AJangium] LIX. COEiSrACE.E 355 



nerves, in copious albumen, wliicli is noi ruminated. (If collected unripe, tlie 

 seeds, when dry, have a central cavity and the cotyledons in drying become 

 crumpled.) 



Subhimalayaii tract, from the Saharmipore Sewaliks to Oudh. Gangetio Plain, 

 Eajputana, Central Provinces and the Western Peninsula. ]N"ever quite Jeafless, 

 foliage rencAved April, May. Fl. Peb.-April. A variety with broadly elliptic, acumi- 

 nate 1. tertiary nerves prominent, in the Peninsula.' Coppices well. Pr. eaten, oil 

 extracted from the seeds. Ceylon, Malay Arcbip. South China. 2. A. Kingiaimm, 

 Prain in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 67. 294. Kachin hills, Upper Burma. A scandent 

 unarmed ^hruh. Fl l-\ in. long, in lax pedunculate axillary cymes, much shorter 

 1 ban 1. 



2. MARLEA, P.oxb. ; El. Brit. Ind. ii. 742. 



(Included under Alangium by Harms in Engler u. Prantl iii. 8. 261.) 



^ Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate. El. bisexual in axillary cymes. Petals 6-10, 

 linear, valvate in bud. Stamens as many as petals, filaments short, adhering 

 to base^of petals^ anthers linear. Ovary 1- or 2-celled, one ovule in each cell. 

 Style iiliform, stigma 4-lobed. Drupe with thin pericarp, putamen grooved. 

 Species 10, India to Australia and Polynesia. 



1. M. begonisefolia, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 283. Vern. Ka'kshu^ Khagshi, Ban 

 \imu, Garh klmu^ Hind. ; Timil, Nep. ; Taivposa^ Upper Burma. 



A small tree, bark smooth, grey, branches horizontal, young shoots pubescent. 

 Leaves pubescent or glabrous, varying from broad ovate, acuminata, to cordate, 

 often with an oblique base and angularly lobed, blade 4-10, pet. f-l| in. long, 

 basal nerves 3-5. El. white, in axillary dichotomous cjanes, petals 6-8, | in. 

 long, slightly hairy on back, ovary 2-celled. Er. ovoid, ^ in. long, pulp scanty, 

 putamen bony, 2-celled. 



Subhinialayan tract and outer ranges, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hill?. 

 Chittagong. Burma. PI. March-June. — China. Jajian, M. tomentosa, Endl. ; Elurz 

 P. PL i. 545, petals nearly an inch long, probably belongs to this species. 2. M. alpina. 

 Gamble MSS. Sikknn 6-9,000 ft., L Ubually not angled or lohed, fr. | in. long, putamen 

 crust aceous, one-seeded, one cell abortive. 3. M. fearloata, B. Br. Assam, Bhutan, 

 Cachar, Tenasserim. Shaggy with much soft spreading hair, 1. ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, cjanes many-iid., ovary 1-celled. 



3. CORN US, Linn. ; EL Brit. Ind. ii. 744. 



Shiubs and trees, 1. opposite, rarely alternate. EL bisexual, tetramerous, 

 white or yellow, in heads or dichotomous cymes Calyx-teeth minute; petals 

 valvate in bud, stamens alternating with petals, anthers oblong. Ovary 2- 

 celled, one ovule in each cell. Eruit drupaceous, putamen hard, orustaceous 

 or osseous, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Cotyledons foliaceous in a fleshy albumen. 



A. EL in compound cymes. 



1. C. macrophylla, Wall. ; Brandis E. EL t. 32. Vern. Kandar, Haz. 

 Slika^ Kanchhinu, Bash. ; KagsM, Jauns. 



A middle-sized tree, 1. broad-ovate acuminate, pale glaucous beneath, blade 

 4-6, pet. |-1 in. long, sec. n. 5-8 pair. EL white, in ample terminal dichotomous 

 cymes, on short pedimcles, buds {-^ in. long, calyx urceolate. Pedicels, calyx 

 and outside of petals clothed with white appressed hairs. Drupe globose, I in. 

 diam. 



Himalaya, Hazara.— Nepal, 4-8,000 ft., frequent in shady valleys. El. April-^June. 

 The wood of this and other species of Cornub is close- and even-grained, similar to that 

 of aflorlda, L., largely used in tu.rnery in North America. A species with alternate 



1. and campanulate calyx, Sikkim 3-6,000 ft. Bhutan, Manipur (C. macropJiylla, 

 Gamble List 45) is nearly allied to C, alternifoUa, Linn, f., of Western North America. 



2. 0. omonga, Wall.-, JBTorAoi, Jauns. 5 Baunri, Kum. Himalaya, outer hills, 3-7,000 ft. 

 Kashmir-Bhutan. Khasi hills, Yunnan. A small tree, 1. narrowly oblong, petiole 



