Order 4 r . Connaracece. 



III. 



ORDER 41. CONNAKACE-ffi. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate compound leaves without 

 stipules, flowers regular or nearly so, calyx lobes and petals 5, 

 stamens 5 or 10, fruit generally 1-seeded. A small order with 

 doubtful affinities. 



1. EOUREA. Sepals round imbricate, increasing with the 

 fruit, stamens 10, ovaries 5, 4 usually imperfect. 



2. CONNARUS. Sepals imbricate, not increasing, stamens 10, 

 5 shorter, sometimes imperfect ; ovaries as in the last, capsule 

 oblique stalked. 



1. ROTJREA. 



R. santaloides. A smooth climber, leaflets 5 to 9, ovate 

 shining, flowers in racemes small, white and fragrant, capsule 

 size and shape of an acorn, splitting from the top and showing 

 the orange-coloured aril. Wagdti, wdkeri, wardhdra. 



Matheran, S. Konkaa and Ghauts (.). 1 noted that the young 

 plants are prickly. 



2. CONNARUS. 



C. monocarpus. A handsome erect shrub or small tree, 

 leaflets 5, oval, pointed, shining ; flowers in long panicles, hairy, 

 yellowish- white, very fragrant ; fruit in clusters, slightly 

 kidney-shaped, bright red, size of a bean, splitting from the 

 top. Gudri, ndgudri, Sundar. 



Southern Ghauts. Matheran (Birdwood). 



*C. Wightii, apparently like the last, but the capsule pale chestnut 

 colour, shining, much narrower than the last. Not in D. S. Konkan, 

 Stocks, H. 



*C. Ritchiei. Flowers smaller, capsule about half the size of No. 1, 

 dark coloured, the base rounded. Same as last, and Earn Ghaut 

 Ritchie, H. 



ORDER 42. LEGUMINOS.E. 



This is the second largest of all the natural orders, and 

 might very well be divided into three, the second and third of 

 the sub-orders being very different as to the appearance of the 



