102 XXI. TILIACE^E [EcMnocarpus 



or serrulate, glabrous, secondary nerves prominent beneath. Blade 4-6, 

 petiole 1 in. Peduncles crowded near ends of branches, often fasciculate. Fl. 

 1 in. across. Capsule globose, 1 in. diam., 4-5-valved, the valves covered with 

 a dense felt of short deciduous bristles. 



Sikkirn, 3,000-8,000 ft., Bhutan. Fl. November. China. 5. E. tomentosus, Benth. 

 Sikkim. Bhutan, Manipur, Tunan. Capsule larger, similarly covered. Leaves densely 

 and softly tomentose beneath. 



6. ELjEOCARPUS, Linn.; PL Brit. Ind. i. 400. 



Evergreen trees, with penniveined leaves, old leaves often red before falling. 

 Fl. in the species here described bisexual, racemose, in the axils of early 

 deciduous bracts. Petals fringed or lobed, rarely entire, inserted at the base 

 of a thick glandular disk or torus, induplicate-valvate in bud. Stamens 

 numerous, inserted inside the disk. Anthers linear, opening at the top by two 

 confluent short slits. Ovary 2-5-celled, style 1, subulate. A drupe, stone 

 1-celled or 2-5-celled, 1 seed in each cell. Albumen flesh}', cotyledons 

 flat, broad. 123 species known, most in the two Peninsulas and the Malay 

 Archipelago. Outside this area from Madagascar and Socotra to China and 

 Japan and the Pacific Islands. 



A. Ovary 5- sometimes 4-celled. PL small and middle-sized, sepals -i— I in. 

 long. 



1. E. Ganitrus, Roxb. — Syn. Ganitrus splicerica, Gaertn. ; Wight Ic. t. 66. 

 Vern. Eudrak, Rudraksch. 



Attains 60 ft. Leaves membranous, lanceolate, obscurely serrulate, nearly 

 glabrous, 3-6 in., petiole |-i- in. long. Secondary nerves 10-15 pair. Fl. 

 white, in compact drooping racemes, shorter than leaves, from the axils of 

 fallen leaves. Sepals J- J in. long, petals a little longer, obovate, laciniate 

 beyond the middle, pedicels longer than sepals. Torus short, fleshy, wrinkled, 

 pubescent. Anthers nearly sessile, 25-35, the longer valve with 1 or 2 white 

 bristles. Fruit globose, bluish-purple, f-1 in. diam. Stone elegantly 

 tubercled, marked with 5 vertical grooves, 4^5-celled, often only 1-seeded. 



Nepal, Assam, Chittagong. Fl. C. S. Malay Peninsula, Java and Celebes. 2. 

 E. stipularis, Bl. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 170. A large tree in the evergreen forests of the 

 Martaban and Tenasserim hills. Branchlets, petioles, under side of leaves and inflores- 

 cence soft-tomentose. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, blade 3-7, petiole 1 in. long. 

 Stipules broad, palmately lobed, 3-5-nerved. Fl. small, sepials £ in., pedicels longer 

 than sepals, torus of 5 distinct globose truncate 2-grooved fleshjr glands. Stamens 

 20-25, filaments half the length of anthers. Stone 1-seeded, in thin pulp. 



B. Ovary 3-celled, each cell with 2 collateral ovules. Fl. small, sepals not 

 over \, rarely \ in., petals cuneate, deeply laciniate. Longer anther valve 

 ciliate. ■ 



3. E. serratus, Linn. : Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 184 t. 20.— Syn. E. 

 cuneatus, Wight; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 402 (with 3-celled stone). Vern. Ulang 

 Karei, Tarn. 



Leaves thickly chartaceous, from an acute base elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 

 crenate, glabrous above, with a few thin hairs beneath. Fl. white, racemes 

 mostly axillary, sepals \ in., pedicels as long as sepals, petals 3-fid to the 

 middle, segments laciniate. Disk of 5 distinct tomentose glands. Stamens 

 25-30, filaments much shorter than glands, the longer anther valve ciliate. 

 Drupe ovoid, more or less acuminate at both ends, 1-1^ in. Stone strongly 

 tubercled in a copious pulp, often 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, from North Kanara southwards. Fl. C. S., 

 E. S. Ceylon moist region. 4. E. floribundus, Blume ; King, in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal, 

 vol. 60 ii. (1892) 128 : vern. Jalpai, of Sikkim, Assam and Burma, is supposed to be 

 different. Petiole usually longer and blade generally thinner, stone almost smooth 



