Sicintonia] 



XLI. ANACAEDIACEiE 



20B 



coast, "but also inland, common 

 on the hill east of Tonngoo at 

 2,000 ft. Fl. December-March. 

 2. S. Helferi, on rocky islands 

 of the Mergui Archipelago. L. 

 narrow-lanceolate, blade 6-10, 

 petiole 1-2 in. long, sec. n. 24-30 

 pair. 



9. HOLIGARNA, Ham.: 

 El. Brit. Ind. ii. 36. 



Lofty trees. L. more or 

 less coriaceous, petiolate, sim- 

 ple, qnite entire, crowded at 

 the ends of branches, petioles 

 mostly with 2 or 4 spur-like 

 deciduous appendages. El. 

 small, usually sessile, dioeci- 

 ous, pentamerous, in axillary 

 or terminal racemes or pani- 

 cles. Calyx superior, tube 

 cup-shaped, petals densely 

 villous. Stamens 5, inserted 

 on the edge of the disk, which 

 in the c? flower lines the 

 calyx-tube, filam. glabrous, 

 subulate, anthers small, 

 nearly globose. Ovary in- 

 ferior 1 -celled, styles 3-5, 

 tei'minal. Drupe oblong or 

 ovoid, on stalks elongating 

 after flowering, resinous, 

 acrid, endocai^p coriaceous. 



A. Western species. 



1. H. Arnottiana, Hook. Fig. 90.-~Swintoma floribunda, Griff. J. 

 f. (1876). — ^jn.ILJongifolia, 



W. et A.; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 167. Vern. Holigar^ JSulgeri^ Katngcri^ Kan.; 

 Kaftu clieru, Tarn. ; Cheru, Mai. 



A large evergreen tree, with black acrid resinous juice, young shoots rusty- 

 tomentose. L. cuneate, obtuse or acute, blade 6-10, narrowed into petiole |-1 in, 

 long, sec. n. 10-20 pair. M. f in. long, rusty tomentose within and without, 

 fasciculate, in axillary sparingly bi'anched racemiform panicles, anthers red. 

 Drupe glabrous, obliquely oblong, stalk 1 in. long. 



Evergreen forests of the western coasts and the Western G-hats, from the Konkan 

 south^wards. Coorg, Nilgiris. Common in the low country of Travancore. PL January- 

 March, jff. ferruginea, Marchand (1869), is supposed to differ by racemes shorter, more 

 robust and less branched, clothed with red tomentum, and larger flowers. Mr. Bourdillon 

 reports a new species from the evergreen forests of Travancore, at 2,000 ft. and higher, 

 with smaller leaves, not exceeding 6 in., sec. n. 6-9 pair, panicles slender, up to 12 in. 

 long. Fl. smaller, black, hairy outside, while inside they are quite white, clothed with 

 white hairs, anthers black. 



2. H. Grahamii, Hoot. f. (Semecarpm GraJiamu, "Wight Ic. t. 235). Evergreen forests 

 of the "Western Ghats, from the Konkan southwards. Ilowlagerri, Kaans of Sorub, 

 Mysore (D.B. April 1868). A middle-sized or large tree. L, softly pubescent beneath, 

 oblanceolate, long-acuminate, often abruptly narrowed from the middle, blade 12-16 in., 

 petiole thick, | in. long. Panicles terminal, much branched. Drupe | in. long, three- 

 fourths enclosed in the calyx. 3. H. Beddomei, Hook, f. Anamalai hills. A very large 

 tree. Toung shoots and underside of leaves densely tomentose with long rufous hairs, 

 blade 10-22 inches, narrowed into petiole J-l in,, spurs tomentose, soft, not rigid. 



