400 xxvin. TILIACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) \Echinocarpus. 



3. ZS. sterculiaceus, Benth. Inc. cit. 72 ; leaves ovate or obovate cuspi- 

 date downy beneath, spines of the fruit subulate. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Bhotan, Griffith,- Sikkim, at 2000 ft., Hk.f. 



A tree. Bark smooth. Leaves 8-10 by 4 in., base rounded or subcordate, minutely 

 serrulate ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles tomentose, l-l in. Fruit globose, densely covered 

 with very long subulate spines. 



4. E. toxnentosus, B>>nth. lc. cit. 72 ; leaves elliptic tomentose beneath, 

 capsule covered with short bristles. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Bhotan, Griffith; Sikkim, alt. 2-4000 ft., Hk.f. 



A lol'ty tree, younger portions tomentose. Leaves 6-8 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, acumi- 

 nate, serrated, base rounded ; petiole If in., downv, thickened at the apex. Pedinn-l,^ 

 l-2 in., toraentose, thickened at the apex. Flower* 4 i Q - diam. Sepals 5, ov.-it.-, 

 pointed. Petals oblong, concave, 4-5-toothed at the apex. Anthers linear, apiculate, 

 filaments pilose. Capsule l in., ovoid, woody, 4-5-valved, valves densely covered with 

 short fine bristles. 



5. E. dasycarpus, Benth. Inc. cit. 72; leaves oblong or oblanceolate 

 entire or serrulate glabrous on both surfaces, petals longer than the calyx, 

 fruit covered with short dense ultimately deciduous spines. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Bhotan, Griffith; Sikkim, alt. 4 -OOOO ft., Ilk. f. 



A tree. Leaven 4-5 by 3 in.. ri>ri;u cons, shortly acuminate, base tapering; petiole 

 1 in., thickened at the apex. 7V</// ///.- U -2 in., axillary or a^re-at-d at tin; end of 

 the branches, flowers nearly 1 in. diam. //"- />t(i*-I>- eiishioii-.sliapeil, pitte 1. S, /ml* 

 oval or orbicular. l'>-tnlx broad, loli.-d. Anthers oblong, apicnlat-'. <>r.in, 4-ceiled, 

 style longer than the ovary. Capsule 1 in., KibfflobOM, 4-5-valved, valves woody. 

 iSeeils 4 by | in., oval, black, smooth. Variable in foliage and size of flower. 



13. ELJEOCARFUS, Linn. 



Trees. Leam'* simple. /'A^/v/'x usually hermaphrodite, rarely polygamous, 

 in axillary racemes. X,/t/. ~>, distinct. P>i<il* 5, usually laciniate at the 

 apex, rarely entire, spring! ni, r from the outside 1 of a oushion-sbaped, otteji 

 5-lobed torus. *s'/r///^//x usually indefinite, never less than 10, arising from 

 the inside of the torus, and more or less aggregated into groups opposite the 

 petals and alternating with the glands of the torus; anthers innate, linear, 

 opening by a terminal pore. Ovary sessile, 2-5-celled, cells 2-many-ovuled ; 

 style columnar. />// with a single bony stone which is 3-5 or by abortion 

 1-celled. Seeds pendulous, 1 in each cell, albumen fleshy; cotyledons flat. 

 DISTRIB. About 50 species, most abundant in the hotter parts of India and 

 the Indian archipelago. A few species are found in some of the South Sea 

 islands, New Zealand, and Australia. 



SECT. I. G-anitrus. Ovar// and drupe 5-celled. 



1. IS. Ganitrus, '7W>. Urt. 7>V//.v. 42; Fl. Ind. ii. 592; leaves glabres- 

 cent elliptic acute, stamens many anthers bearded, drupe globose. Wall. Cat. 

 2660 A tol); Dalz. <(' 6V&*. JJmitfi. /'/. -27. Ganitrus sphaerica, Gwrtn. Fruct.ii. 

 271, t. 139 ; Wight Ic. L 66. Rumph. Amb. iii. t. 101. 



Native of various parts of India, Roxburgh; NIPAL, and CHITTAOONO, WaUidi ,- 

 MALACCA, COXCAN, on the higher Ghats, Dalz. & Gibs. DISTKIB. Malay Archipelago, 

 Roxburgh. 



A tree. Leaves 5-6 by 2 in., serrulate ; petiole -f in. Stipules minute, subulate, 

 caducous. Racemes from the old wood, drooping, shorter than the leaves. Flower- 

 buds ovoid-conical, elongate. Flowers \ in. diam., white. 8epals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, glabrescent, internally 1 -ribbed. Petals glabrescent, oblong, laciniate halfway 



