520 Lx. samydack.t:. 



1. Casearia graveolens, DaJz. in Kew Joum. Bot. v. 4 (1852) 

 p. 107. A shrub or small tree ; young branches obtusel}^ angular, 

 glabrous ; new leaves appearing at the end of April. Leaves S^-S 

 by l|-4 in., coriaceous and hard when old, broadly elliptic, obtuse 

 or shortly acuminate, more or less crenate-serrate, finely reticulately 

 veined, glabrous ; main nerves 8-12 pairs, slender, prominent beneath ; 

 petioles ^-^ in. long ; stipules 5 in. long, lanceolate-subulate, very 

 deciduous. Flowers with a disagreeable odor, green, numerous, iu 

 axillary clusters ; pedicels articulated above the base, very short when 

 in flower, elongating iu fruit, pubescent below the articulation, glabrous 

 or subglabrous above it. Calyx pubescent outside, -i— ^ in. long, deeply 

 5-lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse, concave, green. Stamens 8, equalling the 

 calyx, the alternating staminodes villous ; filaments glabrous. Style as 

 long as the stamens, about -^-^ in. long ; stigma large, discoid. Fruit 

 deep-yellow, f-1 in. long, ellipsoid or subglobose, smooth, sbining, 

 3-valved. Seeds about 12, ovoid, compressed, with a scarlet aril. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 592 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 178 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. G39 ; Watt, Diet. Fx-on. Prod. 



V. 2, p. 209. Cfisearia ?, Bocarah, Grab. Cat. p. 40. — Flowers: 



Aug.-Jan. Vern. Bokhdda. 



KoNKAN : Stockx !, Law ! ; open hills of the S. Konkan, Dnl-cll ! ; Matheran, Cooke ! 

 Deccan : Fitzgerald Ghat below Mabableshwar, Cooke l; Mawal (Poona districts), 

 Woodrow; hills near Kadkala, Kanitkarl; Batlot, Wuodrow. — Distrib. India 

 (Gurwhal, Kuuiaon, Sikkim, W. Peninsula, Birma). 



2. Casearia esculenta, Boxh. FJ. Ind. v. 2 (1832) p. 422. A 

 small tree reaching 20-30 ft. high ; bark yellowish-white, smooth ; 

 young branches slender, pale, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 3-0 by l|-25 in., elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, usually 

 shortly acuminate, tapering to the base ; main nerves 6-10 pairs ; 

 petioles 5-f in. long, glabrous; stipules minute, seale-lilie. Flowers in 

 ciustei's in the axils of past and present leaves; pedicels longer than 

 the calyx, articulated above the base, glabrous above the articulation, 

 surrounded at the base by numerous small bracts. Calyx glabrous ; 

 lobes 4 or 5, suborbicular, j\ in. long and broad, sometimes ciliolate, 

 concave. Stamens 8 ; staminodes oblong, truncate and villous at the 

 apex, shorter than the stamens ; filnments pubescent. Style scarcely 

 any. Fruit | in. long, ellipsoid or subglobose, orange-yellow, glabrous, 

 dehiscing by 2 or 3 (usually 3) thick valves. Seeds many, covered by a 

 large fleshy lacerate scarlet aril. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 592 ; Grab. Cat. p. 40 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 237 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 178 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 639; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 209. Casearia varians, Thw. Enum. p. 19 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 208. 

 C. lcevi<iala, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 108 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 11. — Flowers: May -June. Teen. Modi-, Kidlcidta. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; hilly parts of the Konkan, Kimmo ex Graham ; Ghats, Dahelll 

 S. M. Country: Eauighat, Ritchie, (i77 ! ; Talaveri, Eitchic, 919! ; Ambgaon, Ritchie, 

 ^~^\ Kanara: moist forests of N. Kanara, Talhot ; Yellapin% IFooc/rowi ; Karw ar, 

 Talbot, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 



3. Casearia tomentosa, Boxh. Fl. Ind. v. 2 (1832) p. 421. A 

 small tree attaining 30 ft. high ; bark thick, ash-colored ; branchlets 

 tomeutose or pubescent, rarely glabrous. Leaves 2|-7 by 1^-2^, 



