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120 53. SAPOTACE^. [Bassia. 



B. latifoUa, Roxb. M. Tnd. II. 52G ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 544 ; Brandis For 

 Fl. 289; Bedd. 11. Sjlv. t. 41 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. loD. Moluva, 

 M. ; ipi>i, K. Common in the dry forests throughout the presidency, also 

 .in the Konkan and North K.uiara forests, but nowhere abuudent in them. 

 Fl. Mch., Apl. Fr. June, July. 



B. longifolia, Linn. .Mant. 563; Fl. Br. I. 3.544; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 139; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 42; Brandis For. Fl. 290. Ippi, 

 K. ; inoha, M. Common in the moist forests of the Konkan and Morth 

 Kanara ; of ten along the banks of rivers and nalas ; takes the place of 

 J7. latifolia in the moist forests of the southern parts of the presidencj- 

 Fl. Nov. Dec. Fr. ripe May June. 



B. malabarica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv.. 140 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 544. Common in 

 tthe southern parts of North Knaara along the banks of ri-vers and in 

 luoist forests at or near the sea-leveL Fl. Nov. -Dec. Fr. ripe May-. 

 June. 



MIMUSOPS, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous ; nervures numerous^ parallel. Flowers 



axiHary, clustered or solitary. Calyx-segments 6-1 Q, in 2 series, 



■Corolla-tube short; lobes 18-24, 2-3-seriate. Stamens 6-8; con- 



•nective excurrent ; staminodes as many as the stamens, bifid or 



iacinate. Ovary 6-8-celled. Seeds compressed, albuminous. 



Stamens 8, staminodes, lanceolate, hairy M. Elcngi. 



Stamens 6, staminodes bifid, glabrous ... ... ... M. hexandra. 



IK. Elengi, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 236-; FL Br, I. 3. 548; Dalz.. 

 <& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 140; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 40. Brandis For. Fl. 29.3. 

 Jiuckliul, K... ; ou-ll, vovali, IVl. Common in the evergreen forests of 

 North Kanara, also in the Konkan, a very large tree. Fl. Jan. -Mch. Fr. 

 ripe R.S. 



M. hexandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 238 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fb 140,- 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 142; M. indica, Brandis For. Fl. 291. Tadrni, H. ; 

 ranjana, rdiiii, AL In the dry forests of the Deccan, Khandesh and 

 Oujarat, not observed by me in North Kdnara or the Konkan. Fl. Nov..- 

 Dec. Fr. ripe March. 



Order 54. EBENACE^. 



Trees or sbrubs. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers usually 



■dioecious, regular, axillary; pedicels articulated under the flower. 



Calyx inferior, gamosepalous, often accrescent in fruit. Corolla 



•gamopetalous. Stamens as many or 2-3-times as many as the 



•corolla-lobes ; staminodes in the female flower resembling stamens 



or 0. Ovary superior ; styles 2-8 ; cells as many or twice as many 



as the styles, imperfectly septate; ovules usually 1 in each cell; 



attached to the inner angle of the cells, pendulous. Fruit coriaceous 



-or fleshy, indehiscent, several or few seeded. Seeds pendulous, 



longitudinally furrowed, albumen equable or ruminated. 



Flowers ,3-merous. Ovary 3-6-celled Maba. 



Flowers 4-5-merons. Ovary 4-5 or SlO-celled ... Diospvnoa. 



