Biospijros.'] 54. ebenack.*;. 12S 



D. Tupru, Buch.-Ham. Jour. 1. 183 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 5o.S ; I), exsculpta, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142 (sjn.excl.) Tartar, M. From the Konkan 

 to Mysore. Fl. Br. I. 



D. melanoxylon, Roxb. Fl. Iiul. II. 530; Fl. Br. I. 3. 564; Brandia 

 For. Fl. 21)4 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. t. 67 ; D. exsculpta, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 €6, not of Ham. Balai, K. ; timburni, tendu, M. ; temru, Vern. Common 

 in the dry deciduous forests of the presidency. Fl. May. Fr. ripo De- 

 cember. Fruit when quite ripe with an edible pulp. This is no doubt 

 1). exsculpta, Ham., described in Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 142. I have, 

 however, included D, Tnprn, Buch.-Ham., of which D. exsculpAn, Ham., is 

 made a synonym, by Clarke, in this list, and which I am unacquainted 

 with if different from D. melanoxylon. Roxb. Brandis unites I). Tupru, 

 Cuclianan, D, exsculpta, Ham., and D. melanoxylon. Roxb. Vide For. 

 Flora p. 29 T. 



D. Candolleana, Wight Ic. tt. 1221-2; Fl. Br. I. 3. 506; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 132 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 144 ; D. Canarica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 145. Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara, in evergreen forests, 

 common near the coast at Karw^r. Fl. Apl., June. Fruit ripe Nov. 

 with calyx-lobes reflexed, coriaceous. 



D. paniculata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 141 ; FL Br. I. 3. 570 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 144. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and N^orth Kdnara, 

 frequent in the forests near the Nilkund and Gairsoppah ghats. Fl. Nov.- 

 Dec. Fr. Apl.-June. Seeds ovoid; albumen equable, horny : cotyledons 

 foliaceous. A large tree. 



Order 55. STYRACE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers hermaphrodite, re- 

 gular. Calyx-tube superior or inferior ; limb 4-5-tootbed or trun- 

 cate, persistent. Petals 4-5, free or united into a short tube. Sta- 

 mens attached to the corolla-tube, 8-10 or many. Ovary inferior 

 or superior, 2-5-celled with two or more ovules in each cell, pendu- 

 lous or erect. Fruit drupaceous, usually 1-seeded. Seeds albumi- 

 nous ; embryo straight or curved. 



SYMPLOCOS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, toothed or entire ; often dry- 

 ing yellow. Flowers in simple or oompouud racemes or spikes, 

 usually yellow or white. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes imbricate. Petals 5, 

 imbricate free or connate. Stamens numerous iu several series 

 adnate to the corolla-tube. Ovary inferior 2-4-celled ; ovules 2 in 

 each cell, pendulous. Fruit a berry, crowned with the calyx-lobes, 

 l-S-seeded, seeds albuminous. 



Fruit ui'ceolate, seeds fluted. Embryo curved ...S. spicata. 



Fruit ovoid, smooth, sUghtly curved. Embryo straight... 5. iitddoinei, 



S. spicata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 541; Fl. Br. I. 3. 573; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 300; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 149; Jiopea spicata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 



