Ti /1 08 pom.] 



5. MENIS1'ERMACE>E. 



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1. T. malabarica, Miors Contrib. III. 32 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 97 ; Ddlz & 

 Gibs Bomb. Fl. 5. 



Western Peninsula, Sikkim, Khasia hills aud Chittagonry. Moist 

 forests of tbe Konkan and N. Kdnara, but nowhere common, Branchlets 

 clothed with white hairs. 



2. T. oordifolia, Miers Oontrib III. 31 j Fj. Br. 1. 1. 97 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 8 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 5. Gulaveli, gulbel^ gulwail, giroli, M. ; 

 GulOf Vern. ; Amrutbali, K. 



Throughout tropical India, common in hedges, also throughout the 

 Konkan and N. Kanara forests. Stems thick. Bark corky^ grey and 

 very thin, scaly on branches. Aerial roots long, slender like whipcord. 

 Stems used in native medicine, "Gulo" of the bazaars. Fl. C. & 

 seasons. Fr. H. & R. seasons. 



2. ANAMIRTA, Coleb. 



A climbing shrub. Flowers panicled. Sepals 6, a little unequal 

 with 2 adpressed bracts. Petals 0. Male fl. : Anthers sessile on a 

 column. Female fl. : Staminodes 9, clavate, 1-seriate. Ovaries 3, on a 

 short gynophore ; stigma sub-capitate, reflexed. Drupes stalked on 

 a 3-fid gynophore, obliquely ovoid, dorsally gibbous ; style — scar sub- 

 basal ; putamen woody. Seed globose embracing the hollow intruded 

 endocarp. Albumen almost ruminate, dense, of horny granules ; 

 embryo curved; cotyledons narrow-oblong, thin^ spreading. 



A. Coceulus, W. & A. Pyodr. 1. 446 j Fl. Br. I. 1. 98 ; Brandis For, 

 Fl. 8 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 4 ; KakapMila, kakmari, Vern, ; Garud 

 phulf Kon. The Coceulus Indicus of Pharmacy. 



Eastern Bengal, Khasiya and Assam, Western and Southern India 

 from the Konkan to Ceylon. In the moist forests of the Konkan and 

 N. Kdnara, but nowhere common. The white benies which turn black 

 when ripe are used to poison fish and to adulterate beer. The seeds 

 yield a fixed oil used in an ointment for skin diseases and for industrial 

 purposes. 



3. TILI ACCRA, Coleb. 



A climbing shrub. Flowers in axillary panicles. Sepals 6, 2« 

 seriate^ outer much smaller. Petals 6, minute, cuneate. Male fl. : 

 Stamens 6, free. Female fl. : Carpels 9-12 ; styles short, subulate. 

 : Drupes stalked ; putamen sulcate. Albumen oily, ruminate ; cotyle- 

 dons linear, fleshy, plano-convex. 



T. racemosa, Coleb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. 67 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 99. 



4. COCCULUS, DC. 



Climbers. Sepals 6, inner 3 larger. Petals 6, shorter than the 

 sepals, entire or 2-cleft. Male fl. : Stamens 6, free, embraced by the 

 petals. Female fl. : Staminodes 6 or 0. Ovaries 3-6 ; styles usually 

 cylindric. Drupes laterally compressed, style scar nearly basaL 



