608 xLi. CBLASTRiNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) 



2. E. indicus, Heyne in Eoxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, v^ 409 : peduncles 

 1-3-flowered solitary or geminate. Wall. Gat. 4290; W. & A.Prodr. 160. 

 E. Goughii, Wight III. i. 178 ; Ic. t. 215 ; Bah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 47 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixiii. 



Western Peninsula ; on the Ghats from the Concan southward. 



A shrub or email tree. Leaves 3-4 by lj-2i ip., subcoriaceous, ovate or Janceolate- 

 oblong, entire or obscurely serrate at the apex. Peduncles j-2 in., cylindrio, stoutish. 

 PetaU nearly orbicular, about J in., rusf^colourfid. Fruit | in., obovoid-clavate. 



** Flowers usuaUy 5-merous. Petals entire. 



3. E. revolutus, Wight III. i. 178 ; leaves 1^-2 by |-14 in. ovate or 

 roundish to obovate very coriaceous margins revolute, peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered usually geminate, petals ^ in. orbicular flat. Tliwaites Enum. 73 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixiv. 



CErtoN ; at Newera EUia, ascending to 6000 ft. 



A small glabrous tree with subquadrangular shoots. Leaves rounded at the apex, 

 entire or obscurely serrate at the apex. Peduncles J-1 in. cylindrical. Flowers bright 

 red. Fruit \ in., turbinate. 



4. E. crenulatus, WaU. Cat. 4297 ; leaves 2-3 by l-lj in. elliptic-oblong 

 to subovate coriaceous margins revolute, peduncles 3- or more-flowered, soli- 

 tary, petals -g-in. orbicular flat. W. <fc A. Prodr. 161; Wight Ic. t.,973; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. cxliv. 



Western Peninsula ; Nilghiri bills, Wight, &c. 



A small glabrous tree; young branches slightly compressed. Zeaweacrenulate-eerrate 

 towards the apex. Peduncles 1 or more in., compressed, usually 3-flowered, but some- 

 times twice divided and 7-flowered. Petals rust-coloured. Fruit ^ in., turbinate. — Very 

 nearly allied to the last species, of which it may prove to be a variety. 



5. E. Tiiwaitesii, Laws. ; leaves 1| by f in. broadly lanceolate subovate 

 acute or blandly subacuminate subcoriaceous margins flat or wrinkled, 

 peduncles 1 in. filiform solitary 3-flowered, petals i in. orbicular with un- 

 dulate margins. 



Cetloh; alt. 2000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. 



A small tree -with twiggy branchlets and rough dark bark. Leaves entire. 

 Fruit J in., obovoid, clavate. 



6. E. Walkeri, Wight III. i. 178 ; leaves 1^-4 by f-lf in. lanceolate to 

 ovate or acuminate subcoriaceous" margins flat, peduncles 1-flowered sessile 

 or in subsessile cymes i-i in. in the axils of the upper leaves, petals Jj in. 

 orbicular with undulate margins. Thwaites Enum. 73; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 Anal. Gen. Ixiv. E. zeylanicus, Moon Cat. 17. 



Ceylon ; ascending to 3000 ft. 



A small tree. Leaves crenate-serrate towards the apex. Peduncles slender. 

 Flowers almost sessile, exceedingly small. Fruit turbinate.— Small-leaved specimens 

 of this species closely resemble F. dichotomous, and it is possible that Wight in de- 

 «cribing~the inflorescence as dichotomously branched may have confounded the two. 



*** Flowers 4-merous. 



7. E. ^randiflorus, Wall, in Poxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 404 ; Cat. 

 4282; Tent. Fl. JSfep. 41, t. 30; PI. As. Par. iii. 3S, t. 254; peduncles 

 2-3 in. slender. E. lacerus. Mam. in Pon Prodr. 191 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 6. 

 Lophopetalum grandiflorum. Am. in Ann. Nat. Hist, iii.' 151. L. lucidum, 

 Wight mss. 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; from Kumaon, alt. 3000 ft. to Nepal. Khasu 

 Mts., alt. 4^6000 ft., GW;^(7t,&o. ^ 



