42 X. BIXACEiE [Hydnocarpus 



1. H. Wightiana, Blume.— Syn. H. inebrians, Wall.; Wight 111. t. 16. 

 Vern. Kastel, Kantel, Mar. ; Toratti, Kan. ; Maravetti, Tarn. 



A tall tree, branchlets and racemes slightly pubescent. Leaves 4-9 in., 

 membranous or thinly coriaceous, elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, often 

 deeply serrate. Secondary nerves arching, prominent, tertiary nerves not 

 conspicuous, transverse, parallel. Fl. white, |-1 in. diam, petals ciliate, 

 twice as long as the ovate fimbriate scales. Fruit tomentose, 2-4 in. diam. 



Common along the "Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, ascending to 2,000 

 ft., also below the G-hats in Malabar and Kanara. Fl. H. S. Fruit used to intoxicate 

 fish, the oil of the seeds medicinally in cutaneous diseases. 2. H. alpina, Wight Ic. t. 

 942 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t, 77. Nilgiris to 6,000 ft., Ceylon (low country). Young shoots 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in., quite entire, veins finely reticulate. Petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, equal to the linear scales. 3. H. castanea, Hook. fi.1. & Thorns. An- 

 damans, Tenasserim and Mergui Archipelago. A middle-sized tree, perfectly glabrous. 

 Leaves thickly coriaceous, 8-14 in. Fruit size of an orange, rugose. 



Taraktogenos Kurzii, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 59 (1891), p. 123 (Hydnocarpus 

 heterophyllus, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 77). Vern. Kalawso, Burin. Eastern and southern slopes of 

 the Pegu Yoma, very frequent in Martaban. , An evergreen tree, 40-50 ft. Shoots, 

 young leaves and inflorescence tawny pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, entire, 

 7-10 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Secondary nerves very prominent beneath, 

 tertiary numerous, transverse, and parallel. Sepals 4, petals 8 broadly ovate, ciliate, 

 each with a flat fleshy pubescent gland at the base. Stamens 24, free, filaments hairy. 

 Fruit size of an orange, tawny-velvety. Seeds numerous, embedded in pulp. 



Order XL PITTOSPORACE^. Gen. PI. i. 130. 



(Plttosporece.) 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, often crowded at the ends 

 of branches, almost verticillate, stipules 0. Fl. pentamerous, usually bisexual, 

 sepals and petals imbricate. Stamens 5, opposite to sepals, anthers versa- 

 tile. Ovary 1, of 2 rarely 3-5 carpels, 1-celled or 2-5-celled by the projec- 

 tion of the parietal placentas. Style 1, stigma often lobed. Ovules many. 

 Fruit capsular, sometimes an indehiscent berry. A small embryo in copious 

 albumen. 



PITTOSPORUM, Banks; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 198. 



Erect trees or shrubs. Sepals often connate at base, petals erect, claws often 

 connate. Ovary incompletely 2-3-celled. Capsule 2- rarely 3-valved, the 

 placenta in the middle of each valve. Seeds embedded in a viscid pulp. 



A. Branchlets glabrous, 3 r oung shoots sometimes puberulous, leaves glabrous. 



1. P. tetraspermum, Wight et Am. ; Wight Ic. t. 971 ; Bedd. Manual t. 2 . 



A large shrub or small tree. Leaves 2-3 in., reticulate veins between secon- 

 dary nerves. Fl. -|- in., greenish yellow, few, in small terminal, nearly sessile 

 umbels. Capsule rough, glabrous, globose, apiculate, 4-seeded, \ in. diam., 

 valves hard, almost woody. 



Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards, Nilgiris. Fl. February- March. 

 Ceylon. 



2. P. floribundum, Wight et Am:; Brand. F. Fl. 19. Vern. Yekadi, 

 Mar. 



A small tree. Leaves 4-6 in., pale beneath, margin waved. Fl. yellowish, 

 \ in. long, in short compact terminal panicles, consisting of numerous many- 

 flowered dense corymbs. Capsule glabrous, \ in. diam., valves coriaceous. 

 Seeds 1-4, occasionally 8. 



