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12. G. salvifolia, Heyne; W. & A. Prodr. 77. Syn. G. bicolor, Juss. 

 Vern. Bather, nikki-bekkar, gargas, Pb. 



Extremities and under side of leaves covered with short white or grey 

 hoary pubescence. Leaves lauceolate, 2-3 in. long, margin entire undu- 

 late or serrulate, 3 basal nerves, and 2 or 3 lateral nerves on either side 

 of midrib ; transverse veins indistinct ; petioles \ in. long. Stipules 

 linear, longer than petiole, with a distinct nerve. Peduncles axillary, 

 1, 2, or 3, longer than petiole, 2-3 -flowered ; pedicels as long as, or longer 

 than peduncles. Flowers conspicuous, of a fine yellow ; petals obovate, 

 bifid, half the length of sepals. Drupes of 1-2 more or less distinct 

 subglobose lobes. 



Panjab, cis- and trans-Indus (ascends in the Salt range to 3000 ft.), Sindh, 

 Central Provinces, and the Peninsula. A shrub or small tree 16-20 ft. high, 

 with a short, straight stem, attaining a girth of 1 8-24 in. Bark light grey to 

 reddish brown, or blackish, longitudinally rugose. Fl. Feb., March ; fruit small, 

 not succulent, subacid, eaten. 



G. Rotliii, DC. ; W & A. Prodr. 78 syn. G. salvifolia, Roxb. I. c. 587 Coro- 

 mandel and Bandelkhand, with broader, finely serrate leaves, and distinct trans- 

 verse veins, is nearly allied to this, and perhaps not specifically different. 



2. EL^OCARPUS, Linn. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes, generally bisexual. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 

 as many as sepals, fringed or lobed, rarely entire, inserted round the 

 base of the thick glandular torus ; induplicate-valvate in bud. Stamens 

 numerous, inserted on the torus between the glands ; anthers linear, 

 opening at the top in 2 confluent short slits. Ovary 2-5-celled ; style 

 one, subulate. Fruit a drupe with one kernel, 1- or 2-5-celled, one 

 seed in each cell. Albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat, broad. 



1. E. Ganitrus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 592; Wight Ic. t. 66.- Sans. 

 Rudrdksha. Yern. Rudrak, rudraksli. 



Leaves alternate, approximate near ends of branches, on petioles many 

 times shorter than the leaf, ovate-lanceolate, indistinctly serrate, slightly 

 silky when young, afterwards glabrous on both sides, about 6 in. long. Stip- 

 ules minute, caducous. Eacemes below the leaves, on two-year-old branch- 

 lets, unilateral, drooping ; bracts deciduous ; pedicels a,s long as flowers. 

 Sepals 5, lanceolate, acute, silky. Petals 5, oblong, divided into numer- 

 ous subulate segments. Filaments 25-40, short, inserted on the large 

 convex disc. Ovary ovoid, villous, 5-lobed, 5-celled ; style 5-grooved. 

 Drupe globose, size of a large cherry, purple ; nut globose, thick, very 

 hard, 5-celled, surface elegantly tubercled, marked with 5 equidistant 

 grooves, running from the apex to the base. Seed generally one in each 

 cell. Cotyledons oblong, thin, 3-nerved. 



Nepal, Assam, Western Ghats, and probably occurs in the southern forests of 

 the Central Provinces. A large tree, flowers in the cold season, and ripens its 

 fruit in autumn. The hard, tubercled nuts are polished, made into rosaries and 

 bracelets, worn by Brahmins and Fakirs, and are frequently set in gold. 



Another species, E. serratus, Roxb. 1. c. 596, with bluntly serrate, ovate 

 leaves, petioles \ or ^ length of leaf, exterior anther- valve bearded, and a 3- 



