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16. STERCULIACEiE, 



[ E Holes m. 



small tree with scaly bark. Wood light-red, tough. Annual rings 

 marked by a line of pores. Pores small and medium sized, enclosed in 

 rings of soft tissue. Medullary rays wavy, moderate sized. 



3. E. Candollei, Wall. PI. As. Rar. 1. 51. t. 6^; Cat. 1175; Fl. Br. 

 I. 1. 370 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb Fl. 24 Bute, Vern. 



Bhutan, Burma and W. Peninsula. Throughout the deciduous forests 

 of North Kanara. Belgaura and the Konkan. Fl. H. S. Fr. C. S. A 

 small tree. Bark scaly. Wood brick-red Avith orange and brown streaks, 

 hard, close-grained, shining, takes a fine polish and seasons well. Used 

 for carpentry, rice-pounders, paddles, &c. 



4. E. quinquelocularis, Wgt. dc. t. 882 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 371 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 35. B udj a ri-dJi a-mv.n, hothi^ Vern. Western Peninsula, Ghats of. 

 the Madras and Bombay Presidencies. In the forests of the Konkan and 

 Belgaum ghats. Fl. July. A small tree. Wood dark grey or reddish 

 mottled, hard, heavy, smooth. Pores small, divided, joined by wavy 

 bands of white tissue. Med. rays medium or fine. 



GUAZUMA, Plum. 



A tree. Leaves simple, tomentose. Flowers in axillary cymes. 

 Sepals 5, at first spathaeeous. Petals 5_, concave at the base, pro- 

 longed at apex into 2 narrow processes. Stamens 10, connate into 

 a column, tubular below, above of 5 fertile 3-antheriferous filaments 

 opposite the petals and 5 lanceolate staminodes opposite the sepals : 

 anther lobes divergent. Ovary sessile, 5-lobed, 6-celled ; ovules 

 numerous in each Cvill. Capsule woody tubercled. 



G. tomeiitosa, Kunth, DC. Prod. 1. 485 ; Fl. Br. I. 1 ; Fl. Sylv. t. 107 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 10. Cultivated in gardens throughout 

 the presidency. Fl. July- Aug. Fr. G. S. 



Order 17. TILIACEiS. 



Mostly trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate^ simple or lobed. Sti- 

 pules deciduous. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual 

 Sepals 3-5, valvate. Petals free_, equal in number to sepals. Stamens 

 free or connate, numerous, rarely definite, springing from a dilated 

 torus. Ovary free, 2-10-celled, placentation axile. Styles cclumnar 

 or divided into as many divisions as there are cells to the ovary ; 

 stio-mas usually^ distinct, rarely confluent or sessile ; ovules attached to 

 the inner angle of the cells, if few pendulous from the apex or aseend- 

 ino; from the base, if more numerous disposed in several ranks, anatro- 

 pous. Fruit fleshy or dry, 2-10 celled. Seeds 1 or many ascending- 

 pendulous or transverse, no arillus,. testa leathery^ or crustaceous or 

 pilose ; albuminous or exalbuminous, embryo straight ; radicle next 

 the hilum. 



Anthers opening by slits. 



Frait not prickly ... ... ... 1. GrewiA. 



Fruit prickly ... ... ... 2. Eei>ocarpus. 



Anthers opening by a terminal pore ... 3. El^ocaepus. 



