174 The Floivering Plants of Western India. 



thinking that D.'s tree described above is wrongly identified in H., 

 and should be D. embryopterii, which H. ascribes to the whole of 

 India, and identifies with G.'s JD. glutinosa. Timbori, mdTcar kendi. 



* D. pruriens, leaves narrow, oblong, fruit ovoid, size of a large 

 cherry, covered with fulvous stinging hairs, the calyx scarcely 

 enlarged. Ghauts and Canara (!).) * D- chloroxylon, sometimes 

 thorny, leaves small oblong or obovate, flowers small, white, female 

 with about 8 staminodes and 4 styles, fruit smooth, size of a large 

 pea. Ninei. Surat and Nasik districts. Fruit size of a cherry. 

 Lisbou. * D. Candolleana, large shrub or small tree, smooth, leaves 

 oblong, female flowers with about 5 staminodes, fruit ovoid, hard, size 

 of a nutmeg. The Ghauts, common. * D. paniculata, leaves oblong, 

 obtuse at both ends, calyx and corolla lobes 5, stamens 20, male 

 panicles black, velvety, fruit ovoid, covered with red hairs, calyx 

 much enlarged. Chorla Ghaut and Eaigarh (!>.). 



ORDER 72. STYRACE-E. 



Leaves alternate without stipules ; flowers regular in racemes 

 or spikes, calyx persistent, bell-shaped, 4 or 5-lobed, corolla 

 5-lobed, stamens united to the petals, fruit a drupe. 



A small order, hav : n? generally stimulant and aromatic qualities. 

 Storax and benzoin are exudations from two of the trees. 



SYMPLOCOS. Stamens numerous in several series, ovary 

 inferior. 



H. has 64 species ; both of those found in this Presidency have 

 stamens free, or nearly so. 



1. * S. spicata (Hopea s. D.). Leaves oblong, lanceolate, 

 smooth, flowers yellowish- white, small, crowded, bracted, 

 stamens about 40, drupe like a small fluted pitcher. 



The Ghauts, pretty common ( J>.). 



2. * S. Beddomei (Hopea racemosa, D.). Leaves as in the 

 last, petals sometimes 8, stamens indefinite, fruit ovoid crowned 

 by the calyx, dark blue or purple. Lodra, hura, khddra. 



^ Mahableshwar and Ghauts. " A very beautiful tree, the scent 

 like almond blossoms. 



ORDER 73. OLEACE^l. The Olive Family. 

 Trees or shrubs, leaves opposite without stipules, flowers 

 regular, calyx small, corolla segments 4 to 9, stamens 2. 



The two stamens distinguish this order from all others having 

 regular flowers. E. has made 4 tribes, named respectively after the 



