52 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Hydnocarpu*. 



Leaves entire, nervules reticulate ; petals ciliate, greenish ; scale ^ as 

 long as petals, ovate, woolly 2. alpina. 



1. HYDNOCARPUS WIGHTIANA, EL ; F. B. I. i. 196. H. inebrians, 

 Vahl; Wt. 111. i. t. 16. 



Forests of the W. Coast and W. Ghats from S. Canara 

 southwards, up to 2,000 ft., often near water. 

 A large evergreen tree : wood greyish white, of no value. 

 Vern. Mar. Kastel; Tarn. Maravetti; Kan. Toratti ; Mai. 

 Kodi, Nirvetti. 



2. HYDNOCARPUS ALPINA, Wt. Ic. t. 942; F. B. I. i. 197; 

 Bedd. Fl. t. 77. 



W. Ghats in hill forests from S. Canara to Travancore, at 

 up to 6,000 ft. 



A large evergreen tree; wood greyish brown, of no great 

 value. Vern. Tarn. Attuchankalai. 



4. Asteriastigma, Bedd. 



Large trees with alternate entire leaves. Flower* large, poly- 

 gamous, in axillary fascicles or on the old wood. Sepals 4, 

 imbricate. Petals 12-16, shorter than the sepals, ciliate, furnished 

 with 3-lobed scales at the base inside. Stamens very numerous, 

 many- seriate. Ovary with many ovules on 67 parietal placentas, 

 and as many large sessile 2-lobed stigmas. Fruit woody, globose, 

 with numerous angular seeds. 



ASTERIASTIGMA MACROCARPA, Bedd. Fl. t. 266 ; Bedd. Ic. t. 242. 

 A handsome evergreen tree. Flowers 1 in. across, white, with 

 a sickly scent. Fruit dark brown, 5-6 in. in diam. 

 Forests of Travancore at 1,500 to 3,000 ft. 



5. Scolopia, Schreber. 



Spinous trees ; spines often branched. Leaves alternate, with 

 3 or 5 pairs of nerves spreading from the base ; stipules minute or 

 0. Flowers small, 2-sexual, in axillary racemes or narrow 

 panicles. Sepals and petals 4-6 each, imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 many ; anthers ovoid, opening by slits, connective produced above. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; style erect ; stigma entire or lobed ; ovules few, 

 on 3-4 parietal placentas. Berry 2-6-seeded. 



SCOLOPIA CRENATA, Clos. ; F. B. I. i. 191; Bedd. Fl. t. 78. 



