Elaocarpus.] xxvm. TILIACE.E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 407 



3-celled. Monocera glandulifera, Hook ex Wight III. i. p. 84. Thwaites 

 Enum. 33. 



CEYLON ; Central Provinces, 4-6000 ft., Gardner, &c. 



A tree. Leaves 4-5 by 2 in., glandular beneath; petiole If in. Racemes shorter 

 than the leaves, many-flowered. Flower-buds ovoid. Flowers f in. diam., drooping. 

 Petals oblong, pubescent. Ovary silky, 3-celled. Drupe olive-shaped; stone 2-celled. 

 Nearly allied to E. prunifolias and E. Munroii. The so-called saccate glands on 

 the under surface of the leaf are possibly the result of insect agency. 



ft Anther-tails at length reflexed. 



32. E. BXunroii, Mast. ; leaves glabrous long-petioled ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate, stamens 20, anther-tails, at length reflexed, drupe olive-like. 

 Monocera Munroii, Wiglil III. p. 84 ; Ic. t. 952. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; Nilghiri Mts., Wight; Concan, /Stocks. 



A tree, branches with prominent scars. Leaves 3 by 2 in., crenulate ; petiole 2 in. 

 Racemes many-flowered, scarcely as long as the leaves. Flotver-luds ovoid. Ftowers 

 ^ in. and upwards diam., drooping. Se^>uls lanceolate, acute. Anthers glabrous. Ovary 

 2-celled, on a raised torus. Drupe yellowish, shining, edible ; stone 1-celled. 



33. E. apiculatus, Mast. ; leaves glabrous obovate acuminate minutely 

 serrulate base cuneate, racemes half the length of the leaves, anther-tails 

 reflexed, disk very small glabrescent, drupe oblong apiculate 2-celled. 



MALACCA, Mainyay. 



A tree, 50-60 ft. Stem very thick. Leaves 6 by 2^ in. and upwards ; petiole |in., 

 thickened at both ends. Peduncles puberulous, many-flowered ; pedicels about 4 in., 

 articulate at the base, dilated at the apex. Flower f in. diam. Buds oblong, obtuse. 

 Sepals linear-oblong, puberulous. Petals white, cuneate, 2-lobed, lobes fringed silky. 

 Stamens numerous. Drupe 1 in., resembling the fruit of a Diospyros. 



** Petals wide at the base, narrowed towards the apex. 



34. E. prunifolius, Wall. Cat. 2669 ; leaves glabrous lanceolate long- 

 petioled, petals nearly entire, stamens 20, anther-tails obsolete or short. 

 C. Miill. Anot. defam. filceocarp. 15. 



SILHET, Wallich; KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-3000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A tree. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1 ^ in., often recurved; petiole 2 in. Racemes nearly 

 as long as the leaves, loose ; pedicels glabrous. Flower buds ovoid. Sepals lanceolate. 

 Petals deltoid, nearly entire, silky on both sides. Anthers glabrous. Ovary villous, 

 2-3-celled, cells 6-ovuled. Drupe f-f in., ovoid, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



35. E. paniculatus, Wall. Cat. 2663 ; leaves glabrous elliptic 

 acuminate entire, petals nearly entire silky, stamens 50, anthers and ovary 

 villous. G. Mull. Anot. de fam. JElceocarp. 12. Monoceras leucobotryum, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 409 ; Monocera Grifnthii, C. Mull. I.e. 



MALACCA, Mainyay ; SINGAPORE, Wallich. DISTRIB. Banka. 



A tree. Leaves 6 by 2 in. and upwards, coriaceous, base rounded; petiole 2-3 in., 

 thickened at the apex. Racemes subterminal, erect, nearly as long as the leaves. 

 Fiower-luds ovoid, acuminate. Flowers 4 in. diam. Sepals lanceolate, hoary, silky 

 outside. Anther-tails reflexed. Drupe \ in., ovoid ; stone tubercled. 



36. E. Varunua, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 2666 G, H ; leaves glabrous 

 elliptic acuminate serrulate, flower-buds ovate-lanceolate, anthers pube- 

 rulous, ovary villous. ] E. Finlaysonianus, Wall. (Jal. 6851. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Kuinaon to Sikkim, alt. 1-2000 ft. ASSAM ; SILHET, 

 CHITTAGONG, and MALACCA. 



A tree. Leaves 3-7 by lf-3 in., base rouiided ; petiole 1^-3 in. Racemes axillary, 

 half the length of the leaves and upwards. Flower \ in. diam. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 



