520 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Casearia. 



orange or red) aril ; testa coriaceous or crustaceous ; albumen 

 fleshy ; cotyledons flat ; radicle terete, superior. 



Leaves glabrous : 



Leaves broadly elliptic, coriaceous when old : 



Leaves rounded at base, obtuse or very shortly pointed at apex 

 blade up to 6-7 in. long, 4 in. broad, crenate- serrate, prominently 



reticulate ; capsule '7 in. long, yellow 1. gr<a,veolens* 



Leaves attenuate at base, acuminate at apex, the acumen twisted ; 

 blade up to 6 in. long, 3 in. broad, entire, shining above, not 



prominently reticulate; capsule '7 in. long 2. rubescens* 



Leaves narrowly elliptic, chartaceous when old : 



Leaves elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate, attenuate at base, acute or 

 acuminate at apex, the acumen twisted ; blade up to 5 in. long, 

 2 in. broad, entire or distantly serrate, reticulate beneath j capsule 



'5 in. long or less, orange 3. esculenta* 



Leaves elliptic-oblanceolate, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex ; 

 blade up to 6 in. long by 2'5 in. broad, entire, pale, main nerves 



prominent ; capsule up to 1 in. long, bright orange 4. varians. 



Leaves obovate, coriaceous, cuneate at base, obtuse or shortly- 

 pointed at apex ; blade up to 4 in. long, 2*25 in. broad, often 

 cucullate, entire, pale, but usually drying nearly black; capsule 



*7 in. long, orange-yellow 5. coriacea. 



Leaves hairy : 



Leaves thick, branchlets and inflorescence softly pale brown- 

 tomentose; leaves subcoriaceous, oblong, unequally rounded at 

 base, acuminate at apex; blade up to 6 in. long, 2*5 in. broad r 



crenate-serrate ; capsule '5-*8 in. long, yellow 6. tomentosa. 



Leaves and slender branchlets and inflorescence rufous-villous ; 

 leaves membranous, oblanceolate, long and sharply acuminate - t 

 blades tip to 5 in. long, 2 in. broad, sharply serrate ; capsule small, 

 orange 7. wynadensis. 



1. CASEARIA GRAVEOLENS, Dalz.; F. B. I. ii. 592. 



K. Circars, in Ganjam, chiefly 011 old cultivated lands. 

 A small deciduous tree conspicuous in forest by its rather 

 large leaves turning red in winter before falling. Bark 

 dark grey ; wood ligh t yellow, moderately hard, even- 

 grained. Veru. Hind. Chilla; Ur. Giridi. 



2. CASEARIA RTJBESCENS, Dalz. ; F. B. I. ii. 593. 



W. Ghats, in the forests of Coorg (G. Thomson) ; hills of 



Travancore, 3,500 ft. (Bourdillon). 



A large shrub, apparently evergreen, the glabrous branchlets 



