328 RllbiacecB. \Byrsophyllum. 



stam. 5, inserted at mouth of cor., fil. short, anth. narrow; 

 ov. 2-celled, with few ovules in each cell half immersed in 

 fleshy placentas ; fruit a hard 2-celled berry, seeds few. — 

 Sp. about 40 ; 20 in Fl. B. Fid. 



W. corymbosa, Willd. Sp. PL i. 1224 (1797). Tarana, S 

 Karanai, T. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 80. Rcmdelelia asiatica, L. Sp. PL 182. Tarenna zeylanica y 

 Gaertn. Fruct. t. 139. Moon Cat. 19. Stylocoryne Webera, A. Rich., 

 Thw. Enum. 158. C. P. 185. 



FL B. Ind iii. 102. Wight, Ic. tt. 309, 584. 



A small tree or large bush, bark smooth, pale grey, twigs 

 compressed, glabrous, buds exuding a waxy secretion ; 1. 2|-6 

 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous, polished 

 above, rather thick, lat. veins prominent beneath, usually with 

 small pits in their axils, petiole about \ in., stip. narrowly 

 triangular, acute, closely pressed to stem, and at first glued 

 to it by waxy secretion, subpersistent ; fl. on short nearly 

 glabrous ped., about \ in. diam., cymes trichotomous ; cal.- 

 segm. oblong, obtuse, faintly pilose ; cor. hairy at mouth, 

 lobes longer than tube, oblong, acute, reflexed ; stam. ex- 

 serted; stigma and portion of style exserted; berry \—^ in., 

 more or less globose, glabrous, dull green, becoming black, 

 usually without cal.-segm. on top. 



Var. (3, montana, Thw. I. c. Webera cerifera, Moon Cat. 19. 

 C. P. 1649. 



Inflor., buds and stipular nodes exuding copious resinous 

 wax; fl. larger; cal.-segm. acute, persistent, and crowning the 

 fruit. 



From sea-level up to 7000 ft.; very common. Var. (3 in upper montane 

 zone; common. Fl. Feb.-April, and September; white. In var. (3, yellow. 



Also in Peninsular India and Malay Is. 



Very variable. In the dry country the 1. are narrower and the fruit 

 smaller. Var. (3 perhaps distinct. There is no specimen or drawing of 

 this in Hermann's collection. 



Wood hard, heavy, yellowish, very strong, and, being also durable, is 

 used (in Northern Prov.) for constructing granaries, which are said to 

 last for fifty years. 



22. BYRSOPEYLLUM, Hk.f. 



A small tree, stip. large, deciduous, fl. large, dioecious, in 

 small terminal cymes; cal.-limb short, truncate; cor.-tube 

 long, contracted and villous at mouth, lobes 5, twisted in 

 bud; stam. 5, inserted in cor.-tube, anth. sessile, included; ov. 

 2-celled, with numerous ovules immersed in fleshy placentas; 



