Ajwcolosa.] OLAC.ICFAE. 191 



with the stamens. Ovary half immersed in the disk, 1 -celled ; 

 style short, conical ; stigma minute, 3-lobed ; ovules 1-3, 

 pendulous from the apex of the cell. Fruit an oblong or obovoid 

 drupe, surmounted by the remains of the calyx ; putamen 

 crustaceous. Seed pendulous ; albumen copious, fleshy ; embryo 

 minute. 

 ERYTHROPALUM POPULIFOLIUM, Mast. ; F. B. I. i. 578. 



W. Ghats in Malabar, Anamalais and Tinnevelly Hills, at low 



elevations. 



A climbing shrub with long-petioled poplar-like subpeltate 



leaves, usually with 3 prominent ribs and 2 smaller basal 



ones ; the fruit oblong-obovoid, yellowish, '7 in. long. 



4. Strombosia, Blume. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, usually glabrous. Leaves alternate, 

 simple, entire, coriaceous. Floivers small, regular, hermaphrodite, 

 in axillary cymes. Calyx cupshaped, more or less 5-lobed. 

 Petals 5, free, valvate, hairy within. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 petals and adnate to them ; anthers 2-celled, introrse. 

 Staminodes 0. Ovary inferior or superior, imperfectly 45- 

 celled, surrounded by a lobed disk ; ovules 4-5, pendulous from a 

 central placenta ; style short. Fruit a drupe, surmounted by the 

 remains of the calyx-lobes and style ; stone crustaceous. See d 

 pendulous ; albumen copious, fleshy ; embryo minute. 



STROMBOSIA CEYLANICA, Gardn. ; F. B. I. i. 579 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 137. 



W. Ghats, from S. Canara southwards, especially in Travan- 



core, but always scarce. 



A large tree with oblong-lanceolate leaves up to 6 in. long by 



2 in. broad, very small flowers and a pyriform purple drupe 



about 1 in. long. 



5. Anacolosa, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, petiolate. 

 Flowers in axillary cymes. Calyx cupshaped, 5-7-lobed. Petals 

 5-6, free, valvate, hairy within. Stamens as many as and opposite 

 to the petals at their base ; filaments slender ; anthers very 

 small, globose, basifixed, the 2 cells dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Staminodes 0. Disk cupshaped, surrounding the base of the 

 ovary. Ovary 1 -celled ; style conical ; stigma shortly lobed ; 

 ovules 2-3, pendulous from a central placenta. Fruit a drupe 



