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name " Bhut Mogra." Syn. Nyctanthes sambac, Linn. sp. p 8 ; 

 Mogorium sambac, Lam. Illust., p 23 ; J fragrans, Salisb. Prod. 12. 

 Cultivated for its fragrant flowers, but supposed to be indigenous. 



2. PUBESCENS, Willd. sp. i, 36. Branchlets hirsute; leaves 

 opposte, shortly-petioled, cordate mucronate, tomentose beneath ; 

 flowerssubsessile, in terminal umbels; calycine lobes 6 to 9, filiform 

 hirsute; corol lobes oval mucronate. South Concan. Syn. Nyc- 

 tanthes pubescens, Retz. Obs. v, p 9; Nyct. hirsuta, Linn. sp. p 8; 

 J hirsutum, Willd i, p 36; Bot. Mag. t. 1931 ; Bot. Reg. t. 15; 

 Nyctanthes multiflora, Burm. Ind. v, t. 3; Mogorium pubescens, 

 Lam. Diet, iv, p 213 ; Rheed. Mai. t. 54 and 55. 



3. LATIFOLUJM, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, p 93. Shrubby, climbing, 

 leaves cordate and oblong-acute, glabrous; corymbs terminal, diffuse ; 

 calycine lobes 5 to 7, subulate ; corol lobes S to 1 2, linear cuspidate ; 

 berries kidney-shaped and oblong. Very common in Ghaut Dis- 

 tricts ; flowers large, white, fragrant. Syn. J trichotornum B latifo- 

 lium, Roth. nov. sp. p 7. Native name " Koosur." 



4. J ROTTLERIANUM, R. Wight Ic. 1249. Everywhere except 

 the flowers hairy ; branches terete ; leaves elliptic-obtuse at the 

 base, acute at the apex; petioles jointed in the middle; peduncles 

 3, terminal, bearing fascicle of white flowers on the apex ; bracts 

 linear lanceolate, acuminate ; lobes of corolla 5 to 7, oblong 

 mucronate. Sivapore jungles, Warree. 



5. J BRACTEATUM, Roxb. Scandent ; branches terete, elon- 

 gated, velvetty ; leaves ovate oblong, acute, villous, with short 

 petioles; fascicle terminal, subsessile, 3 to 11-flowered ; bracts broad- 

 ly ovate-cordate ; calyx lobes subulate ; lobes of corolla oblong, 

 obtuse, apiculate. Found on Mount A boo by Dr. Stocks. Wight 

 Ic. 1248. 



2. SCHREBERA, Roxb. 



1. .SWIETENIOIDES, Roxb. Cor. t. 101. A tall tree, glabrous ; 

 leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 3 to 4 pair, obliquely ovate-acumi- 

 nate ; panicles terminal, trichotomous, minutely bracteated ; flowers 

 whitish ; capsule pyriform, hard bilocular, bivalved. Common 

 below the Thul Ghaut, not found in the South. Native name 

 " Moka." Wood white, close-grained, and excellent for turners. 



LXXX1V. SAPOTACE^E. 

 1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



1. ROXBURGHII, Don. Gen. syst. Gard. iv, p 33. A very large 

 tree ; leaves 3 to 4 inches long, alternate lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous ; pedicels axillary, fascicled, recurved, as long as the 

 petiole ; fruit of the size and appearance of an apple, very pulpy 



