Elatocarpus.] ELASQCARPAC&AB. 123 



Flowers small ; sepals under -3 in. long ; anthers not awned ; ovary 

 3-celled : 

 Anthers more or less ciliate on the longer valve : 



Leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate, chartaceous, glabrous above, 

 slightly pubescent beneath, crenate-serrate, 2-4 in. long, petiole 



5-1 in. long 1. serratus. 



Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous, glandular 

 beneath, much narrowed at base, serrulate, 3-6 in. long, petiole 



5 in. long 2. lanceaefolius. 



Leaves ovate-lanoeolate, acuminate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, obtuse 

 at base, mucronulate-serrate, 4-6 in. long, petiole 1 in. long 



2. lucidus. 



Anthers not ciliate on the longer valve ; leaves broadly elliptic, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, glandular beneath, serrate, 4-6 in. long, petiole 



about 1 in. long 4. oblon<iu$. 



Flowers medium-sized ; sepals -3-'7 in. long ; anthers awned with a 

 long bristle ; ovary 2-3-celled : 



Sepals ordinarily -4 in. long; leaves chartaceous, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, bluntly long-acuminate at apex, rounded at base, glabrous, 

 2-4 in. long; petiole slender -75-1-25 in. long; drupe shining, -5 in. 



long 5. M-unroii. 



Sepals ordinarily -5 in. long ; leaves coriaceous, the 2 halves bent 

 back so as to be boat- shaped, acute at apex, densely softly ferru- 

 gineous-pubescent beneath, 3-5 in. long; petiole stout, about 1 in. 



long; drupe shining, -7 in. long 6. ferrufjinem. 



Sepals ordinarily -6 in. long ; leaves subcoriaceous, flat, obovate, obtuse 

 at apex, base rounded, ferrugineous-pubescent beneath, especially on 

 the midrib and nerves, 4-8 in. long ; petiole stout, 52 in. long ; drupe 



smooth, 1-5-2 in. long 7. tuber culatus. 



Flowers large ; sepals -7-1 in. long ; anthers mucronate ; ovary 2- 

 celled ; leaves coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, glandular beneath, 

 glabrous, 3-4-5 in. long ; petiole -5-'75 in. long ; drupe 2 in. long 



8. vemuttus. 



1. ELAEOCARPUS SERRATUS, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 401 ; W. & A. 82. 

 E. cuneatus, Wt. 111. i. 83 ; F. B. I. i. 402. 



W. Ghats, in all Districts, in evergreen forests up to 5,000 ft. 

 A rather small tree with greyish -white wood and edible 

 fruit. Yern. Tain. Ulang Karei ; Mai. Nalla kara, Valiya 

 kara. 



2. ELAEOCARPUS LANCEAEFOLIUS, Boxb. ; F. B. I. i. 402 ; Wt. le. 

 t. 65. 



