Erinocarpus.] 16. tiliace^. 27 



ERINO CARPUS, Nimmo. 



A tree. Leaves cordate, tootlioel, S-T-nerved. Flowers largo, 

 yellow, in terminal panicles. Sepals 5. Petals 5, clawed. Stamens 

 many on a raised torus, free, or united at the base. Ovary 3 -celled, 

 cells 2-ovuled, stylo filiform, stigma minute. Pniit woody, triangular, 

 spiny, 1-celled, indehiscent. Seed pendulous, albumen fleshy. 



E. Nimmoanus, Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 21. Fl. Br. I. 1. 394 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 27 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 110. Chor, clmora, chira, 

 haladl, M. ; adwi hhendi/, K. Throughout the presidency, common in North 

 Kauara and Konkau deciduous forests. Fl. Sept, Oct. Fr. C.S. 



EL^OCARPUS, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers in axillary racemes, 

 generally bisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 5, fringed or lobed, inserted 

 round the base of the thick glandular disc. Stamens numerous, 

 inserted on the disc between the glands; anthers linear, opening 

 by a terminal pore. Ovary sessile, 2-5-celled ; style columnar. 

 Fruit a drupe with a bony stone, 1-5-celled. Seeds pendulous, 1 in 

 isach cell, albumen fleshy. 



Drupe 5-celled, 5-seeded ... ... ... E. Ganitrus. 



Drupe 1 -seeded. 



Petiole glandular at apex. Anthers tipped with a few 



hairs. Drupe oblong, slightly falcate ... ... E. serratus. 



Petiole glandular. Drupe ovoid, straight. Anthers with- 

 out hairs ... ... ... ... ... E.' oblongiis. 



Anthers with a long awn. 



8tamens 70. Awns erect ... ... ... E. tuberculatus. 



Stamens 50. Awns erect ... ... ... E. aristatus. 



Stamens 20. Awns a length reflexed ... ... E. Munroii. 



E. Ganitrus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 592; Fl. Br. I. 1. 400; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 27 ; Brandis For. Fl. 43 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 38. Rudrack, 

 H. On the higher ghits of the Konkan, Dalz. Fl. C.S, 



E. serratus, L. ; W. & A. Prod. 1. 82 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 401 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 38. Brandis For. Fl. 43. On the southern ghats of North Kdnara, 

 in evergreen forests, common near the Falls of Gairsoppah. Fl. C.S. 

 Fr. Apl. 



E. oblongus, Gaertn. ; W. & A. Prod, 82 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 403 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 27 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 38. KJias, M. On the Konkan and 

 North Kanara ghats, in evergreen forests. The North Kdnara tree has 

 the petiole and nerves underneath more or less covered with reddish 

 tomentum, Fl. Mch., Apl. Fr. U.S. 



E. tuberculatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 594 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 404 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. CXIII. Monoccra tuberculata, W. & A. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb., 

 n. 27. Southern ghats of the presidency from Belgaum southwards 

 in evergreen forests. Fl. Jany. Fr. R.S. 



E. aristatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 559; Fl. Br. I. 1. 405. KonLaa and 

 North Kauara ghats, in evergreen forests. Fl. Apl. Fr, August, 



E. Munroii, Mast. Fl. Br. I. I. 407. E. glandulifera. Hook. f. Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 38. Konkan, Stocks. Fl. Sept., Oct. Fr. CS. 



