Grudia.] l. legdminosj!. (J. G. Baker.) 271 



Ghauts of Canaka, Teavancoee and the Carnatic. 



Leaflets oblong, rigidly coriaceous, acute, 2-4 in. long, venulose, the upper of the 

 uppermost pair sometimes apparently terminal ; midrib central, veining pinnate ; 

 petiolules J-J in. Panicles oopions, axillary and terminal, formed of dense slender 

 cylindrical racemes ; pedicels spreading, i-^ in. Calyx broadly campanulate, under 

 ^ in. long, -with a pair of minute adpressed bracteoles. Filaments twice as long as 

 the sepals. Fod turgid, lJ-2 in. long, rigid, sublignose, not at all oblique. 



108. CBVBIA, Schreh. 



Glabrous shrubs or trees. Leaves odd-pinnate,* with conspicuously alternate 

 leaflets. Flowers in terminal or lateral racemes. Calyx-tme very short, with 

 the disk nearly basal; segments 4, oblong, imbricated, persistent, reflexed. 

 P«<«fe 0. Stamem 10, exserted, filaments free, filiform; anthers oblong, 

 versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Omry stalked, few-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigipa terminal capitate. Pod flat, rigidly coriaceous, 2-valved. Seeds exal- 

 buminous. — Disteib. Species 10, one African, the rest Trop. American. 



1. C. zeylanica, JBenth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 314 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 190. Detarium zeylanicum, Thwaites Enwm. 414. 



CErLON, near Caltura, Thwaites. 



A tall tree, with slender glabrous branchlets. Leaflets 3-5, oblong, short-stalked, 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, rather oblique, obtusely pointed, bright green above, palei: 

 beneath, strongly veined. Bacemes dense, terminal, on short branches, as long as or 

 shorter than the leaves; pedicels reflexed, finally ^ in., equalling the reflexed coria- 

 ceous sepals. Ovary distinctly stalked, oblique-oblong, densely clothed with pale 

 brown tomentum. OvuUs 3-4. Pod not seen. 



109. SAXtACA, Linn. 



Erect trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous. Flowers 

 in dense sessile coiymbose axillary panicles, with subpetaloid reddish brac- 

 teoles. Calyx with the disk at the summit of a cylindrical tube ; divisions 4, 

 oblong, unequal, subpetaloid. Corolla 0. Stamens 3-8, exserted with long 

 filiform fllaments, and oblong versatile anthers opening longitudinally. Ovary 

 many-ovuled with a stalk produced beyond the disk ; style long, filiform, stigma 

 minute capitate. Pod flat, dehiscent, rigidly coriaceous. Seeds exalbuminous. — 

 Disteib. Species 6, restricted to India and Malaya. 



1. S. indlca, Idnn. Mont. 98; leaflets 6-12, petiolules short, bracteoles 

 persistent ascending, sepals about half as long as the calyx-tube, stamens 

 usually 7. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 57. S. arborescens, Bwm. Fl. Ind. 85, t. 25, 

 fig. 2. 8. minor and Zollingeriana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 84. Jonesia Asoca.' 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 218 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 487 ; Wall. Cat. 5822 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 

 284; Wight le. t. 206; Bot. Mag. t. 3018; Bah. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 82, 

 J. pinnata, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 29,7.—Rheede Sort. Mai. v. t. 59. 



Prom the Centkai. and Eastern Himalayas, ascending to 2000 feet in Kumaon, 

 Ceylon and Malacca. — Distbib. Malay isles. 



A low erect tree. Leaves sessile or subsessile ; leaflets oblong or oblong- lanceo- 

 late, acute. or obtuse, 3-9 in. long rigidly subcoriaceous. Corymbs dense, 3-4 in. 

 broad ; pedicels stout, J-j in. long, below the olplong-spathulate ascending amplexi- 

 caul bracteoles. Sepals J-j in., obovate-oblong. Filaments three times as long as 



* Wrongly given as equally pinnate in the Key, 



