POECILONEUEON INDICUM. (Nat. ord. Ternstemiaceffi.) 



PcECILONETJRON, (Bedd.) Gen. PI- -p. 981.— GEN. CHAR. Sepals 5 equal imbricate, petals 5 contorted, stamens numerous (about 20) on a 

 tube surrounding the ovary 'which is either inconspicuous and entire or more or less prominent and 5 cleft, so that the stamens are sub-pentadelphous : 

 anthers linear erect affixed by their base, ovary 2 celled, styles 2 subulate, ovules 2 in each cell, erect. Fruit? trees with opposite coriaceous shining leaves 

 with close parallel venation and minutely reticulated. 



" CECILONEURON INDICUM. (Bedd.) Leaves ovate-oblong with a long acumination glabrous, panicles terminal, many 

 flowered, flowers yellowish white, calyx peduncles and pedicles slightly puberulous. Bedd. in Journl. Linn. oc. VIII. 267 to 17. 



A good sized tree, common in the ghat forests of South Canara and Malabar up to an elevation of 4,000 feel — it is never found except in 

 the thola forests ; in South Canara it is well known to the natives under the name of Kirbally (Can.), but though I have seen the tree on the Sis- 

 parah ghat and elsewhere in Malabar, it seems unknown to the natives. The timber appears to be of considerable value, but is almost unknown at 

 present— it is very hard and is used for Rice-pounders in South Canara— it flowers in March and April. 



