294 ULMACEiE ANTIDESMACEiE. 



Sponia, Commers. {Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 276.) 



1. orientalis, (Celtis orientalis, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 65 ; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 189 ■,—Buch. Trans. Linn. Soc. 17, p. 207, No. 1, 2, 

 3, 4, 5. — Rheed. 4, t. 40.) ^'<»r Jeebun. 5 Ceylon. Coromandel. 

 Common along the foot of the Ghauts ; Kennery forests, Salsette, &c. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Assam. Nepal. Fl. very small, green ; 

 and fr. the whole year. The inner bark of this tree, consisting of nu- 

 merous reticulated fibres, forms a kind of natural cloth, used by the 

 Garos for covering their nakedness. Leaves used by the Natives for 

 polishing horn. (Buck.) 



2. tetrandra, (Celtis tetrandra, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 63. — C. Akata, Buck. ; 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. 17, p. 211.) b Coromandel. Assam. Oude. Nepal. 

 Kemaon. Fl. very small, green, March ; fr. Sept. 



* Ulmus erosa, Roth, b Kemaon. — U. lancee/olia, Roxb. ; Wall. pi. 

 as. rar. 2, t. 200. L. b Chittagong. — Celtis Roxburghii, (C. trinervia, 

 Roxb.; not Lam.) b Chittagong. — C. tomentosa, Roxb. B Chittagong. 

 — C. amboinensis. Vent, b Silhet. Penang. Singapore. — C. angusti- 

 folia, Lindl. Penang. — C. elongata, Lindl. Silhet. — C. cinnamomea, 

 Lindl. Silhet. — Mertensia Icevigata, Kth. New Spain. — M. zizypho'ides, 

 Kth. New Granada. 



ORDER CXXII.— ANTIDESMACE^,— Stilaginace^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. 



p. 179. 



Trees or shrubs, referred to 2 genera, Antidesma and Falconeria. Of 

 the former, one species has been found in Madagascar, and 13 in the E. 

 Indies, (Nepal. Khassya Mountains. Circars. Penang.) The latter includes 

 but 2 species, both from the Himalayas. Properties almost unknown. 

 Antidbsma, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 523, No. 940; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 

 287.) 



1. tomentosum, (Stilago tomentosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 757.) S Silhet. 

 Fl. minute, green, May and June ; fr. Sept. and Oct. 



2. Bunius, Spreng. {syst. \, p. 826. — A. alexiterium, Spreng. I. c. ; — 



J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 186 Stilago Bunius, L. ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, 



p. 758;— Rheed. 4, t. 56;—Rumph. 3, t. 131, excl. A.) 5 Moluccas. 

 Penang. Coromandel. Kandalla Ghaut. Assam. Nepal. Fl. minute, 

 greenish, March and April ; fr. Sept. Fruit acidulous, palatable. 



3. diandrum, Spreng. (syst. I, p. 826. — Stilago diandra, Roxb. Coram. 

 2, t. 166; — fl. ind. 3, p. 759.) b Circar Mountains. Assam. Nepal. 

 Fl. very small, greenish, June; fr. C. S. IVood used fur various 

 purposes. Ripe berries eaten by the natives, {lioxb.) 



