124 FLOEA OF MADRAS. [Elaeocarpus. 



E. Ghats, in the Madgol Hills of Vizagapatam, 3,000 ft. 



(A. W. Lushington). 



A large tree with a soft light brown wood. 



3. ELAEOCARPUS LUCLDUS, Koxb. ; F. B. I. i. 403. 



E. Ghats, in the Madgol Hills of Vizagapatam, 3,000 ft. 

 (A. W. Lushington). 



4. ELAEOCARPUS OBLONGUS, Gaertn. ; W. & A. 82 ; F. B. I. i. 403 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 46. 



W. Ghats, in all Districts, in evergreen forests up to 6,000 ft. ; 

 common in Nilgiri Sholas. 



A large tree with whitish wood. The leaves turn red when 

 old. Vern. Tain. Bikki ; Mai. Katta kara. 



5. ELAEOCARPUS MUNROII, Mast, in F. B. I. i. 407. Monocera 

 Munroii, Wt. 111. i. 84 ; Ic. t. 952. 



W. Ghats, in all Districts from 2,500 to 6,000 ft. ; common 

 in Nilgiri Sholas. 



A large tree with \vhite or brown moderately hard wood. 

 A very pretty tree and easily recognized. In young plants 

 and coppice shoots the leaves are often linear-lanceolate. 

 Vern. Tarn. Narebikki ; Mai. Pungari. 



6. ELAEOCARPUS FERRUGINEUS, Wight; F. B. I. i. 406; Bedd. 

 Fl. t. 112. M onocera ferruginea, Wt. Ic. t. 205. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris, Anamalais, Pulneys, and the 

 higher hills of Travancore at 6,000 to 7,000 ft. 

 The characteristic of the curiously folded-back leaves 

 makes this interesting tree easily recognizable. 



7. ELAEOCARPUS TUBERCULATUS, Eoxb. ; F. B. I. i. 404 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. t. 113. Monocera iuberculata, W. & A. 83 ; Wt. Ic. t. 62 ; 

 Wt. 111. i. t. 35. 



W. Ghats, in all Districts up to 5,000 ft., on river banks and 

 in evergreen forests. 



A large tree with grey and white mottled bark and brown 

 wood streaked with darker colour. The rugose seeds are 

 used to make necklace beads. Vern. Tarn. Rutthracham ; 

 Mai. Pilahi, Naggara. 



8. ELAEOCARPUS VENDSTUS, Bedd. Fl. t. 174. Elaeocarpns 

 Monocera, Mast, in F. B. I. i. 405 (not of Cav.). 



W. Ghats, in South Travancore at 3,500 to 4,500 ft. 

 A large handsome tree, very ornamental with its white 

 flowers, but scarce and little known. The leaves have 

 large glands in the axils of the nerves beneath. 



