18 EJ1ENACE&. [DiosPYBoa. 



5. D. Chloroxylon, Eoxb. Cor. PI. i, 38, t. 49; Fl t Ind. ii, 53S ; Eiern in 

 Trans. Cam 6. Phil. Soc. 233; Brand. For. Fl. 297 ; Ind. Trees 430; P. B. I. 

 iii t 560 ; Watt E. D. ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 458 ; Coolie Fl. Bomb, ii. 

 105 ; Prain Beng. PI. 653. 



A large shrub cr medium-sized tree, sometimes spinescent. Bar k deeply 

 cracked. Young- parts tomentose. Leaves alternate, 1-2^ in. long", 

 elliptic or ob ovate oblong, obtuse, or sub-acute at both ends, more or 

 less pubescent above, rusty-tomentcse beneath, nerves obscure ; petiole 

 about % in., densely hairy. Inflorescence fulvous-pubescent. Flowers 

 white, 4-merous, MALF, flowers 4-10, in subsessile clusters ; bracts 

 small, elliptic. Calyx subglobose. ^ in. long, ovate, rounded, apiculate, 

 densely hairy outside, glabrous inside. Corolla % in , urceolate ; lobea 

 acute, hairy outside. Stamens 16, in two rows, the inner one smaller. 

 FEM. flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx and corolla larger than those of 



' male flower, btaminodes 7-9, glabrous. Ovary 8-celled, glabrous ; styles 

 4. Fruit globose, % in. in diam., 2-3- seeded, glabrous, fruiting calyx 

 nearly flat. 



Bahraich district of N. Oudh (Duthie's collector). Flowers during the- 

 hot season. DISTRIB. Central and S. India. The yellowish wood ia 

 said to be hard and durable. 



6. D. Embryopteris, Pers. Syn. ii, 624; Eoyle III. 262; Hiern in Trans. 

 Camb. Phil. Soc. 257 ; Brand. For. Fl. 298; Ind. Trees 434 ; F. B. I. iii t 

 556; Watt E. D. ; Kanjilal For.Fl. Sch. Circ. 221 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 

 455; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 106; Prain Beng. PL 653; D. glutinosa, Keen. 

 ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 533. Vern. Gab, k&la tendu, kusi (Buadelkhand). 



A medium-sized tree, with many spreading branches forming a compact 

 shady head, quite glabrous except the young parts and the inflorescence. 

 Bark dark-grey or greenish-black, exfoliating in large pieces. Leaves 

 distichous, spreading, 4 11 in. long and l-3 in. wide, oblong or oblong, 

 lanceolate, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, rounded at the base, coria- 

 ceous, dark-green, (crimson when young), glabrous and shining ; petiole 

 in. long, wrinkled. Flowers 4-merous, white or cream-coloured, sweet- 

 scented. MALE flowers 2-7, in short-peduncled drooping rusty pubes- 

 cent racemose cymes. Calyx $ in. long, clothed outside with appressed 

 silky hairs; lobes 4-^ in., triangular, pubescent inside. Corolla Hn. 

 long, tubular-campanulate ; lobes thick, rounded at the apex. Stamens 

 usually about 40, in pairs at the base of the corolla-tube or on the 

 receptacle beneath, subequal ; filaments short, hairy ; anthers linear, 

 with a line of hairs up the middle. FEM. flowers larger than the male, 

 usually solitary, drooping. Calyx broadly ovate, subcordate at the base, 

 much enlarged in fruit. Corolla-lobes cordate, obtuse, recurved. Sta- 

 minodes 1-12 (often only 4). Ovary 8-celled, glabrous ; styles 4, stigmas 

 lobed. Fruit 1-2^ in. in diam., subglotose, covered with deciduous 

 rusty-coloured scurf, yellow when ripe. Seeds 4-8, embedded in gluti- 

 nous pulp, compressed, smooth, reddish-brown. 



