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name " Bhut Mogra." Syn. Nyctanthes sambac, Lirin. sp. p 8 ; 

 Mogorium isambac, Lam. lUust., p 23 ; J fragrans, Salisb. Prod. 12. 

 Cultivated for its fragrant flowers, but supposed to be indigenous, 



2. PuBESCENS, Willd. sp. i, 36. — Branchlets hirsute ; leaves 

 opposte, shortly-petioled, cordate mucronate, tomentose beneath ; 

 flowerss ubsessile, in terminal umbels; calycine lobes 6 to 9, filiform 

 hirsute; corol lobes oval mucronate. South Concan. Syn. Nyc- 

 tanthes pubescens, Retz. Obs. v, p 9; Nyct. Iiirsuta, Linn. sp. p 8; 

 J hirsutum, Willd i, p 36; Bot. Mag. t. 1931 ; Bot. Reg. t. 15; 

 Nyctanthes multiflora, Hurm. Ind. v, t. 3 ; Mogorium pubescens, 

 Lam. Diet, iv, p 213 ; Rheed. Mai. t. 54 and 55. 



3. Latifolium, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, p 93. — Shrubby, climbing, 

 leaves cordate and oblong-acute, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, diffuse ; 

 calycine lobes 5 to 7, subulate ; corol lobes 8 to 12, linear cuspidate ; 

 berries kidney-shaped and oblong. Very common in Ghaut Dis- 

 tricts ; flowers large, white, fragrant. Syn. J trichotoinum B latifo- 

 lium. Roth. nov. sp. p 7. Native name " Koosur." 



4. J RoTTLEKiANUM, R. Wight Ic. 1249. — Everywhere except 

 the flowers hairy ; branches terete ; leaves elhptic-obtuse at the 

 base, acute at the apex; petioles jointed in the middle; peduncles 

 3, terminal, bearing fascicle of white flowers on the apex ; bracts 

 linear lanceolate, acuminate ; lobes of corolla 5 to 7, oblong 

 mucronate. Sivapore jungles, Warree. 



5. J Bracteatum, Roxb. — Scandent ; branches terete, elon- 

 gated, velvetty ; leaves ovate oblong, acute, villous, with short 

 petioles; fascicle terminal, subsessile, 3 to U-flowered ; bracts broad- 

 ly ovate-cordate ; calyx lobes subulate ; lobes of corolla oblong, 

 obtuse, apiculate. Found on Mount A boo by Dr. Stocks. Wight 

 Ic. 1248. 



2. SCHREBERA, Roxb. 



1. ftwiETENioiDES, Roxb. Cor. t. 101. — A tall tree, glabrous ; 

 leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 3 to 4 pair, obhquely ovate-acumi- 

 nate ; panicles terminal, trichotomous, minutely bracteated ; flowers 

 whitish ; capsule pyriforra, hard bilocular, bivalved. Common 

 below the Thul Ghaut, not found in the South. Native name 

 " Moka." Wood white, close-grained, and excellent for turners. 



LXXXIV. SAPOTACEiE. 



1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



1 . RoxBUHGHii, Don. Gen. syst. Gard. iv, p 33. — A very large 

 tree ; leaves 3 to 4 inches long, alternate lanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous ; pedicels axillary, fascicled, recurved, as long as the 

 petiole; frait of the size -and appearance of an apple, very pulpy 



