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on the inner side. Stamens 10-12, monadelphous. Ovary 

 3-4-celled ; styles 3-4, united into a style with capitate stigmas ; 

 ovules 1-2 in each cell. Drape 1-celled, 1 -seeded. Seed with 

 a thin testa, and little or no albumen. 



Leaves obovate, obtuse, under 2 in. long 1. mouoyynum. 



Leaves linear-elliptic, chartaceous 2. lanceolatuin. 



Leaves lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, membranous 3. acumlnatum. 

 Leaves ovate, obtusely acuminate, coriaceous 4. obtusifolium. 



1. ERYTHROXYLON MONOGYNUM, Roxb. Cor. PI. i. t. 88; F. B. I. 

 i. 414. E. iiulicuin, Bedd. Fl. t. 81. Sethia indica, DC. ; 

 W. & A. 106 ; Wt. 111. t. 48. 



N. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, in dry evergreen forests ; 

 W. Ghats, in dry hill forests of Travancore, up to 3,000 ft. 

 A small tree with a dark brown rough bark and very hard 

 reddish-brown wood, useful for turning and a good fuel. Vern. 

 Tarn. Devadara ; Tel. Adivi gerenta ; Kan. Devadaram. 



2. ERYTHROXYLON LANCEOLATUM, Hook. f. ; F. B. I. i. 415. 

 Sethia lanceolata, Wt. 111. i. 136. S. erythroxyloides, Wt. 

 111. i. 136. 



W. Ghats, in the Hills of Tinnevelly, at Courtallum (Wight). 



3. ERYTHROXYLON ACUMINATUM, Walp. E. lucidum, Moon ; 

 F. B. I. i. 415. Sethia acuminata, Arn. ; Wt. 111. i. 135. 



W. Ghats, in Wynaad (Beddome) and Pulney Hills (Bourne). 



4. ERYTHROXYLON OBTUSIFOLIUM, Hook. f. ; F. B. I. i. 415. 

 Sethia lanceolata, var. obtusifolia, Wt. 111. i. 136. 



W. Ghats, S. Canara to Nilgiris, up to 4,000 ft., scarce. 



Family XXXI. MALPIGHIACEAE. 



Trees or erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves usually opposite and 

 entire, often provided with glands on the petiole, on the base of 

 the blade and on the margin ; stipules small or 0. Flowers 

 bisexual, often irregular ; pedicels jointed, bracteate. Sepals 

 usually 5, imbricate, one or more usually furnished with large 

 glands. Petals 5, usually equal, fimbriate or dentate, often clawed. 

 Disk small. Stamens usually 10, 1 or more sometimes much 

 longer than the others ; filaments free or connate at the base. 

 Ovary of 3 1-ovuled cells ; styles 1-3. Fruit of 1 or more winged 

 samaras, rarely a drupe. Seeds exalbuminous, embryo straight or 

 curved, cotyledons often unequal, radicle superior. 



