EUvodendron.l 28. celastrace^. 49 



EL^ODENDRON, Jacq. f. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, often crcnate. Flowers in 

 axillary cymes, often poly(^amous. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, spread- 

 ing. Disc thick, angled. Stamens 5, inserted under the edge of 

 the disc. Ovary continuous with the disc, conical, 2-5-celled ; ovules 

 2 in each cell. Fruit an iudehiscent drupe ; cells usually 1-seedod. 

 Seeds exarillate^ albuminous. 



E. glaucum, Pers. Sjnops, 1. 241 ; PI. Br, I. 1. 623 ; Befld. Fl. Sjlv. 

 (j7 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48 ; Brandis For. Fl. 82. Tamrvj, hilur, 

 luta i)ala, aran, burkas, M. Tbroughout the presidency in deciduous 

 forests, a small tree. On the ghats of North Kdnara and Belgaum in 

 evergreen forests; a very large ti^ec, common in the Goond forests of 

 North Kdnara, Fl. Feb., June. Fruit ripe in May. This tree was also 

 in full bloom in the Dharwar forests near Devikope in Sept., Oct, 



HIPPOCRATEA, Linn. 



Climbing shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire or serrate ; 

 stipules small, caducuous. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-divided. 

 Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 3. Ovary 3-celled ; surrounded by 

 tho disc. Fruit of 3 flattened carpels, distinct, 2-valved. Seeds 

 compressed, winged below, exalbuminous. 



Petals 1/6. in. Fruit 1^ in H. obtusi folia. 



Petals 1/12. ill. Fruit 3 in. long. Cymes longer than 



the leaves ... ... H. OrahaviL 



Petals 1/24 in. Cymes sliorter than the leaves ... H. indlca. 



H. obtusifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 166; Fl. Br. I. 1. 623; W. & A. 

 Pi-od. 104. Daushir, M. In tho moist forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kdnara ghats. Fl. C. S. Fruit ripe Apl., May. Cymes panicled, large. 



H. Grahami, Wight Ic. t. 380 ; FL Br. I. 1. 624 : Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 32, Yesti, M, Common on the ghats of the Konkan and 

 North Kanara, in evergreen forests. Fl. hot season. Fruit ripe 

 Nov., Dec. 



H. indlca, Willd. Sp. PI, 1- 193; Fb Br. L 1. 624 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 32 ; Brandis For. Fl. 83. Kazurati, turruli, Vern. Throughout the moist 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. C. S. Fr. B.S. Cymes 

 much divided ; flowers very small. 



There is a scandent shrub in the forests near the Tinai ghat of 

 North Kanara. (Leaves small, ovate, obtuse, glabrozis, coriaceous, crenate, 

 2 in. by | in. Fruit i| in. by ^ in., obtuse, striate, 4-seeded.) May be distinct 

 from H. obtusifolia, Roxb. Fr. Sept. 



SALACIA, Linn. 



Climbing or sti'aggling shrubs. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. 

 Flowers small, usually fasciculate in tho axils of the leaves ; rarely 

 terminal. Calyx 5-divided. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 3, 

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