Flacourtia.] 8. bixine/E. 13 



F. Cataphracta, Roxb. in Willd. Sp. PI IV. 830; Fl. Br. I. 1. 193 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. Jicytjum, Vcrn. This species given on 

 the authority of the Bombay Flora is said to be found in the Warri 

 country on the banks of rivers. 



F. Ramontchi, L. Herit. Stirp. 59, t. 30,31; Fl. Br. I. 1.193; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 18; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 16; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. 

 I'aker, lalcer, hliclcal, M. ; Kanju, H. Throughout the presidency ; some- 

 times cultivated. Fl. Nov., Mch. Fr. R.S. Aug. 



F. sepiaria, Roxb. Cor. PI. I. 48, t. 68; Fl. Br. I. 1. 194 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11 ; Brandis For. Fl. 18. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 16. Tamhat, 

 Vern. Common in the Deccan towards the ghats. Fl. C.S. Fr. R.S. 



HYDNOCARPUS, G^ertn. 

 Trees. Leaves alternate, entire or serrate. Flowers solitary or 

 in small racemes, dioecious. Sepals 4-5, imbricate. Petals 5-9, each 

 with a basal scale or the scales cohering in a cup. Male fl. : sta- 

 mens 5-8. Female fl. : staminodes 5 or more. Ovary 1-celled ; stigmas 

 3-6, dilated lobed ; ovules many on 3-6 parietal placentas. Fruit 

 globose with a hard rind, many-seeded. Albumen oily. 



H. Wightiana, Blume, Rumph. IV. 22 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 196 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 16. Kastel, kantel, M. ; toratti, K 

 South Konkan ; North Kanara, in evergreen forests. Fl. Apl. Fr. R.S, 



Okder 9. PITTOSPORE^. 



Trees. Leaves entire, alternate, exstipulate. Flowers hermaphro- 

 dite. Sepals 5. Petals 5, imbricate. Stamens 5, opposite sepals. 

 Ovary 1-celled. Ovules many, parietal or axile. Capsule woody, 

 2-valved dehiscent. Seeds in pulp. 



PITTOSPORUM, Banks. 



Trees. Leaves quite entire, exstipulate. Petals connate at base. 

 Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved. Placenta in middle of each valve. Seeds 

 smooth, in pulp. 



Glabrous P. ftorihimdum. 



Tomentose -f. dasycnulon. 



P. floribundum. W. & A. Prod. 154 ; Fl. Fr. I. 1 . 199 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 44 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 17 ; Brandis For. Fl. 19. Yekkadi, M. 

 Konkan and North Kanara, in the ghat forests. Fl. Apl., Sept. Fr. C.S. 



P. dasycaulon, Miquel in Herb. Hohenack. 775 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 236. Fl. Br. I. 1. 199. Gapsundi, M. Konkan; North Kanara; Bel- 

 gaum ; common in the evergreen ghat jungles. Fl. Nov., Dec. 

 Fr. Feb., Mch. 



Order 10. TAMARASCINEJE. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves scale-like, imbricating. Flowers 

 racemose or paniculate, regular, bisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 

 imbricate. Stamens 5-10, free or connate, inserted on a lobed disc. 

 Ovary syncarpous ; ovules numerous. Seeds crested, winged or 

 covered with down. Albumen 0. 



