338 LVI. BOEAGlNEiE, [Cordia. 



3. 0. vestita, H. f. & Th. ; Linn. Soc. Journ. ii. 128.— Syn. C. inoam, 

 Eoyle; Oynaion vestitum, A. DC. Vem. Kumbi, Ttaruk, Pb. ; Kum 

 pdiman, pin, Indak, N.W.P. ; Ghinta, ajdnta, Oudh. 



A small or middle-sized tree ; branchlets, under side of leaves and inflor- 

 escence clothed with soft grey pubescence ; leaf-buds and base of petioles 

 enveloped in dense tufts of long tawny or rust-coloured hairs. Leaves 

 alternate, broad-eUiptic or rotundate, upper side very rough, blade 3-4 in. 

 long, 2-3 in. broad, petiole 1-1| in. long ; main lateral nerves 3-5 pair, ' 

 the lowest pair proceeding from the base. Flowers yeUowish-white, 

 polygamous, in compound cymes, often several together on short peduncles 

 at the ends of branches ; cymes of male flowers often composed of uni- 

 laberal racemes. Calyx at the time of flowering clavate, ^-J in. long, 

 ribbed and furrowed, splittLng into a number of unequal teeth. CoroUa- 

 tube as long as calyx, lobes obovate-oblong, as long as tube, undulate, 

 spreading. Stamens exserted, filaments hairy at the base. A rudimentary 

 ovary without style or stigma in the male flowers. Drupe f in. long 

 cuspidate with the persistent base of style, and girt at base with the 

 enlarged, hardened, flat cup-shaped calyx, |-1 in. across, with a ribbed, 

 crenate and denticulate edge. 



Sub-Himalayan tract and outer ranges from near the Jhelam to the Sarda 

 river, ascending to 4000 ft. Hill forests of Baraich and Gonda in Oudh. No- 

 where common, rare west of the Jumna. The flowers appear with or shortly 

 before the young leaves in March, April ; the fruit ripens Oct., Nov. Often 

 only 15-20 ft. high, and 3-4 ft. girth. A planted tree on Mount TUla in the 

 Panjab Salt range 8 ft. girth, and 25-30 ft. high. Branchlets marked by the 

 scars of the fallen petioles. Bark \ in. thick, dark grey or blackish, rugose and 

 longitudinally furrowed, when old exfoliating in large woody scales, showing the 

 smooth sUvery grey inner bark. The dark-green foliage is clustered near the 

 ends of branches. Sapwood whitish, heartwood distinct, of a chocolate-brown 

 colour, with conspicuous medullary rays. Close-grained, hard, heavy and strong. 

 Employed for wheel- and well-work. The fruit is filled with a gelatinous pulp, 

 which is eaten, and is preferred to that of C. Myxa. 



4. C. Rothii, Eoem. & Schultes; Wight Ic. t. 1379. — Syn. G. angusM- 

 folia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 595. Vem. Gondi, gondni, gundi. Local : Lddr, 

 lidi, Sindh. 



A smaU. or moderate-sized tree. Leaves rough and pubescent beneath 

 while young, generally subopposite, oblanceolate or cuneate-oblong, blade 

 3-4 in. long, and ,1-1 J in. broad, petiole J in. long. Flowers small, white, 

 generally tetrandrous, in loose, terminal or axiUary pedunculate cymes ; 

 peduncles and pedicels slender, glabrous or slightly pubescent, bracts none. 

 Calyx at the time of flowering turbinate. CoroUar-tube somewhat shorter 

 than calyx, lobes 4 or 5 oblong, reflexed. Stamens 4 or 5 exserted. 

 Drupe ovoid, acute, mucronate, J in. long, yeUow or reddish brown when 

 ripe, glabrous, longitudinally striate, fleshy, with yeUow, gelatinous pel- 

 lucid pulp ; generally 1 -seeded. 



Planted and self-sown near villages in the Panjab south of the Salt range, 

 Sindh, N.W.P., Eajputana, Guzerat, and Dekkan. WUd in the Kishenourh 



