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tree, glabrouh. L. elliptic-lanceolate, caiidate-aciiminate, with small scattered hpinuLj^t^ 

 teetli along the margin, blade lJ-2, petiole J in. PI. 4-merous in axillary cliihters. 

 Drupe J in, stones 4, pedicel as long as drupe. 15. I. Tliomsoni, Hook, f . (J. <: renafa, Thunh! 

 var. Thomsonii^ Loesener, Monographia Aquifoliacearum, i. 202), 'Bhutan, Khasi hills,. A 

 small bright green shrub, branchletb puberulous. L. ^-1 m., oblanceolate or obovate. PI, 

 4-merous, 3 m few iid. c ymeh or solitary. Drupe I m. diam., stones 4. lb. I. intricata' 

 Hook, f., Sikkim and East Nepal, 10-11,000 ft. A rigid shrub, forming matted masses 

 with interlaced woody branches. L, l-\ in., obovate. Seen. 4-5 pair, conspicuous 

 beneath. Fl. solitary, ? seshile. Drupes red, J in. diam., stones 4 17. I. fragilis, Hook. 

 1, Sikkim and Bhutan, 7-10,000 ft. A small deciduous, wholly glabrous tree, with 

 brittle branches. L. membranous, elliptic or ovate, acuminate. Fl. 5-meious, ;!^ in. diam. 

 both (? and $ fasciculate. Drupes red, I in. diam., pedicels short, stout. 



0. FL umbellate, umbsls often paniculate. L. entire. 



18. I. Wightiana, Wall. ; Wight Ic. t. 1216 ; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 142. 



A very large tree, often attaining a great girtb. L. elliptic, blade 1\-~B in., 

 petiole J-| in, FL 5-6~inerous, (J and ? in peduncled puberulous umbels. 

 Drupe red, | in. diana. 



NiJgiris 6-8,000 ft. Fl. March, April. 19. I. Gardneriana, Wight Ic, t. 1217, Nilgiris 

 (w^est side). A shrub or small tree. L. ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, b]ade*3"4, 

 petiole i-| in. FL 5-merous. 



20, I. Godajam, Colebr. ; FL Brit, Ind. i. 604. 



A large deciduous tree, young shoots and inflorescence pubescent. L. mem- 

 branous, elliptic, pale 

 beneath, blade 2-4, 

 petiole |-J in. FL 

 fragrant, often appear- 

 ing before the leaves, 

 4-5-nierous, polygam- 

 ous, c? ill long pedun- 

 culate umbels, these 

 often in lateral pani- 

 cles, pedicels as long 

 as flower. Fr. ovoid, 

 l-} in., sulcate, stones 

 4-6. 



Sikkim Terai, West 

 Duars, Assam, Silhet- 

 Fl. Feb.-April. Closely 

 allied 21. I sulcata, Wall. 

 (J. U7nheUuIafa, Loesen- 

 er), Silhet, Chittagong, 

 Pegu, Tenasserim. A 

 tree or shrub, 1. larger, 

 umbels not in panicles, 

 but on the low naked 

 part of leaf-bearing 

 branchlets. Drupes 

 ovoid, I in. long, deeply 

 8-furrowed, stones nu- 

 merous, generally 8. 

 This probably is the tree described as J. Godajam, by Kurz, F. FL i. 245. 22. 1 venu- 

 losa, Hook, f ., Khasi and Naga hills. L. coriaceous shining, elliptic-oblong caudate- 

 acuminate, blade 5-7, petiole 1 in. long. Sec. n. 12-18 pair conspicuous, as well as 

 the intramarginal veins and the shorter intermediate nerves. FL polygamous, 4-6- 

 merous, arranged in dense round axillary panicles. Brupes red, ^ in, diam. 



23. I. excelsa, Wall. (J. cxsulca, Brandis F. FL 76.) Vern. Kanial, 

 Gradugad. 



A lar^e evergreen, glabrous tree. L. chartaceons, elliptic, acuminate, blade 

 2-4, petiole |-1 in. FL 4-5-merous, 8-12, in shortly pedunculate umbels, 



Fia. 72. — Ilex Godajam, Golebr. J. 



