Elmocarpus] 



XXI. TILIACK.E 



105 



where it is explained why the older name, E. Monoceras, Cav., Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 

 405, has not been used by him for the Indian tree. 



Leaves perfectly glabrous, oblanceolate, narrowed gradually into a slender 

 petiole. Blade 3-7, petiole 1-1 \ in. Secondary nerves 5-10 pair. Racemes 

 corymbose, shorter than leaves, with 4-8 large flowers. Pednncles and pedicels 

 slender, the latter longer than sepals: sepals \ in. long, narrowly linear-lanceo- 

 late. Petals oblong-cuneate, divided into 2—3 laciniate segments, silky outside 



0. Elteocarpus Varunna, Bam. l. 



with apprcssed hairs, base thickened and hairy inside. Torus annular, tomen- 

 tose, 20-costate. Stamens up to 70, filaments hairy, awn as long ;>s anther, 

 ovarj tomentose. I'nipe ovoid, obtuse. 1 .', in. long. Stone strongly tubercu- 



l.iie. 1 -seeded. 



Western Dwars, Tondn fores) (Haines), Assam, Burma, F). May. Mekong delta, 

 Malaj Peninsula. This probably is E. littoralis, Kurz (not T. et B. F. Fl. i. 167. 



20. E.' venustus, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. i. 171. Trovs re Ghats at 1,500 it.. with large 



snow-white fragrant flowers, is similar, but differs in less numerou ap to 10, 



