Crudia."] L. LEGDMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 271 



Ghauts of CANARA, TRAVANCORE and the CABNATIC. 



Leaflets oblong, rigidly coriaceous, acute, 2-4 in. long, venulose, the upper of the 

 uppermost pair sometimes apparently terminal ; midrib central, veining pinnate ; 

 petiolules -5 in. Panicles copious, axillary and terminal, formed of dense slender 

 cylindrical racemes ; pedicels spreading, -^ ^ in. Calyx broadly campanulate, under 

 i in. long, with a pair of minute adpressed bracteoles. Filaments twice as long as 

 the sepals. Pod turgid, 1^-2 in. long, rigid, sublignose, not at all oblique. 



108. CRUDXA, Schreb. 



Glabrous shrubs ortrees. Leaves odd-pinnate,* with conspicuously alternate 

 leaflets. .F/owers in terminal or lateral racemes. Calyx- tube very short, with, 

 the disk nearly basal ; segments 4, oblong, imbricated, persistent, reflexed. 

 Petals 0. Stamens 10, exserted, filaments free, filiform ; anthers oblong, 

 versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary stalked, few-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigma terminal capitate. Pod flat, rigidly coriaceous, 2-valved. Seeds exal- 

 buminous. DISTRIB. Species 10, one African, the rest Trop. American. 



1. C. zeylanica, Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 314 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 190. Detariuin zeylanicum, Thwaites Enum. 414. 



CEYLON, near Caltura, Thwaites. 



A tall tree, with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaflets 3-5, oblong, short-stalked, 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, rather oblique, obtusely pointed, bright green above, paler 

 beneath, strongly veined. Racemes dense, terminal, on short branches, as long as or 

 shorter than the leaves; pedicels reflexed, finally in., equalling the reflexed coria- 

 ceous sepals. Ovary distinctly stalked, oblique-oblong, densely clothed with pale 

 brown tomentum. Ovules 34. Pod not seen. 



109. SARACA, Linn. 



Erect trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous. Flowers 

 in dense sessile corymbose axillary panicles, with subpetaloid reddish brac- 

 teoles. Calyx with, the disk at the summit of a cylindrical tube ; divisions 4, 

 oblong, unequal, subpetaloid. Corolla 0. Stamens 3-8, exserted with long 

 filiform filaments, and oblong versatile anthers opening longitudinally. Ovary 

 many-ovuled with a stalk produced beyond the disk ; style long, filiform, stigma 

 minute capitate. Pod flat, dehiscent, rigidly coriaceous. Seeds exalbuminous. 

 DISTRIB. Species 6, restricted to India and Malaya. 



1. S. indica, Linn. Mant. 98; leaflets 6-12, petiolules short, bracteoles 

 persistent ascending, sepals about half as long as the calyx-tube, stamens 

 usually 7. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 57. S. arborescens, Burm. Fl. 2nd. 86, t. 25, 

 fig. 2. S. minor and Zollingeriana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. \. 84. Jonesia Asoca, 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 218 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 487 ; Watt. Cat. 5822 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 

 284; Wight Ic. t. 206; Bot. Mag. t. 3018; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. FL 82. 

 J. pinnata, Wittd. Sp. PL ii. 287.Hheede Hort. Mai. v. t. 59. 



From the CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYAS, ascending to 2000 feet in KUMAON, 

 CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTRIB. Malay isles. 



A low erect tree. Leaves sessile or subsessile ; leaflets oblong or oblong- lanceo- 

 late, acute or obtuse, 3-9 in. long rigidly subcoriaceous. Corymbs dense, 3-4 in. 

 broad ; pedicels stout, - in. long, below the oblong-spathulate ascending amplexi- 

 caul bracteoles. Sepals -^ in., obovate-oblong. Filaments three times as long as 



* Wrongly given as equally pinnate in the Key. 



