Poeciloneuron.] G VTTIFEEA E. 77 



MESUA FERREA, Linn. ; P. B. I. i. 277 ; W. & A. 102 ; Wt. Ic 

 t. 118. M. spccinsfii Chois. ; Wt. Ic. t. 961. M. pcdunculata, 

 Wt. Ic. t. 119. M. commaudeHna, Wt. Ic. t. 117; Bedel. Fl. 

 t. 64. 



A medium-sized or large tree with lanceolate, oblong or linear 



leaves, white fragrant flowers and ovoid greenish woody fruit. 



The size of the leaves (2-6 in. long), their colour beneath 



(white or green), the diameter of the flowers (1--4 in.) and of 



the fruit (l-2'5 in.) are very variable. 



Forests of the W. Ghats from S. Canara to Travancore, up to 



5,000 ft. 



A common, handsome, and conspicuous tree with a very hard 



red wood, so hard that it is difficult to work, and therefore 



little used. Vern. Tel. Naga kesara ; Mar. Nagchampa ; 



Kan. Naga sampige ; Taut. Nangu ; Mai. Nanga. 



5. Poeciloneuron, Bedd. 



Trees. Leaves linear-oblong to lanceolate, thick ; nerves close- 

 set and parallel with fine reticulation between them. Flowers 

 yellowish. Sepals 4-5, imbricate. Petals 5-6, contorted. 

 Stamens numerous ; filaments free or nearly so, short or ; 

 anthers elongated, erect. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, subulate, 

 stigmatic at the tips ; ovules 2 in each cell, ascending. Capsule 

 ovoid, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed exalbuminous ; cotyledons fleshy ; 

 radicle minute, inferior. 



Flowers in a terminal panicle ; sepals 5 ; anthers lobulate on the 



margins 1 . indicum . 



Flowers solitary, axillary ; sepals 4 ; anthers plain on the margins 



2. pauciflorum. 



1. POECILONEUROX INDICUM, Bedd. ; F. B. I. i. 278; Bedd. 

 Fl. t. 3. 



W. Ghats from S. Canara and Mysore to Travancore up to 

 4,000 ft. 



A large evergreen sometimes gregarious tree with a hard 

 reddish-brown wood, useful for large timber purposes. 

 Vern. Kan. Kirballi ; Tarn. Puthangkolli ; Mai. Vayila. 



2. POECILONEURON PAUCIFLORUM, Bedd. Fl. t. 93 ; F. B. I. i. 

 278. 



