Cased rim 



LIV. SAMYDACE.E 



343 



with alternating staminodes. Ovary free, 1-celled, ovules numerous, attached 

 to 3-4 parietal placentas. Capsule succulent, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, with 

 a fleshy usually coloured aril, embiyo straight, cotyledons flat. Species 120 ; 

 tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



Kesin cavities, lined by thin-walled cells, in the leaves of must Indian species, visible 

 as transparent dots or lines. 



A. Full grown leaves glabrous. 

 1. C. esculenta, Eoxb. — Syn. O. 



various, Thw 

 Vera. Mori, 

 Mai. 



A tree, 1. 

 quite entire, 



: Bedd. 

 Mar. : 



PI. Sylv. t. 208. 

 Vella Kiiiimiii. 



thick, 

 blade 



often coriaceous, 



4-fi, pet. \-'l in. 



long. Fl. glabrous, T V in. long, pedicel 



glabrous, longer than calyx. Fr. 2- 



or 3-valved, ellipsoid, \-\ in. long. 



Western fihats, from tin' Konkan 

 southwards, mostly in evergreen forests. 

 Northern Circars, Sriharikot. Tenasserim. 

 PI. It. S. Malay Peninsula. Ceylon, moist 

 and dry regions, ascending to 5,000 ft. 

 2. C. rubescens, Malz. Western Ohats, North 



Kanara to Coorg. A shrub, 1. coriai i-. 



petioles and midrib of young I. red, pedicels 

 pubescent. 



3. C. glomerata, Eoxb. — Syn. < '. 

 graveoh ns. Dalz. ; Brandia F. Fl. 2 13 ; 

 Kanjilal F. Fl. 185. Vera. Cflilla, 

 Hind. : Giridi, Uriya ; Oilchi, Gond; 

 Bokhada, Mar. 



A deciduous shrub or middle-sized 

 tree, branches long, spreading, 1. more 

 or less serrate; blade 4-8, petiole \-\ 

 in. long, f I'ausliii'fiil glands resin cavities' elongate and round. Fl. 1- 01' 



5-merous, ,'., -,v in. long, with an offensive smell, clustered on scaly tubercles, 

 iu the axils of leaves or of fallen 1., calyx pubescent, pedicel generally Longer 

 than calyx, glabrous or pubescent. Stamens 8 or lit, alternating with hairy 

 linear scales, half the length of stamens or more. Fr. | in. long, 3-valved, 

 glabrous. Aril orange. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges from tin. Chenab eastwards, ascending in 

 Kumaon to 5,000, in Sikkim to 7,000 Ft. EChasi hills. Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 Bingbhum, Orissa, Northern Circars, Western Ghats and country between the ghats 

 aid the coast from Sural toSouth Kanara. Fl. IW.-.lunc. china, i '. graveolens i. 

 supposed io differ by the pedicel being glabrous above the articulation. Speci us 



willi hairy pedicels are known from lie' western, and with glabrous pedicels from the 

 eastern region. I. C. andamanlca, K lng in .lonrn. A>. So. . Beng. vol. 67. L6. Andauians. 



\ middle-sized tree, I. rigidly corin -, blade 6 I". p't i..|.. j in. long. sec. n. very 



prominent beneath, II. h in. long., glabrous, us well as pedicel. 



i lasearia esculenta. Boxb. 



B. Midrib ami petiole of full 



hai 



I'Y. 



.".. C. tomentosa, Etoxb. ; Brandia P. Fl. t. 31 : Colletl Simla Flora p. L97 

 tig. B9. Syn C. elliptica, Willd.; Wighl Ec. t. 1849. Vera. Bheri, Cliilla, 

 Hind.: Tttndri, Gond ; Qiridi, Uriya ; Uhilaka duddi, Tel. 



A small deciduous tree, branches spreading, all parts bitter. Branchlets 



ami underside of leaves tonieiitose. I,, serrate, elliptic-oblong, narrowed 



towards the apex, base oblique, Made ."> 7, petiole \—i in. long, translucent 



glands round or broad-elliptic. Fl- tomentOSB, .', in. long, densely clustered on 

 Scaly axillan tuliercles, cal\ x-segnients usually .">, stamens Usually 8, alternating 



