LAV RACEME. [MACHILUS. 



2. MACHILUS, Nees ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 136. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, usually crowded at the ends 

 of the branchlets, penninerved. Flowers small, 2-sexual, in axillary 

 panicles. Perianth-tube short or obsolete ; lobes persistent, spread- 

 ing or reflexed in fruit. Stamens 9, perfect, filaments of the 1st and 

 2nd rows eglandular and with introrse 4-celled anthers ; of the 3rd 

 row with 2 stipitate glands at the base and with extrorse 4-celled 

 anthers ; those of the 4th row replaced by stipitate cordate stami- 

 nodes. Ovary sessile, narrowed into the style ; stigma discoid, 

 Fruit a globose or oblong berry seated on the persistent perianth. 

 Species about 20, in E. Asia. 



Leaves up to 6 in. long, somewhat glaucous beneath, 

 main lateral nerves 8-12 pairs ; perianth vttlous 

 within ; drupe globose, J- \ in. in diam . . 1. M. Gamblei. 



Leaves up to 10 in. long, distinctly glaucous beneath, 

 main lateral nerves 12-18 pairs ; perianth silky- 

 tomentose outside ; drupe globose, f-lj in. in 

 diam. . . . . . . . . 2. M . Duthiei. 



1. M. Gamble!, King, in F. B. I. v, 138 and 860 ; Kanjilal 

 For. Fl. ed. 2, 327 ; Gamble Man. 566; Brandis Ind. Trees 

 531. Vern. Kdwala. 



A small or moderate-sized tree with dark grey bark ; shoots and young 

 leaves beneath finely silky. Leaves 3-6 in. long, elliptic -lanceolate to 

 obovate, acute or acuminate, entire, thinly coriaceous, impressed- 

 punctate on both surfaces, glaucous and glabrous beneath when 

 mature, main lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, slender ; petioles J in., slender. 

 Panicles lax, few-flowered. Sepals linear-oblong, villous within. 

 Drupe globose, J-J in. in diam., black when ripe. 



Dehra Dun, in shady and swampy localities, fairly common (Kanjilal). 

 Flowers in March and April. DISTBJB. : Outer ranges of Himalaya 

 eastwards to Bhutan and the Duphla Hills at from 2 4,000 ft., also 

 in the Assam Valley. 



2. M. Duthiei, King in F. B. I. v, 861 ; Kanjilal For. Fl. (ed 

 2), 327 ; Gamble Man. 567 ; Duthie in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix, 

 part 1, 67, t. 83 ; Collett Fl. Siml 431, fig. 138 ; Brandis Ind. Trees 

 531. Vern* Kdwala* Wiadrao (Garhwal), bhojo (Jaunsar). 



