450 Lviii. coMBEETACBiE. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Galycoptens. 



ii. 428 ; Wall. Cat. 4012 ; Mig. 1. c. ; DC. Frodr. iii. 15. Getonia nitida, Soth 

 Nov. Sp. 217. Oombretuin sericeum, Wall, in Herb. Calc. 



On hot hills, alt. 500-2500 ft., abundant throughout the Decoak and from Assam 



to SiNCAPOEE. 



A dense shrub 6-12 ft. high, often gregarious, diffuse with drooping branches, not 

 at all soandent, geperaUy rusty villous ; in the variety nitida of Eoth the upper sur- 

 face of the leaves is glabrous shining. Leaves 2-5 in., not narrowed into the petiole 

 which is j-j- in. Panicles often large and then more or less nodding. Flowers very 

 like those of Terminalia and hardly larger. Base of stamens and style pilose or gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lohes in fruit |-1 in. long, broad-lanceolate, becoming more or less 

 papery, sometimes transparent showing conspicuously the veins. Fruit itself less than 

 J in. long. Kurz, in Jotirn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 89, divides this shrub into two 

 species, viz. : — 



1. C. nutans ; leaves pubescent rarely almost glabrous, longer stamens ^-^ as long 

 as the calys-lobes. 



2. C.floribunda; leaves glabrous, longer stamens as long as the long bluntish 

 calyx-lobes. 



3. AirOGEXSSUS, Wall. 



Trees or shmbs. Leaves alternate or falsely opposite, petioled, entire. 

 Flowers in dense globose heads, on axillary peduncles much shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx-tuhe long attenuated above the ovary, subpeisistent ; limt small 

 ■with 5 lol)es, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens 10 in two series. Ovary inferior, 

 1-celled ; style filiform, simple ; ovules 2 pendulous from the top of the cell. 

 Fruits small, coriaceous, compressed 2--winged, packed horizontally into dense 

 heads. Seed 1 ; cotyledons convolute. — Distetb. Species 5 : of vi^hich one is 

 Tropical African, the other four Indian. 



1. A. latifolia, Wall. ; Sedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 15 ; leaves broad elliptic obtuse 

 at both ends, peduncles 1 or more from the same axil often branched, bracteoles 

 inconspicuous, ripe fruits shining glabrous the beak as long as the nucleus or 

 longer. Wcdl. Cat. 4015; Brand. For. Fl. 227. Oonocarpus latifolia, DC. 

 Prodr. iii. 17 ; Roxh. Sort. Beng. 34 and Fl. Ind. ii. 442 ; Bm/le lU. t. 46 ; 

 W. 8f A. Prodr. 316 ; Wight Ic. t. 994 ; Bah. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 91 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 605. Andersonia altissima, Heri. Madr. 



From the Hiwat.aya to OEyxoN ; very common, ascending to 3000 ft. Not in the 

 Transgangetic Peninsula. 



Attains 80 ft., but usually occurs as a small tree ; leafless during most of the hot 

 season. Leaves sometimes 5 in. with a petiole J in., usually much smaller, sometimes 

 acute, never acuminate. Innovations and pechmcles more or less rusty-pubescent. 

 Fruit sometimes f in. (excluding the beak) by J in. including the wings, usually 

 smaller, more or less rusty-pubescent when young. 



Vab. glabra ; leaves glabrous beneath. 



Vab. vUlosa ; leaves small densely rusty villose on both surfaces. Mysore, C. B. 

 Clarke. 



Vab. parvifolia ; leaves small (J in.) silky pubescent. Central Provinces. Brandii 

 For. Fl. 228. 



2. A. acuminata, WdU.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 1. 16; leaves elliptic or ob- 

 long acute at both ends villous or pubescent beneath, peduncles solitary (rarely 

 clustered) very rarely divided, ripe fruits shining glabrous. Wall. Cat. 4014 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 228; Kurz For. Fl. Brit. Burma i. 466. A. hirta, WdU. 

 Cat. 4016. Oonocarpus acuminata, Roxh. Sort. Beng. 34 and Fl. Ind. ii. 443 ; 

 W. 8r A. Prodr. 316 ; DC. Prodr. iii. 17 and Mem. Combr. t. 3: Mig. Fl. Ind. 



Sat. i. pt. i. 605. 



