614 C. MORAOll^ [Brottssonetia 



ovary, style pink, filiform. Achenes hanging down on long fleshy stalks. 



Cotyledons oblong, albumen scanty. 



Valley of the Maytliarauk, Solo and other tributaries of the Sal ween river south of 

 the Karennee country (D. B.Pebr. 1859 and March 1880). Paper and the thick card- 

 boards (Palabaik) used like slates in schools, are made of the inner bark in Siam and 

 Burma. In Japan paper, and in the South Sea islands Tapa cloth is made of it. The 

 tree is cultivated at Dehra Dun, it is hardy in Europe and is a most remarkable 

 instance of a tree which thrives in temperate and tropical climates. Copioices well and 

 throws up abundant root-suckers. 



6. CUDRANIA, Trecul ; M. Brit. Ind. v. 538. 



Straggling or climbing shrubs, armed with stout axillaxy spines, 1. alternate, 

 quite entire, penninerved. M. in naked globose heads, dioecious, sessile, with 

 bracteoles inserted on a globose receptacle. Sepals free, not connate, stamens 

 incladed, anthers oblong, filaments short, ovary straight, style terminal, often 

 appearing simple, through the abortion of one of its branches. Pr. a compound 

 irregularly shaped many-sided berry formed of the enlarged fleshy bracteoles 

 and. perianths, each perianth enclosing a one-seeded nut. Species 7, from 

 India to China, Japan, New Caledonia and Australia. 



1. C. javanensis, Tr6cul. — Syn. C. amhoinensh, Kurz P. PI. ii. 434 ; Cudranus Biimjyhii, 

 Thwaites; Bedd. Manual t. 27. Vern. Mancla, Hind,; Peimie 7iwe, Burm. Sub- 

 himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards. Assam. Chittagong. Upper Burma. 

 Orissa (Prain). Ceylon. East Africa. Malay Penms. and Archip. Australia. 

 China. Pormosa. A straggling or scandent shrub, armed with straiglit or recurved 

 axillary spines, bark very milky, branclilets pubescent. L. elongate-elliptic or 

 oblanceolate, blade 1--4, pet. J-^ in. PL-heads yellow, pubescent, axillary, solitary or 

 in pairs, 6 I in. diam., ^ smaller. Pr. velvety, green with a silvery tinge, 1-B in. diam., 

 seeds numerous. 2. C. fruticosa, Wight ; Kurz P. PL ii. 434. Khasi hills. Cbitta- 

 gong. Burma, Upper and Lower. Branchleis glabrous, 1. glabrous, elongate-elliptic, 

 abruptly and thinly acuminate, blade 4-6, pet ] in. long, sec. n. 3-4 i3air prominent 

 beneath. 3. C. pubescens, Tr6cuL Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes. Martaban (Kurz). 

 Branclilets and underside of 1. softly pubescent, no specimens seen. 



7. PLECOSPERMUM, Trecul; M. Brit. Ind. v. 491. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, quite entire, penninerved. Fl. dioecious, perianth 

 gamophyllous, ^ closely packed, 5 connate in dense globose heads. Stamens 

 long-exserted, anthers globose, styles 1 or 2. Fr. an irregularly shaped 

 fleshy syncarpium, 1- or few-seeded. Albumen 0, cotyledons thick, very 

 unequal, the larger enclosing the smaller, which is folded lengthwise. 

 Species 2. 



1. p. spiBOSum, Trecul ; "Wight Ic. t. 1963. Vern. Koriti, Tel. Salt range. Sub- 

 himalayan tract from the Punjab eastwards. Western Peninsula.— Ceylon, low 

 country. A large thorny shrub, bark peeling oft in thin flakes, branchleth minutely 

 pubescent, spines stout, axillary, straight. L. glabrous, obovate or elliptic, blade 2-3, 

 narrowed into pet. J-J in. long. S heads J in. diam., peduncles J in. long, often 

 fascicled. Pr. pubescent, lobed, J in. diam. Resembles Cudrania javanensis, differs 

 by the long exserted stamens and the few-seeded fr. 2. F. andamanicam, King. 

 Andamans. Tena«serim. Unarmed, young shoots rusty tomentose, 1. glabrous, 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, blade 4-6, pet. 1-1| in. long. Pr. | in. diam., seeds 1 or 2. 



Pseudostreblus indica, Hook. f. Khasi hills. A glabrous tree, sap milky, 1. alternate, 

 coriaceous, quite entii'e, elliptic-oblong, blade 4-6, yet. |- in., sec. n. slender, numerous, 

 straight, joined by a distinct intramarginal nerve. PL monoecious, axillary, 6 in short 

 cymes, 9 solitary or mixed with the 6 , sepals 4, orbicular concave, accrescent, enclosing 

 the fr. 



8. ANTIARIS, Leschen. ; FL Brit. Ind. v. 537. 

 Species 5-6 Indo-Malayan region. 

 A. toxicaria, Lesohen.—Syn. A. saccidora, Wight Ic. 1. 1958 ; A, innoxia^ 

 Blume ; Bedd. I'l Sylv. t. 307. The Upas tree, Vern. Karwat, Chandkura 

 Mar. ; AUij Tarn. ; Aranji, Kan. ; Hmymeik^ Burxn. 



