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STROMBOSIA, Blume. 

 Trees. Leaves simple, lutioresceuco in short cymes. Calyx 

 cup-shaped. Petals 5, valvate, hairy within. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 half immersed in disc, 3-5-celled. Fruit a drupe. Seeds pendu- 

 lous. Albumen fleshy. 



S. ceylanica, Gardn. in Calc. Jonr. Nat. Hist. VI. 3.50. Fl. Br. I. 1 . 

 679; 15edd. Fl. Sylv. t. 137. SplKBrocnnja leprosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 223. On the Konkan and North Kanara ghats, in evergreen forests. 

 Flowers in December. Fruit ripe May. A large tree, 



CANSJERA, Juss. 



Climbing spiny shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers bracteate in 

 dense spikes. Calyx very minute. Petals 4-5. Fertile stamens 4, 

 opposite petals ; staminodes 4-5, alternate with stamens. Ovary 

 1 -celled. Style cylindric. Ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit a drupe, 

 stone bony, 



C. Rheedii, Gmel. Syst. T. 280 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 582 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 

 Anal. Gen. t. XXVI ; Brandis For. Fl. 75. On the Konkan and North 

 Kanara ghd,ts, in evergreen moist forests. Fl. Nov., Dec. Fruit ripo 

 in May. 



GOMPHANDRA, Wall. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers polygamo-dioecious 

 or hermaphrodite, in axillary cymes. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, 4-5 lobes ; lobes with a prominent rib within. Stamens 5 ; 

 filaments thick, hollowed in front to contain the anthers, hairy at 

 back. Disc thick, annular or 0. Ovary 1-celled. Ovules 2, colla- 

 teral. Funicle dilated into an obturator. Fruit a drupe. Albumen 

 fleshy, bipartite. 



G. axillaris, Wall. Cat. 3718 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 586 ; Bedu. Fl. Sylv. 

 61 ; Platen axillaris, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 28. Common in the 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara ghats. Fl. April, 

 May. Fr. Nov. 



MAPPIA, Jacq, 

 Trees. Leaves simple. Flowers in corymbs. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Ovary superior, 

 1-celled. Ovules 2, pendulous. Fruit a drupe. Albumen fleshy, 



M. oblonga, Miers Contrib. [, 65 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 589; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 Bomb. Fl. 28. Gur, Icalgur, M. Common on the Konkan and North 

 Kanara ghats in moist evergreen forests, has a very strong foetid smell, 

 particularly the flowers. M. avata, MierS; and M. fcetida, Miers, are pro- 

 bably not distinct from M. oblonga, Miers. Fl. ; at different times, usually 

 during Aug. Fr. ; ripe 2 months after flowering. 



SARCOSTIGMA, W. & A. 

 Climbing shrubs. Leaves simple, coriaceous. Flowers dioecious, 

 minute, in long interrupted spikes. Calyx cup-shaped. Petals 4-5, 



