EL2E0CARPUS TUBERCULATUS. (Nat. ord, Tiliacere,) 



For Gen. Char, see under " Elfeocarpus amxnua," PI. cxi. 



El^EOCARPUS TUBERCULATUS. (Roxb.) A gigantic tree, leaves crowded about the apex of thebranchlets, obovato- 

 oblong remotely and inconspicuously serrulate, gradually narrowed into a retuse base very broad towards the apex and obtusely pointed, 

 glabrous above villous beneath particularly along the veins, 8-12 inches long by 4-5 broad, petioles 1-2 inches long round and villous s 

 stipules conical villous deciduous, racemes numerous just below the leaves (from the axils of fallen leaves) 3-4 inches long villous as 

 are the bractes, pedicels and calyx, pedicels short drooping 1 flowered, bractes lanceolate caducous 1 to each flower, flowers pure white 

 1 inch long, petals villous on the back glabrous inside except at the 2 oblong glands at the base, each one bifid for nearly half its length 

 the divisions overlapping, many fringed, anthers very numerous 70-80, each with a long terminal beak from the exterior valve, ovary 2 

 celled, ovaries numerous in 2 rows, drupe size of a small apple, nut woody oval slightly compressed much tubercled on its flat sides 

 •with a thickened margin, 1-2 celled. Roxb. Fl. hid. iii. p. 594. Monocera tuberculata, Wight. Ic- tab. 62. E. serrulatus, Boxb Soft. 

 Btngh. p. 42. E. bilocularis, Roxb. in E. I. C. Mus. tab. 1. 985. 



This truly magnificent tree is very common in Coorg, the Annamallays, Malabar and Travancore, up to an elevation of about 4.000 feet, 

 andp)obably throughout our western forests. Very large trees of it may be seen in the dense forests about the foot of the Nilgiris below ilakurty 

 Peak and Banghy tapped ; it is called Roodrack, aud the beads are worn asorpaments, and by fakeers. J am not acquainted with the timber, but 

 it is worth attention. 



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