338 LVI. BOKAGINE.E. [Cor die 



3. C. vestita, H. f. & Th. j Linn. Soc. Journ. ii. 128. Syn. G. incana, 

 Eoyle ; Gynaion vestitum, A. DC. Vern. Kumbi, karuk, Pb. ; Kum 

 paiman, pin, mdak, N.W.P. ; Chinta, ajdnta, Oudh. 



A small or middle-sized tree ; branchlets, nnder side of leaves and inflor- 

 escence clothed with soft grey pubescence ; leaf-buds and base of petioles 

 enveloped in dense tufts of long tawny or rust-coloured hairs. Leaves 

 alternate, broad-elliptic or rotundate, upper side very rough, blade 3-4 in. 

 long, 2-3 in. broad, petiole 1-1 J in. long; main lateral nerves 3-5 pair, 

 the lowest pair proceeding from the base. Flowers yellowish-white, 

 polygamous, in compound cymes, often several together on short peduncles 

 at the ends of branches ; cymes of male flowers often composed of uni- 

 lateral racemes. Calyx at the time of flowering clavate, J-J in. long, 

 ribbed and furrowed, splitting into a number of unequal teeth. Corolla- 

 tube as long as calyx, lobes obovate-oblong, as long as tube, undulate, 

 spreading. Stamens exserted, filaments hairy at the base. A rudimentary 

 ovary without style or stigma in the male flowers. Drupe J in. long 

 cuspidate with the persistent base of style, and girt at base with the 

 enlarged, hardened, flat cup-shaped calyx, f-1 in. across, with a ribbed, 

 crenate and denticulate edge. 



Sub-Himalayan tract and outer ranges from near the Jhelam to the Sarda 

 river, ascending to 4000 ft. Hill forests of Baraich and Gonda in Oudh. No- 

 where common, rare west of the Jumna. The flowers appear with or shortly 

 before the young leaves in March, April ; the fruit ripens Oct., Nov. Often 

 only 15-20 ft. high, and 3-4 ft. girth. A planted tree on Mount Tilla in the 

 Panjab Salt range 8 ft. girth, and 25-30 ft. high. Branchlets marked by the 

 scars of the fallen petioles. Bark \ in. thick, dark grey or blackish, rugose and 

 longitudinally furrowed, when old exfoliating in large woody scales, showing the 

 smooth silvery grey inner bark. The dark-green foliage is clustered near the 

 ends of branches. Sapwood whitish, heartwood distinct, of a chocolate-brown 

 colour, with conspicuous medullary rays. Close-grained, hard, heavy and strong. 

 Employed for wheel- and well-work. The fruit is filled with a gelatinous pulp, 

 which is eaten, and is preferred to that of C. Myxa. 



4. C. Rothii, Roem. & Schultes; Wight Ic. t. 1379. Syn. C. angusti- 

 folia, Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 595. Vern. Gondi, gondni, gundi. Local : Liar, 

 lidi, Sindh. 



A small or moderate-sized tree. Leaves rough and pubescent beneath 

 while young, generally subopposite, oblanceolate or cuneate-oblong, blade 

 3-4 in. long, and 1-1 J in. broad, petiole J in. long. Flowers small, white, 

 generally tetrandrous, in loose, terminal or axillary pedunculate cymes ; 

 peduncles and pedicels slender, glabrous or slightly pubescent, bracts none. 

 Calyx at the time of flowering turbinate. Corolla-tube somewhat shorter 

 than calyx, lobes 4 or 5 oblong, reflexed. Stamens 4 or 5 exserted. 

 Drupe ovoid, acute, mucronate, J in. long, yellow or reddish brown when 

 ripe, glabrous, longitudinally striate, fleshy, with yellow, gelatinous pel- 

 lucid pulp ; generally 1 -seeded. 



Planted and self-sown near villages in the Panjab south of the Salt range, 

 Sindh, N.W.P., Rajputana, Guzerat, and Dekkan. Wild in the Kishengurh 



