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17. TIL1ACE.E. 



1. E. Ganitrus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 592 ■ Fl. Br. L 1. 400 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. M. 27 ; Brandls For. Fl. 4;3 ; Bedd. Fl.. Sylv. ^38. Budrack, 

 H. ; Budraksh, M. The Utrasum Bead Tree. 



■ Nepal, Assam and the bigber Konkan Gbats. Fl. 0. S. Tbe tubercled 

 stones are polished and made into rosaries, usually worn by fakirs. Sir 

 D . Brandis is of opinion that this species is probably not indigenous in* 

 the W. Peninsula. 



2. K serratus, L.;W. & A. Prod. 1. 82 ; FL Br. I.l. 401 ; Bedd. FL 

 Sylv. 38 ; Brandis For. Fl. 48. Kumbanga, ehungbale, K. 



Tropical Himalaya, Sikkim 2—3000 ft., E. Bengal, E. & W. Peninsula. 

 Ceylon ^ common in the W. forests of the Madras Presidency ; on the 

 S. Ghats, of N. Kdnara, from the sea-level upvrards ; common near the 

 falls- of Gairsoppah in evergreen fo rests. Fl. Nov.-Bec. Fr. Feb.-ApL 

 A large or moderate siz^ed tree. Bark smooth, dark coloured ; inner bark 

 dark brown, fibrous, '75 in. thick. Wood grey, soft, light, almost spongy. 

 Pores small, uniform. Med. rays moderately broad. Fruit said to be 

 edible in Macfras and in Bengal,. where it is called Julpai. Brandis says- 

 that the Bengal tree has long petioles ^-f the length of the blade and 

 the stone smooth, which is not the cage in the W. Peninsular tree. 



3. E. oblongus, Gaertn. ; W. & A. Prod. 82 ; FL Br. 1. 1. 403 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. FL ^7 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 38. Khas^ kassoOi gurmoot, 

 wowuUyM. 



Burma, Tenasserim, W. Peninsula, in the gh^t evergreen forests from 

 the Konkan to Travancore, ascending to 2000 ft. in N. Kanara, 4000 io 

 the Sdtara District, and 5000 in Mysore and the Nilghiris.- Fl. Mch.-May, 

 Fr. Sept.-Oct. Wood white, strong and tough, adapted for the lathe. 

 BeddV 



4. E. tubeiculatus, Boxb. Fl. Ind. II. 594 ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 404 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. CXI] I. Monocera tuberculata^ W. & A. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 27, Bhutan^ K. 



Western Peninsala on the Ghats from N. Kdnara southwards to 

 Travancore ; also in Burma and Java. A tall tree, 80 ft. high and 7 ft. 

 in circumference, buttressed at the base. Bark dark coloured, rough 

 outside, inner bark yellowish.. Wood white or grey^ compact, lustrous^ 

 smooth. Pores small, uniform in short radial lines or single. Med. rays 

 broad and fine, numerous. Annual rings distinct. Weighs 42 lbs. to- 

 the cub. ft. Very handsome when in flower ; common in the evergreen 

 forests near Mulamune on the Gairsoppah ghat. The stones of the 

 Kanara tree are much compressed and are, as far as I have observed^ 

 always 1-seeded. The separate tubercled valves are numerous under the 

 trees, the fleshy epiearp decaying during the rainy season. ' Flowers 

 and young leaves appear from November till February. Fruit ripe 

 during the rainy season. The tubercled nuts are made into rosaries and. 

 worn by fakirs like those of E. Ganitrus, 



aristatus, Roxb. FL Ind. IL 559 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 405. 



