438 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Pygeum. 



at the middle ; lobes 5-6, very small. Petals 5-6, sometimes 

 undistinguishable from the calyx-lobes with which they alternate, 

 usually villous. Stamens normally 10, 20 or 30, in one or two 

 rows, often irregular by the absence of some ; filaments slender, 

 incurved ; anthers small. Carpel solitary at the base of the 

 calyx-tube, ovoid or globose ; style subulate ; stigma capitate ; 

 ovules 2, collateral, pendulous. Fruit a transversely oblong 

 obscurely 2-lobed indehiscent drupe ; pericarp thin, dry or fleshy ; 

 Cotyledons hemispheric ; radicle minute, superior. 



Leaves entire: 



Calyx-lobes and petals unequal, the latter the longer : 



Leaves ovate to broad-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, 4-6 in. 

 long, T5-3 in. broad, not pitted ; racemes slender, 2-3 in. long, 

 pedicels '1 in. ; stamens more than 30 with long filaments ; ovary 

 glabrous with long slender style ; .drupe *5 by '7 in., dark purple, 



top slightly retuse 1. acuminatum. 



Leaves lanceolate, acute at apex, 2-4 in. long, 1-1 '5 in. broad, 

 rarely pitted ; racemes under 2 in. long, pedicels '1 in. ; stamens 

 about 20 with short filaments ; ovary glabrous with short style ; 



drupe '5 by '8 in., purple, top slightly retuse 2. sisparense. 



Leaves ovate, obtusely acute at apex, rounded or subcordate at 

 base and usually pitted ; 4-6 in. long, 2'5-3 in. broad ; racemes 

 reaching 5 in. long, pubescent, pedicels '1--25 in. long; stamens 

 about 20; ovary glabrous, with thick style; drupe "6 by '7 in., 



top not retuse 3. Wightianum. 



Calyx-lobes and petals nearly equal, similar, but the latter more 

 obtuse; stamens normally 30; racemes 2-4 in. long, pubescent, 

 pedicels *1 in. ; leaves lanceolate, long acuminate, up to 7 in. long, 

 2-3 in. broad ; basal glands present or more often absent ; drupe 



6 by 1 in., black, slightly retuse at top 4. Gardneri. 



Leaves crenate- serrate, ovate or ovate-oblong, attenuate at base; 

 petals oblong, '1 in. long, glandular-ciliate, twice the length of the 

 calyx-lobes; stamens 10-15, usually 10 5. Andersoni. 



1. PYGEUM ACUMINATUM, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 360, 

 t. 18; F. B. I. ii. 318. 



E. Ghats, Rumpa Hills of Godavari at 2,500 ft. (Gamble). 

 An evergreen tree, with fairly large leaves. 



2. PYGEUM SISPARENSE, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1918, 238. 



W. Ghats, about Sispara in W. Nilgiris at 6,000-7-,000 ft. 

 (Gamble). 



