LTI. MYKT.VCE.B. 497 



Sylvat. t. 204 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 95 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 191 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 171 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 637 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 401. — Flowers : !Sept.-Oct. 

 Vekn. Tivdr ; Imjli. 



Konkan: banks of creeks in the S. Konkan, l)alzell\; Shrivardhan (S. Koiikan), 

 Woodruvo; between Iiiclapur and Dasgaon, Dahcll %• Gibson; W. Ghats widely, 

 Woodrow. S. M. Country: near JJelgauin, Law ex Graham. Kanaka: banks of 

 rivers and streams throughout N. Kanara, common near the coast, Talbot ; ishmd in 

 the Kula naddi, Ritchie, l!80 ! — Distuib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malaya, N. 

 AustraUa. 



3. CAREY A, Eoxb. 



Trees or a small undershrub {0. herbacea). Leaves alternate, crowded 

 at the ends of the brandies, penniuerved, not dotted. Flowers lar^'-e 

 and handsome, in racemes or interrupted spikes. Calyx-tube caiiipa- 

 uulate or ovoid, not produced above the ovai'y ; limb deeply 4-lobed. 

 Petals 4, imbricate. Stamens very numerous, epigynous, in several 

 rows, slightly connate at the base ; filaments very long, the innermost 

 and outermost rows often without anthers, the intermediate perfect ; 

 anthers versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 4- (rarely 5-) 

 celled, crowned by an annular disk ; ovules numerous, in 2 rows on 

 axile placentas. Fruit large, globose, fleshy, indehiscent, crowned with 

 the calyx-limb. Seeds numerous, nesting in fleshy pulp ; albumen ; 

 embryo large; cotyledons obsolete. — Distiub. India, Ceylon, X.Australia, 

 Queensland ; species 4. 



1. Careya arborea, Roxb. Cor. PI. v. 3 (1819) p. 14, t. 218. A 

 glabrous middle-sized or sometimes a large tree attaining 60 ft. with 

 rounded head ; bark thick, rough, dark-grey. Leaves (J-12 by 3-7 in., 

 usually sessile, broadly obovate or oblong-obovate, rounded or shortly 

 acuminate, crenate-denticulate, glabrous, tapering at the base ; main 

 nerves 10-12 pairs ; petioles 0-| in, long, margined. Flowers yellowish- 

 white, ill-smelling, sessile, 2l-3| in. across, in thick swollen hard ter- 

 minal spikes each with a central elliptic bract and 2 linear lateral ones. 

 Calyx about 1 in. long ; tube campanulate ; segments rather shorter 

 tlian the tube, oblong, obtuse, stiff, erect. Petals 1^-2 in. long, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse or subacute. Filaments about equalling or slightlv longer 

 than the petals, red. Fruit 2^-3 in. in diam., globular, green, glabrous, 

 somewhat like an apple in appearance. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 511 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 74 ; Wight, 111. tt. 99 & 100 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 95 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 172 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 637 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 157. — Flowers : Mar.-Apr. Yern. 

 Kuinhlid ; Kubci. 



Throughout the Presidency in deciduous forests. Konkan : common in S. Konkan, 

 Bahi-ll LJ- Gibson; W. Ghats, widely, Woodroic ; Matheran, abundant, Cookel; Mala- 

 bar and Parel hills (Bombay), Graham; jungles in Salsette, Graham; Indapur, 

 Dahcll (f- Gibson. Deccan : Khandcsh, Graham. Gl'JAuat : where it attains a 

 majestic size, Gibson ex Graham, S. M. Country: Belgaum jungles, Ritchie'. 

 Kanaka : Kala naddi, Ritchie, 3UU ! 



The timber is useful, stands water well, and the heartwood takes a fine polish. 

 From the inner bark fuses for matchlocks are made, and the bark is also used in 

 native medicine. The dried calyces under the name " Vakumbha" are sold in the 

 market «nd used as a demulcent in coughs and colds. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. I.e. 

 — Distiub. Throughout India, Ceylon. 



