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Spee. Cua. Tree: leaves alternate, elliptical, bluntly sertat« 
ed: nerves with glands in the axils: petioles with a small gland on 
each side near the apex: racemes axillary: anther-valves bearded ! 
drupes oblong: nut very hard, indehiscent, tubercled: flowers 
white. : 
Malabar and Travancore. 
(2) E, optoncus. (Gaertn) 
Adent. Wa. & A, prod. I. p. 82.—Dee. prod. I. p, 519, 
Syn. E, Perim-kara, Dec. 
Engrdv. Rheede Mal. IV. t. 24.—Rumph, Amb. III. t. 102, 
Burm. Zeyl. t. 40.—Wight’s Icon. t.46. 
Spzc. Cuar. ‘Tree: leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, pointed, 
with blunt serratures} nerves with glands in some of the axils, or 
none: petioles with a small gland on each side near the apex! 
racemes simple, short: anther-valves beardless: drupes oblong: 
nut very hard, tubercled: flowers white, beautifully fringed. 
Neilgherries. Western Ghauts and Southern Provinces. 
(8) E. Ganitrvs. (Rumph ) 
Ident, Roxb. fi. Ind. II. p. 592.—Wight’s Ill. I. p. 83. 
Syn. Ganitrus sphericus, Gaertn. : 
Engrav. Icon, I. t. 66.—-Rumph. Amb. III. t. 101. 
Spec. Car. Small tree: leaves lanceolate, serrulate: rae 
cemes simple, drooping: drupe spherical, smooth, purple: nut 5- 
grooved, tubercled: flowers middle-sized, white. 
Western Ghauts and Assam, flowering about February. The 
hard grooved seeds are frequently worn as beads by Brahmins and 
Fakeers, and set in gold are sold as ornaments in England. ( Royle.) 
(4) E. cungatus. (R. W.): 
Ident. Wight’s Il. I. p. 83. 
Spec. Cuan. Leaves cuneate-obovate, obtusely acuminated ¢ 
anthers bearded: stamens bearded, the hairs at length reflexed ; 
ovary 3-celled, elevated on a disk, and, with it, thickly clothed with 
- white hairs, 
Quilon, Malabar Coast. 
(5) E. prrnopes. 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 596. 
Syn. E. serratus, Roxb. 
Srec. Cuan. Small tree: leaves broad-lanceolate, serrate: ta< 
cemes solitary, simple: petals beautifully fringed: anthers bearded : 
drupe oblong: nut very hard, smooth: flowers very numerous, 
small, white, drooping. 
