282 XLVI. R08ACE/E ^ [Frlnsepki 



deciduous middle-bized tree, ^ oung slioots and underside of L clothed with dense soft 

 brown tomeutuni, 1. ovate-"^ or obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate, the 

 serratures in young leaves often teini mating m glandular hairs, ebpecially near the 

 base of leaf, stipules linear-falcate, longer than petiole, deciduous. FL w hite, in tei > 

 minal dense racemes 1-2 in. long. Calyx-tube turbinate, lobes 5, petals minute. 

 Carpels solitary or in pairs, oup-celled, terminating into long or short styles, tivo 

 collateral ovules in each carpel. Fi. a drupe, dark purple, peiicarp nearly dry, endo- 

 carp thickly crustaceous, quite smooth. 2. M. pedicellata, Hook f., Mishmi hills, fl. on 

 long pedicels in lateral corymbs. 



4. PYGEUM, Gsertn.; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 318. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs, leaves usually coriaceous and quite entire, in 

 most species laige glands on blade near the base, stipules minute, fugacious. 

 FL small, mostly racemose, sometimes unisexual. Calyx free, deciduous, limb 

 5--()-toothed, petals small, tomentose, often similar to calyx- segments. Stamens 

 lO-oO, inserted on the rim of the calyx-tube, filaments slender, incurved. 

 Carpel 1 at tlie base of tbe calyx-tube, often oblique, ovules 2, collateral, pen- 

 dulous. Eruit as a rule 2-seeded, transversely oblong, slightly didymous, 

 pericarp thin, dry or juicy. Fr. and L, if crushed, emit a strong smell of bitter 

 almonds. Species about 30, one African, tbe others of tropical Asia. 



A. \Yestern sjjecie'^'. 



1. P. Wightianum, Blume ; Bedd.Manual 97.™ Syn. P. ceylanlczim, Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 59 ; Polyodonfla zeylamca^ Wight Ic. t. 25(3. Vern. Mitfta Kongu^ 

 Nelknmbagam, Mai. 



A large tree, 1. glabrous, brown beneath, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 

 4-7, petiole lin. long, 2 or more large glands on the underside. Eacemes 

 axillary, finely pubescent, 2-4 in. long, pedicels longer than calyx. Calyx 

 pubescent outside, turbinate, teeth 5, rarely 4-6, petals villous, stamens 30, 

 ovary glabrous, with a ring of haix-s at the base. 



Anamalai, Palni, Shevaroy and Tinnevelli hills (Bedd.). FL Nov.-June.— Cejdon. 

 P. zeyJaiiicimi^ Geertner, with villous ovary, is endemic in Ceylon. 2. P. Andersoni, 

 Hook, f., summit of Parasnath, a rigid shrub, quite glabrous except edge of petals, L 

 lanceolate shallow-serrate, racemes axillary, dense, 1 in. long, petals much longer than 

 calyx-segments, ovary glabrous. 3. P. Gardneri, Hook. f. (Puyeum acuminatum, Wight 

 Ic. t. 998), Western Ghats from Mahableshwar southwards, a small or middle-sized 

 tree, 1. glabrous, very coriaceous, racemes compact, 2-B in. long, imbescent, calyx-teeth 

 obtuse, tomentose, petals exactly like calyx-teeth. Pr. broader than long, 1-1^ in. 

 across, 2-lobecl, 



B. Eastern species, 1. quite glabrous. 



4. p. glaTaernmum, Hook, f., Sikkim, Khasi hills, Chittagong, racemes perfectly 

 glabrous, petals acute triangulai^, ovary oblique, hairy. 5. P. acuminatum, Colebr., a 

 large tree, 1. coriaceous, midrib and sec. n. prominent beneath, racemes slender, tawny- 

 pubescent, calyx-teeth 6, narrowly lanceolate, petals oblanceolate, stamens 30, long 

 exserted, style as long as stamens, ovary glabrous, a ring of hairs around its base. 



C. Eastern species, 1. pubescent beneath, ovary hirsute or villous. 



6. p. montanum, Hook, f ., Sikkim, Khasi hills, a small tree, 1, oblong-lanceolate, mid- 

 rib and sec. n. impressed above, racemes 1--2 in. long in fi., much longer in fr., di'upe 

 obliquely ovoid, one-seeded. 7. P. capitellatum, Hook, f., Tenasserim and Andamans, 1. 

 broadly elliptic, fl. in globobe densely tomentose axillary heads. Besides these Kurz, 

 P. PL "i. 435, 436, mentions ; 8. P. arboreum, Endh, Martaban and Tenasserim hills, and 

 9. P. persimile, from Tenasserim, which according to King, Journ, As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 4)6 (1898), 291, is P. Lampongum^ Miq. P. per^imile^ Kurz is a Malayan sj^ecies. 



5. SPIR^A, Linn. ; EL Brit. Ind. ii 823. 



Shrubs or perennial herbs, 1. alternate, simple or compound- El. white or 

 red, in axillary or terminal cymes. Calyx free, persistent in fruit, segments 



