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(6) E. cuneattim:. (JS. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. 1. c. t. 2091.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 239. 



Spec. Chab. Erect, simple ; leaves obovate-cuneate, unequal- 

 sided, crenately serrated towards the apex, pilose on both sides, 

 above mixed with scattered bristly hairs : receptacles sessile, 

 unisexual: fertile flowers few, sessile, mixed with numerous pedi-' 

 celled 3 to 4-lobed sterile ones : nuts oval-ribbed. 



Mahim woods, Bombay. Belgaum. 



G-ENUS Y. CONOCEPHALUS. 



Sioecia Tetrandria. Sex: Si/st: 



Deriv. Erom Konos, a cone, and Kephale, head, in allusion to 

 the inflorescence. 



Gen. Chae. Flowers dioecious, capitately spiked. Maie: 

 perianth tubular, 3 — 4-cleft, segments erect, slightly fleshy, 

 somewhat hooded : stamens 8 — 4 : filaments fleshy, pyramidal : 

 anthers introrse, exserted, 2-celled, cordate, cells divaricated at 

 the base. Eemale: perianth tubular, 3 — 4-cleft, segments often 

 unequal : ovary oblong, 1-celled : ovule 1 : style simple : stigma 

 oblong, lateral : achenia covered by the sub-baccate perianths, 

 slightly compressed, densely congested: seed pendulous: albumen 

 sparing, afterwards disappearing. — Climbing shrubs : leaves alter- 

 nate, elUptic-oblong, repand : capitula subcorymbose, axillary, or 

 lateral by the falling of the leaves. 



(1) C. NiTErs. (i2. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. VI. t. 1959.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 239. 



Spec. Ohab. Arboreous, erect-branched : leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute or acuminate, 5-nerved, acutely serrated, somewhat 

 bidlate above, prominently reticulated and white beneath, stri- 

 gosely hispid on both sides : inflorescence cymose : fruit capitate, 

 drupaceous : drupes small, yellow, globose. - 



Concan and Grhaut forests. Neilgherries, 



(2) C. CONCOLOE. {Dalz.) 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby: leaves very large, irregularly scat- 

 tered, 3-nerved, perfectly smooth, oblong-ovate, acute, green on 

 both sides : female flower axillary. 



Phoonda Ghaut. 



