Elirocarpua] 



XXI. TILIACE>E 



105 



where it is explained wh}^ the older name, E, Monoa m.s, Cav., Fl. Bnt. Ind. i. 

 403j has not been used by him for the Indian tree. 



Leaves perfectly glabrous, oblanceolate, narrowed s;radually into a slender 

 petiole. Blade 8-7, petiole l-H in. Secondary nerves 5-10 pair. Eacemes 

 corymbose, shorter than leaves, with 4-8 large flowers. Peduncle^ and pedicels 

 slender, the latter longer than sepals ; sepals | in. long, narrowly linear-lanceo- 

 late. Petals oblong-cnneate, divided into 2-3 laciniate segments, silky outside 



Fiu. oO^Elseocaipus yainnna, Ham. |. 



with appressed hairs, base thickened and hairy inside. Torns annular, tomen - 

 tose, 20-costate. Stamens np to 70, filaments hairy, awn as long as anther, 

 ovary tomen tose. Drupe ovoid, obtuse, 1| in, long. Stone strongly tubercn- 

 late, 1-seeded. 



Western Dwars, Tondii forest (Haine&)T Asbam, Burma. Fl. May. Mekong delta, 

 Malay Peninsula. This probably is B, Httoralis, Knrz (not T, et B.) F. Fl. i. 167. 

 20. E. venustus, Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 174, Travancore Ghats at 4,500 ft., ^ith large 

 bnow-white fragrant flowers, is similar, but differs in less nnmerotis stamens, up to 40, 



