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coloured, fleshy, sweet, early caducons, lobes short erect, usually 8 or 9, stamens 

 24-2(j, anthers subsessile, hairy at the back. Fr. green, fleshy 1-2, seeds J-1 

 in, long. 



Planted in mobt parts of India, propagating itsrff by belf-sown feeed. Indigenous 

 in the Subliimalayan tract from tlie Eavi to the Great Gandak, in the Satpnra range, 

 and the Peninbula. Upper Burma (V). The old 1. are hhed gradually from Feb. to 

 April, fi. March-April, the fresh L open out after the corolla has* fallen. 



2. B. longifolia, Linn. ; Wight III. t. 147 : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 42, Vern. Pedda Ipjm, 

 Tel.; Ippe, Kan.; Nat Illupai, Tarn.; il/e-i<',' Burm. Commonly cultivated in the 

 Peninsula, an excellent avenue tree. Indigenous chieiiy in the moist forests on the 

 West bide, from the Konkan bouthwards, but also in the Deccan. Common in Mysore. 

 Cult, in Upper Burma, Ceylon dry region. A large tree, voting shoots silky, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, glabrous when full grown, blade 4-6, pet. slender, 1-1 J in. long. Fl. similar 

 to 1, pedicels slender 2-21 in., outer calj^x-begments neariv glabrous, inner finely 

 tomentose, anthers apiculate, 3-toothed at apex, Fr. velvetj' when young, obliquely 

 ovoid 2, seed 1^ in. long. The sweet fleshy il. of both species, 1 and 2, are dried and 

 eaten, spirit is distilled from them, oil is expressed from the seeds. 3. B. malaljarica, 

 Bedd. "West side of the Peninsula, from North Kanara southwards, ascending to 

 4,000 ft., chiefly along the banks of rivers. A small or middle-sized tree, branchlets 

 glabrous, 1. scattered, oblong-lanceolate, often obtuse, blade 3-10, j^etiole ^ in. long. 

 Anthers long apiculate, fr. glabrous when young. 



4. B. butyracea, Eoxb. ; Branclis F. Fl. t. 85. Tern. FJialwara, FhuM, 

 PJiidwa^ Chiiircij Hind. 



A large deciduous tree, branchletSj petioles, underside of L and pedicels 

 with fine silky hairs, 1. clustered near ends of branches, coriaceous, oboyate 

 or obovate-oblong, blade 6-12, pet. 1-1 1 in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair, prominent, 

 stipules minute, caducous. Calyx-segments 5, corolla not fleshy, lobes 8-10, 

 spreading. Stamens 30-40, filaments glabrous, as long as anthers. Fr. fleshy, 

 1, seeds | in. long. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Eastern Bun east^vards, ascending to 5,000 ft. Fl. 

 Nov.-Jan. The seeds yield a white vegetable butter, of the consistence of fine lard. 



Two imperfectly known species : 5. B. caloneiua, Kurz, Andaman Eeport 41. 

 (Isonandra ccdoneura^ Kiirz P. Fl. ii. 119.) South Andaman, common. A large evex-- 

 green tree, young shoots and young 1. densely appressed, rusty-pubescent, 1. scattered, 

 ehartaceons, elliptic-oblong, blade 6-8, pet. J in. long. 6. B, LobM, 0. B. Clai'ke, 

 Attaran forests. L. membranous, elliptic, blade 2i, pet. ^ in. long, 



Payena parallelonetira, Kurz. Martaban and Tenas&erim. A large evergreen tree, 1. 

 scattered, chartaceous, glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 8-4, pet. ^-j in. long, sec. n. 

 numerous, slender, parallel. PL white, in axillary few-fld. clusters, pedicels J in., 

 calyx-segments 4, corolla deeply lobed, stamens 12-24. Seed one, rarely two. P. luGula^ 

 A. DC. ; Gramble Ind. Timb. Ed. II. 449 is a ti*ee of Cachar and the Malay Peninsula. 

 Yields a kind of Clutta Percha. 



7. SARCOSPERMA, Hook, f.; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. 535, 



Evergreen trees, 1. coriaceous, nearly opposite, stipules caducous. Fl. small, 

 5-merous, fascicled on the branches of axillary panicles. Minute staminodes 

 alternating with stamens, ovary 1-2-eelled. Berry ellipsoid, 1- or 2-seeded. 

 Testa crustaceous, albumen 0, embryo fleshy. Species 5, 2 in China, 1 in 

 ireraK. 



1. S. arljoreuni, Benth. Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 from Sikkim eastwards, Assam. Khasi hills, Manipur. Hills east of Toungoo 3,000 ft. 

 (D. B. Feb. 1880). Upper Burma 1-5,000 ft. {Tawgyi i^i/^V/yc*) Yunnan. A tall tree, 1. 

 eiliptic-oblong, blade 6-12, pet. .^-1 J in., sec. n. arching, 8-10 pair, pits in the axils, 

 tert. n. transverse, parallel. Fl. greenish-yellow, scented, panicles pubescent, calyx hairy 

 outside, staminodes obscure. Fr. ellipsoid, 1 in. long, 1- or 2-seeded. 2. S. GriJKtJaii, 

 Benth. Assam, Khasi hills. Similar to 1, 1. smaller, tertiary nerves obscure, panicle 

 and calyx glabrous. 



Reptonia buxifolia, A. BO. ; Brandis F. Fl, t. 84. (xarar^ Pushtu ; Gurgnra^ Punjab. 

 Common in the western part of the Punjab Salt range and on the hills trans-Indus 

 from Bera Ishmael Khan northwards, ascending to 4,500 ft. Afghanistan, Arabia, A 

 large evergreen shrub or small tree, bark dark grey, tesselated into small irregularly 

 quadrangular pieces, bx^anchlets terminating in spines, besides leafless axillary spines, 



