and Southern Provinces, Aesam^; Malaya. 



