182 77. EUPHORBiACEiE. [Antidesma. 



ANTIDESMA, Linn. 

 Shrubs or small trees. L3aves alternate, entire, penni-nerved. 

 Flowers small, dioicous ; males in spikes; females in spikes or 

 racemes. Calyx 3-5-lobed, lobes imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 2-5, 

 anthers didymous. Disc entire or lobed. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 2 ; 

 styles 8-4. Fruit an indehiscent, 1 -seeded drupe. 



Small tree. Calyx 5-7-partite. Stamens 4-7. Ovary 



tomentose ... ... ... ...A. GhasembiUa. 



Small tree. Calyx cupular, shortly 4-lobed. Stamens 3- 



Ovar3' glabrous ... ... ... ... A, Bunius. 



A shrub. Calyx spreading, cup-shaped, 5-dentate. 



Stamens often 2. Ovai-y glabrous ... ... A. diandrum. 



Small tree. Calyx 3-4 partite. Stamens 3-4. Ovary 



glabrous ... ... ... ...A. Menasu. 



A. Ghsesembilla, Gssvin. Fruct. 1. 189, t. 39; Kl. Br. I. 5. 35;'; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 446; A. pabescens, Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 236. 

 A. iianiculatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 'Z37. Jondhri, M. Throughout 

 the presidency, iu North Kanara, a small tree in deciduous forests. Fl. 

 Apl.-June. Fr. Sept. -Oct. Leaves ovate, obtuse, sometimes sliglitlj 

 cordate at the base. Spikes panicled. 



A. Bunius, Spreng Syst. Veg. 1. 826 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. Sr,8 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 200. A. Alexiteria, Willd. Grab. Cat. Bom. PI. 186. Amati, M, 

 Throughout the western ghdts ; Konkan and North Kanara in moist 

 forests, not mentioned by Dalzell ; rare on the Khanddla ghat. Fl. 

 May, June. Fr. Aug. -Sept. Fruit bright red. 



A. diandrum. Roth. Nov. Sp. 369 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 361 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 447 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 237 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 201 ; A. lanceo- 

 latum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 201. Throughout the presidency, common in 

 the Konkan and North Kanara in moist forests from the coast inland. 

 Fl. May-July. Fr. Aug.-Sept. Stamens usually 2. Fruit edible. 



A. Menasu, Miq. PI. Bxsicc. Hohen. No. 104 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 364 ; 

 A. lanceolatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 237. In the evergreen forests 

 of the Konkan and North Kdnara ; also along nalas in deciduous moist 

 forests. Fl. Mch.-May. Fr. Sept. Oct. Leaves sometimes 10 in. long ; 

 var, linear if alia is very common in the Siddapur taluka of North 

 Kanara. 



BACOAUREA, Lour. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers dioecious or monoi- 

 cous, often from tbe trunk or old branches, in racemes or spikes. 

 Calyx 4-5-cleft. Petals 0. Disc or present. Stamens 4-10, 

 free. Ovary 2-5-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; stigmas nearly sessile, 

 lobed. Fruit tardily loculicidally dehiscent. Seeds with a large 

 white arillus. 



B. courtallensis, Muell. Arg. in DO. Prod. XV. IT. 459 ; Fl. Br. 

 I. 5. 367; B. sapida, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 280. North Kanara in moist 

 forests near Sungsal in the Ankola tdluka. Fl. C. S. 



