42 X. BIXACEiE [Hyclnocarpiis 



1. H. Wightiana, Blume.— Syn. H, inebrians^ Wall. ; Wight 111. t. 16. 

 Vern. Kastel^ Kantel^ Mar. ; Toratti^ Kan. ; Maravetti^ Tarn. 



A tall treej brancMets and racemes slightly pubescent. Leaves 4-9 in., 

 membranous or thinly coiiaceous, elliptic- or oblong-lanceolatej acnminatej often 

 deeply serrate. Secondary nerves arching, prominent, tertiary nerves not 

 conspicuous, transverse, parallel. Tl. white, |-1 in. diam, petals ciliate, 

 twice as long as the ovate fimbriate scales. Fruit tomentose, 2-4 in. diam. 



Common along the Western Gliats from the Konkan soutliwards, ascending to 2,000 

 ft., also below the Ghats in Malabar and Kanara. JFl. H. S. Emit used to intoxicate 

 fish, the oil of the seeds medicinally in cutaneous diseases. 2. H. alpina, Wight Ic. t. 

 942 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 77. Nilgiris to 6,000 ft., Ceylon (low country). Young shoots 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in., quite entire, veins finely reticulate. Petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, equal to the linear scales. 3. H. castanea, Hook. fil. & Thorns. An- 

 damans, Tenasserim and Mergui Archipelago. A middle-sized tree, perfectl}^ glabrous. 

 Leaves thickly coriaceous, 8-14 in. Fruit size of an orange, rugose. 



Taxalrtogenos Kurzii, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 59 (1891), p. 123 {Huthiocarpu'i 

 heferophyllus^ Kurz, F. FL i. 77). Yern. Kalawso, Burm. Eastern and southern slopes of 

 the Pegu Yoma, very frequent in Martaban. An evergreen ti*ee, 40-50 ft. Shoots, 

 young leaves and inflorescence tawny pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, entire, 

 7-10 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate. Secondary nerves very xu'oniinent beneath, 

 tertiary numerous, transverse, and parallel. Sepals 4, petals 8 broadly ovate, ciliate, 

 each with a fiat fleshy pubescent gland at the base. Stamens 24, free, filaments hairy. 

 Fruit size of an orange, tawny- velvety. Seeds numerous, embedded in pulp. 



Order XI. PITTOSPORACEiE. G-en. PL i. 130. 



(Pitfos^orew,) 



Trees or sbrubs. Leaves alteimatOj simple, entire, often crowded at the ends 

 of branches, almost verticillate, stipules 0. FL pentamerous, usually bisexual, 

 sepals and petals imbricate. Stamens 5, opposite to sepals, anthers versa- 

 tile. Ovary 1, of 2 rarely 3-5 carpels, 1 -celled or 2-5 -celled by the projec- 

 tion of the parietal placentas. Style 1, stigma often lobed. Ovules many. 

 Fruit capsular, sometimes an indebiscent berry. A small embryo in copious 

 albumen. 



PITTOSPORUM, Banks; EL Brit. Ind. i, 198. 



Erect trees or sbrubs. Sepals often connate at base, petals erect, claws often 

 connate. Ovary incompletely 2-3-celled. Capsule 2- rarely S-valved, the 

 j)lacenta in the middle of each valve. Seeds embedded in a viscid pnlp. 



A. Branchlets glabrous, young shoots sometimes puberulous, leaves glabrous. 



1. P. tetraspermum, Wight et Arn. ; Wight Ic. t. 971 ; Bedd. Manual t. 2 . 

 A large shrub or small tree. Leaves 2-B in., reticulate veins between secon - 



dary nerves. FL ^ in., greenish yellow, few, in small teiininal, nearly sessile 

 umbels. Capsule rough, glabrous, globose, apiculate, 4-seeded, | in. diam», 

 valves hard, almost woody* 



Western G-hats from the Konkan southwards, Nilgiris. FL February- March. 

 Ceylon. 



2. P. floribundum, Wight et Arn. ; Brand. F. EL 19. Vern. Yekadi, 

 jjxax • 



A small tree. Leaves 4-6 in., pale beneath, margin waved. M. yellowish, 

 I in. long, in short compact terminal panicles, consisting of numerous many- 

 flowered dense corymbs. Capsule glabrous, | in. diam., valves coriaceous. 

 Seeds 1-4, occasionally 8» 



