r,X. SAMYOACKT-:. 521 



oblong, acute, more or less serrulate, or sometimes almost entire, slightly 

 pubescent or glabrous above, pubescent or tomentose (densely so on the 

 nerves) beneath, base usually rounded or subcordate (more or less 

 obliquely) ; main nerves 8-10 pairs ; petioles ,%-g in. long, densely 

 pubescent ; stipules minute, densely pubescent, deciduous. Flowers 

 greenish-white, crowded in axillary fascicles ; pedicels less than \ in. 

 long, densely pubescent, articulated near the base. Calyx pubescent ; 

 tube scarcely ^^ in. long ; lobes g in. long, broadly elliptic, obtuse. 

 Stamens usually 8 ; filaments glabrous ; staminodes clavate, much 

 shorter than tlie stamens, villous at the apex. Style ^ in. long ; 

 stigma subglobose. Fruit broadly ellipsoid, | in. long, smooth 

 and shining, 3-valved. Seeds embedded in a soft pulpy scarlet 

 mass consisting of the agglomerate arils, Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 593 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 238 ; 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 elliptica, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2, p. G28 ; AVight, Icon, 

 t. 1849. C. ovata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2 (1832) p. 420 (not of Willd.) ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 40. C. Anavinga, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 11. — Flowers : Jan.- 

 May. Veen. ChiUd ; Ghari. 



Througliout the Presidency in deciduous forests, tolerably common. Konkan 

 8(ocks\, Lav^ ! ; Vingorla, Stock?, ! Deccan : near Poena, Woodrtm ; hills near Poona, 

 Bhival S.M. Country: Belgaura (east h.iA&), Ritchie, 1011! — Distrib. Throughout 

 India ; Ceylon, Malaya, N. Australia. 



4. Casearia rubescens, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bat. v. 4 (1852) 

 p. 108. A shrub 4-6 ft. high, all glabrous ; branches pale. Leaves 2-5 

 by 1-1 1 in., sometimes reaching 10 in. long in !X. Kanara (Talbot), 

 eiliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, obtuse or acute, entire, quite glabrous, 

 base subacute ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, the midrib of the young leaves 

 red ; petioles g-| in. long, glabrous, channelled, those of the young leaves 

 red. Stipules minute, scale-like, glabrous. Flowers in axillar}- clusters ; 

 pedicels minutely pubescent, articulated near the base. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 thick and fleshy, glabrous ; lobes ^ in. long, broadly elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse. Stamens 8 : staminodes oblong, truncate and villous at the apex, 

 shorter than the stamens ; filaments pubescent. Ovary conical ; style 

 almost 0. Fruit ellipsoid, glabrous, | in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 593 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 11 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 178 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 639.— Flowers : Feb. (Dalzell). 



I am quite unable to separate this from C. graveolens, except by 

 assuming Dalzell's description to be correct, viz. that it is a shrub 4-6 ft. 

 high. l5alzell was himself doubtful of its being a good species. 



Konkan: Stocksl, Woodrow. S.M. Country: Talaveri, Dalzell I; Eamghat, 

 Ritchie, 043 ! Kanara : forests near the Nilkund Ghat (N. Kanara), Talbot. — 

 Distrir. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. HOMALIUM, Jacq. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, crenate or serrate, rarely 

 entire ; stipules small, rarely 0. Flowers small, in axillary slender 

 panicles. Calyx-tube turbinate, adnata to the base of the ovary ; lobes 

 4-7, persistent. Petals 4-7, inserted in the throat of the calyx, 

 persistent. Stamens opposite to the petals and equal in number to 

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