57G LXIX. COHNACE.'E. 



red ; cnclocarp bony ; albumen fleshy outside, friable inside, not at all 

 ruminate ; cotvledons foliaceous, flat, not crumpled. ~FL B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 741 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 109 ; Trim. Yl Ceyl. v. 2, p. 285 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb, ed.2, p. 181 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 644; 

 "Watt, Diet. Econ, Prod. v. 1, p. 153. Alanyium decapetaliun, Lamh. 

 Encyc. Method, v. 1, p. 174 ; Grab. Cat. p. 72 ; Wight, Icon. t. 194.— 

 Elovvers : Feb.- Apr. Vekn. A'nlcul ; Ansaroli. 



Konkan: Siochl, Bakell S,- Gibsoti; Elepbanta, Grahayn. Deccan : Bahell S( 

 Gibson; Pooiia, Wvodnnv \ Gujarat: Dangs, Bhival; Bodcli, Woodrow. S. M. 

 Country: Belgauni, Rifckie, 1070! Kanaiia: Godliuli, Talbot, 521! — Disteib. 

 Throngliout India ; Ceylon, S. China, Malaya, Philippines. 



The fruit thougli astringent and acid is eaten. The wood is hard, tough, and close- 

 grained, and is valuable as fuel. 



2. MASTIXIA, Blume. 



Trees with terete branches. Leaves alternate, subopposite, and 

 opposite, oblong, quite entire, drying black, Flowers small, herma- 

 plirodite, in terminal panicles, articulated with a 2-bracteolate pedicel. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate ; limb dilated, 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, ovate, 

 leathery, valvate. Stamens 4-5 ; filaments short ; anthers cordate. 

 Disk fleshy. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, pendulous from one side of the 

 cell near its summit. Drupe ovoid or ellipsoid, usually areolate at 

 the apex ; putameu woody, grooved down one face. Seed conform 

 to the cell ; testa membranous ; albumen copious, fleshy ; embryo small ; 

 cotyledons foliaceous,. thin; radicle subelongate, cylindric. — Distkiu. 

 Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, Java ; species about 8. 



1. Mastixia pentandra, Blume, Bijdr. (1825) p. 654. A moderate- 

 sized tree ; bai"k smooth. Leaves 4-6 by l^-2\ in., elliptic-oblong, 

 often obtusely acuminate, green and glabrous above, paler, reticulately 

 veined, and, when young, puberulous beneath, base usually unequal- 

 sided ; main nerves 6-8 pairs ; petioles |— 1 in. long, glabrous. Flowers 

 numerous, in terminal densely pubescent panicles ; buds silky-pubescent ; 

 lower bracts foliaceous, sometimes nearly 1 in. long, the upper narrowly 

 linear \ in. long ; bracteoles -^i^ in. long, acute, pubescent. Calyx 



I in. long, pubescent outside ; tube narrowly campanulate ; teeth 5, 

 ovate, subacute, y^ in. long. Petals 5, ovate, very acute, leathery, 

 a little longer than the calyx. Stamens 5. Style very short. Fruit 



II by f in., ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 746 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 182 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. IS' at. v. 11 (1898) p. 644. Bm'sino- 

 petalum arhorewn, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 28 {not of Wight). — Flowers : Jau.- 

 May. 



Konkan: S/oc/iSl, BnhcUl, Laid; Western Ghats from Borabay southwards, 

 Talbot. S. M. Country : Dbarwar, Woodroiv ; Parva Ghat, Dalzell cf- Gibson. 

 Kanaka : in evergreen forests and along nalas in N. Kanara, Talbot. — Disteib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



Obdeb LXX. RUBIACE^. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, erect, prostrate, or scandent. Leaves opposite 

 or whorled, simple, entire, stipulate (except in Ruhia) ; stipules various, 

 inter- or intra-petiolar, persistent or deciduous, sometimes free, some- 

 times united to the leaf or the neighbouring stipule, entire, toothed 



