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HELICTERES, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple. Calyx tubular, 5-fi(l. Petals 5, 

 clawed. Staminal column adnat-e to gyuopliore. Anthers 5-10. 

 Ovary 5-lobed, o-celled. Carpels dehiscent, spirally twisted. 



H. Isora, Isora, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 143; Fl. Br. I. 1. 865 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 22 ; liedd. Fl. Sylv. 3S ; Brandis For. Fl. 34. 

 Kevani, muradsiiKj, M. ; kavargi, K. ; iinirrori-ka-jhar, H. Throughout 

 the forests of the presidency ; abundant in many of the North Kanara 

 ghat forests. Yields a strong fibre. Fl. Aug., Dec. Fr, ripe Mch. 



PTEROSPERMUM, Schreb. 



Trees or shrubs, scaly or stellate tomentose. Leaves leathery, 

 oblique, simple or lobed. Bracteoles entire or laciniate, persistent 

 or caducous. Sepals and petals 5 each, deciduous. Staminal co- 

 lumn short, adnate to the gynophore. Filamented anthers in Ss 

 between each pair of 5 ligulate staminodes. Connective apiculate, 

 Capsule loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds winged. Albumen thin or 0. 



Bracteoles linear entire, caducous ... P. saherifolivm. 



Bracteoles lacinate or pahnately lobed... ... ... P. acerifoliuni. 



Bracteoles pianatisect, segments linear ... ... P. reticnladim. 



Bracteoles deeply gashed .. ... P. Heyneanum. 



P. suberifoUura, Lam. 111. t. 576, f. II. ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 367 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 24 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 34. Muclmcuda, Vern. South- 

 ern ghats of North Kanara, in evergreen forests, also in the Konkan 

 forests. Fl. C.S. 



P. acerifolium, Willd. ; D.C. Prod. 1.500; Bedd. Fl. SyW. 3-5; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 35. On the southern ghats of North Kanara, in evergreen 

 forests, abundant on the Devimone ghat. Fl. C.S. Fruit remains lono- 

 on tree. 



P. reticulatum, W. & A. Prod. 1. G9 ; Fl. Br. I. 1.369; Bedd. 

 n. Sylv. 34. In the evergreen forests of North Kanara near the Falls of 

 Gairsoppah, rare. Flowers during the cold weather, the ripe fruit remains 

 long on the tree. 



P. Heyneanum, Wall. Cat. L 169 ; Fl. Br. 1.1.369; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 34. P. Lmvianum, Nimmo. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 24. Dharwar 

 and southern ghats, Dalz. Fl. C.S. 



ERIOLiENA, DC. 



Trees. Leaves simple or lobed, cordate, downy or stellately 

 tomentose beneath. Flowers on axillary few flowered pedun- 

 cles. Bracteoles 3-5, often laciniate. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. 

 Petals flat with a broad tomentose claw. Stamens numerous, all 

 fertile, monadelphous, in many rows, the outer gradually shorter. 

 Style 1, stigma 10-lobed. Capsule woody, 5-10-celled, loculicidal. 

 Seeds numerous in each cell, winged above. 



