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(1) E. oBiENTAiis. (BVwme.) 



Ident. Blume bidjr. p. 488. 



Syn. Trophis aspera. Willd. 



Engrao. "Wight's Icon. t. 1961. 



Spec. Chak. Arboreous : leaves alternate, short-petioled, obovate, 

 cuspidate-acuminate, serrated towards the apex, very rough above : 

 male flowers capitate, heads axillary, aggregated, short-peduncled : 

 females axillary, 1 — 2-together, longish-pedicelled : fruit drupaceous, 

 1 -seeded, testa crustaceous. 



Common everywhere. The leaves are used ia polishiag wood. 



(2) E. SPINOSA. (R.W.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. vi. t. 1962. 



Syn. Trophis spiuosa Bx>x}). (not Willd.) 



Spec. Cttau. Arboreous, thorny : leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 coarsely serrated towards the apex, glabrous : male flowers aggre- 

 gated in the axils of the leaves and thorns, axillary : calyx deeply 

 5-parted, lobes lanceolate, much longer than the fruit. 



Courtallum. 



GENUS III. DOESTENIA. 



Sfonceeia Dlandria. Sex: Syst': 



Gen. Chae. Eeceptacle fleshy, concave flat : flowers numerous, 

 in. the pits of the receptacle, males and females mixed. Male. Pits 

 superficial : perianth none : stamens 2 or more : filaments filiform : 

 anthers 2-celled, globose-didymous. Females. Solitary iu the pits : 

 perianth none: ovary shortly stalked, ovate, 1 -celled: ovule one, 

 amphitropal: style lateral, filiform, stigma 2-cleft: fr'uctiferous 

 receptacle sub-succulent, enclosing the utricles : seed parietal, unci- 

 nate. — Stemless herbs : leaves radical, palmati or pinnatifid": recep- 

 tacle terminating the scape, quadrangular or subrotund, or sometimes 

 linear. 



(1) D. INDICA. fKW.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vi. t. 1964. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, at fijst procumbent and rooting, after- 

 wards ascending and erect : stem and petioles pilose : leaves penni- 

 nerved, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, unequally serrated towards the 

 apex, sparingly hairy above, more thicUy on the veins beneath: 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, cemuous or drooping : receptacle pel- 

 tate, variously lobed on the margin. 



Pulney mountains. Neilgherries. Courtallum. 



