fSamadera.] SLMA MBA CEAE. 163 



Leaflets coarsely toothed, very tomentose when young ; petals usually 

 reflexed ; filaments shorter than the oblong anthers ; samara narrow, 



twisted 1 . excelsa. 



Leaflets entire, glabrous ; petals erect ; filaments longer than the ovate 

 cordate anthers ; samara broad, not twisted 2. nialabarica. 



1. AILANTHUS EXCELSA, Roxb. Cor. PI. i. 24, t. 28 ; F. B. I. i. 

 518 ; W. & A. 150 ; Wt. Ill i. t. 67. 



N. Circars, forests of Ganjam and Vizagapatam ; scarce in 

 Deccan and Carnatic ; often planted. 



A beautiful tree with rough bark and soft white wood, 

 used for catamarans and sword-sheaths. Vern. Hind. 

 Maharukh ; Ur. Mahanim ; Tel. Peddaman ; Tarn. Peru. 



2. AILANTHUS MALABARICA, DC. ; F. B. I. i. 518 ; W. & A. 150 ; 

 Wt. Ic. t. 1604 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 122. 



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



8,000 ft., often planted. 



A lofty deciduous tree with grey rough bark and soft white 



wood. Vern. Kan. Dhup ; Tain. Peru; Mai. Pongilyam, 



Mattipal. 



2. Samadera, Gaertn. 



Small glabrous trees. Leaves alternate, simple, oblong, cori- 

 aceous, shining, with 2 glands at the base. Flowers herma- 

 phrodite, in axillary or terminal long-peduncled umbels, Calyx 

 small, 8 5-lobed, imbricate. Petals 35, coriaceous, elongate, 

 imbricate. Disk large, obconic. Stamens 6-10, with short basal 

 scales ; filaments slender, twisted ; anthers oblong. Ovary of 

 4-5 distinct free carpels ; styles free at the base, more or less 

 united above ; stigmas acute ; ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous. 

 Fruit of 1-5 large dry compressed drupes with a narrow wing. 

 Seed solitary ; testa membranous ; cotyledons plano-convex, 

 fleshy ; radicle very short. 



SAMADERA INDICA, Gaertn. ; F. B. I. i. 519 ; W. & A. 151 ; Wt. 

 111. t. 68. 



W. Coast in evergreen forests and along backwaters in 



Malabar and Travancore. 



A small tree with elliptic -oblong shining leaves reaching 10 in. 



by 3-4 in., large smooth red fruit and light yellow soft bitter- 



tasting wood. Vern. Mai. Karingotta. 



