Eloeocarpus] XXI. TILIACE.E 103 



with 3 vertical grooves. I am disposed to refer all Indian specimens to E. serratua, 

 Linn., which Gamble, List 13, gives from Sikkim. E. floribundus of Cochinchina and 

 Java has smaller flowers, sepals J— J in., and may be different. 5. E. lacunosus, Wall.; 

 Kurz, F. Fl. i. 168; Pierre, PI. For. Cochinch. 1. 144. Vern. Butalet, Barm. Evergreen 

 forests of Lower Burma. Young shoots and racemes silky-hairy, sepals J in. Leaves 

 cuneate or obovate, obtuse, narrowed into short petiole, racemes lax. stone with rounded 

 tubercles. This possiblj- is E. loiiyi/oliit*. Wall. 



6. E. robustus, Roxb.; Kurz. F. Fl. i. 169. 



Leaves ovate from a rounded base, acuminate, pubescent and pale beneath, 

 blade li-9. petiole f-H in., thickened and geniculate at the insertion of blade. 

 Secondary nerves 8-12 pair. Sepals !, in., petals broad-cuneate, much larger 

 than sepals. Disk fleshy, consisting of ."> distinct tomentose lobes. Stamens 

 .->U-4n. anthers ou shirt filaments, one valve eiliate. Style thickened at the 

 base, articulate with the ovary. Drupe ovoid, 1-1^ in. long. Stone rugose, 

 slightly 3-grooved, 3-celled. 



Sikkim. Western Duars, Assam. Cachar, Chittagong, Burma. Malay Peninsula. Fl 

 H. S. To this probably belongs E. Helferi, Kurz. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 4< r2. 7. E. sikkimensis. 

 Masters. Evergreen forests at the foot of the Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya, ascend- 

 ing to 5,000 ft. Young shouts and inflorescence grey-pubescent, the pedicels more 

 than twice the Ii'ul'I h of calyx. sepals j in. long. S. E. Wallichii, Kurz. F. Fl. i. 169. Eng 

 forests of Lower Burma. Branchlets, petioles and under side of leaves t a wny-tomentosc. 



9. E. lanceaefolius, Roxb. : Wight Ic. t. Go. Vern. Bhadras, Xep. 



A large tree, perfectly glabrous, excepting the flower. Wood soft, light- 

 coloured. Leaves lanceolate, thinly coriaceous, narrowed into a short petiole. 

 Secondary nerves 6-12 pair, joined by conspicuous intramarginal veins. 

 Racemes mostly infra-axillary, stiff', shorter than leaves. Sepals nearly glab- 

 rous, \ in. long, disk i sisting of 5 distinct hairyglands. Antheraon filaments 



half their length, shortly eiliate at tip. Drupe oblong, 11, in. long, stone 

 l-seeded, slightly tubercled. 



Common about Dnrjecling. i;.(hmi-k.<khi ft.. Khasi hills: 1,000-5,000 ft.. Manipur. II. 

 I>. s. A.C cling to Kurz. I-'. Fl. i. 168, in Tenasserim. 



Species 8-9 are closely allied. In course of time Indian foresters will be able to 

 -,i\ whether mode of growth and other biological characters justify the classification 

 here attempted, which is based upon characters, which in this genus arc variable. 



C. Ovary .'S-celled, each cell with 2 collateral ovules. Fl. small, sepals not 

 over \ in., petals cuneate, deeply laciniate. Anthers not eiliate. 



19. E. oblongus, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 202 t. 43: Wight Ic. t. 46. Vein. 

 Hanoi tadi, Kan.; Bike mara, Xilgiris ; EJiatta Karei, Tarn. 



Young shoots puberulous. Leaves coriaceous, as a rule glabrous, underside 

 sometimes minutely hairy, broadly elliptic, petiole glandular-thickened at apex, 

 about 1 in., blade I 6 in. long. Secondary nerves arcuate, branching, promi- 

 nent , ten i.iiy reticulate. Racemes shorter than leaves, bracts caducous, longer 

 than buds, dentate. Sepals red, £ in. long. Petals out not quite to the middle. 

 Filaments bent, as long as anthers or longer. Style pilose at the Las,', not 

 articulate with ovary. Drupe ovoid, more or less acuminate at both ends. 



1 -seeded. 



Evergreen forest on the Western Ghat .rum the Konkan southwards. Bababuden 

 hills. Nilgiris, Anamalais. PI. April-June. Gaertner's specimen was from the Leiden 

 Museum, and probablj is nol this Species at all, the fruit is obtuse at both ends. The 

 name therefore maj eventually have to be changed. /.'. leptottachya, Wall., and /•.". 

 lucidiu, Roxb., PL Brit. tnd. i.408, arc doubtful. 11. E. hygrophilus, Kurz. P. PL i. 168 

 Common in the plains of Lower Burma. Leaves coriaceous, obovate, narrowed 

 short petiole. Racemes lax, sepals ', in. fruit lanceolate, acuminate al both ends. 

 V irU allied to E. decipieia, Hemsley, from China, and E. photiniccfolitu, Hook, el Am. 

 from Japan. 12. E. Braceanus, Watt, Naga hills 5,000ft .. Manipur 6,000-7,000, Kachin 

 bills in Upper Burma, is a very remarkable tree. Branchlets, inflorescence, under 

 Bide of leaves alone; nerves rusty- or dark grey-tomentose. Leaves oblong, set 

 midrib and nerves very prominent. PL on short pedicels, supported bj round, serrate 

 iniate. tomentose bracteoles. Petals laciniate nearh to the b 



