572 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Alangium. 



Flowers in cymes ; stamens as many as the petals ; buds slender, 

 about *5 in. long, nearly glabrous ; leaves ovate, broad, entire or 

 lobed with acuminate lobes, palmately 3-5-nerved at the base; berry 

 ovoid, glabrous, "25 in. long 2. begonifolium. 



1. ALANGIUM SALVIFOLIUM, Wang. A. Lamarckii, Thw. ; 

 F. B. I. ii. 741 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 215. A. decapetalum, Lamk. ; 

 W. & A. 325. 



Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, in dry regions, in the plains 

 and low hills, common on roadsides. 



A deciduous small tree, sometimes straggling, sometimes 

 spinous, with pretty white-scented flowers. Bark grey, 

 orange-yellow when young ; wood olive-brown, hard and 

 close-grained, scented, useful for ornamental work and a 

 good fuel. Vern. Hind. Akola ; Ur. Anknla ; Tel. Ankolatnu ; 

 Tarn. Alangi; Mai. Ariirjil ; Kan. Ankola. 



Yar. hexapetalum, Wang. A. hexapetalum, Lamk. ; W. & A. 

 326. Leaves thinner, 3-5-nerved at base, cuspidate - 

 acuminate at apex ; berry larger ; apparently evergreen 

 and usually climbing. 

 W. Coast, in Malabar and Travaiicore. 



2. ALANGIUM BEGONIFOLIUM, Baill. Marlea beyonifolia, Roxb. 

 Cor. PL t. 283 ; F. B. I. ii. 743. 



E. Ghats, Madgol Hills of Yizagapatam above 3,000 ft. 

 (A. W. Lushington). 



A small tree with white flowers and broad lobed leaves. 

 Bark grey ; wood white and soft. 



Family LXXXI. CORNACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 petiolate, entire or angular-lobed or serrate ; stipules usually 0. 

 Flowers small, hermaphrodite or unisexual, in dichotomously 

 branched panicles cymes or heads, white or yellow or sometimes 

 green or lurid. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary ; limb 4-5-lobed 

 or subtruncate. Petals 4-5, rarely 0, alternate with the calyx- 

 lobes, imbricate or valvate. Stamens as many as and alternate 

 with the petals; filaments short; anthers introrse. Disk epigy- 

 nous, usually fleshy. Ovary inferior, 1-4-celled; ovules solitary in 

 the cells, pendulous ; style simple or sometimes divided. Fruit a 

 drupe or berry, 1-4-celled, with 1-4 bony or crustaceous pyrenes. 

 Seeds oblong, terete, pendulous ; testa membranous ; albumen 



