102 EUPEOEEIACEM. [ANTIDESMA. 



hairy ; stigmas minute, recurved. Drupe, subglobose when fresh , 

 I in. in diam., reddish or black when ripe. 



Common in the Sub-Himalayan forests of Rohilkhand, N. Oudh and 

 Gorakhpur. Flowers during May and June. DISTRIB. : Outer 

 Himalayan ranges at low elevations, from the Sutlej to Bhutan ; 

 also in Assam Bengal, and from C. W. and S. India to Ceylon ; extend- 

 ing to Burma, the Andamans, the Malay Pen. and Islands, China 

 and Australia. The acid fruit is eaten, as well as the leaves. The 

 Simla locality mentioned in Fl. Frit. Ind. refers to Glochidion velu- 

 tinuni. 



2. A. diandrum, Roth Nov. PL Sp. 369 ; Brandis For. FL 

 447 ; Ind. Trees 566 ; F. B. I. v, 361 ; Watt E. D.; Kanjilal For. 

 Fl. (ed. 2), 352 ; Gamble Man. 610 ; Prain Beng. PL 938 ; Cooke 

 Fl. Bomb, n, 593. Stilago diandra, Eoxb. FL Ind. m, 759. Vern. 

 Kdli-khalai (Dehra Dun), dhakki (Oudh), amli (Hind.). 



A small de'citbwiitfiifeeror bush, the young parts usually glabrous ; outer 

 bark smootli, 'grey! * Reaves bright-green, turning red before falling, 

 thitt, sh^tjy?petio|d,* varying in size from 1 to 5 in. in length, lanceo- 



/ hitb"oV6vatHa,iK#<>!ate,'*acute or acuminate, glabrous above, rarely 

 pubescent beneath ; stipules linear, acute, about twice as long as the 

 petioles. Flowers minute, all pedicelled, in long slender glabrous or 

 pubescent racemes ; bracts ovate, shorter than the pedicels. MALE 

 flowers : Calya -^ in. long ; lobes 4, short, obtuse. Stamens 2, rarely 

 3, at the base of the glabrous lobed disk. FEM.- flowers : Pedicels 

 stouter than in the male. Calyx -f s in. long ; lobes deeper than 

 in the male. Ovary glabrous. Drupe J in. in diam., purplish-red 

 when ripe. 



Common in the sal forests of Dehra Dun and Saharanpur, and 

 eastward along the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand, N. Oudh 

 and Gorakhpur. Flowers during May and June, and the fruit ripens 

 in the cold season. DISTEJB. : Outer ranges of Himalaya from Garh- 

 wal and Kumaon eastwards ; also in Bengal and in Central, W. 

 and S. India, extending to Ceylon and Burma. The pinkish-grey 

 wood is hard and close-grained. The leaves and small reddish fruits 

 have a pleasantly acid taste, and are much eaten either raw or pickled. 



12. CROTON, Linn., Fl. Brit. Ind. v, 385. 



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

 or whorled, usually with 2 glands at the base. Floivers usually 



