Elmocarpns.'] 



tiliace;e. 



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This species is not mentioned by Colonel Beddome from Madras, the 

 Konkan is given in the Fl. Br. 1. as one of the localities where it is 

 found, but what part of the Konkan is not stated. I included it in my 

 list of Bombay Trees- published in 1894, and erroneously stated it was 

 found in N. Kanara. Bhotan, Silhet and Assam are the other localities 

 given as its habitat. 



5. E. Munroii, Mast. FK Br. I. 1. 407. Fj. glanduUfera, Hook, f • 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 38. 



This distinct and handsome tree is found on the NiJghiris ; also on 

 the Bababuden hills of Mysore at about 5000 ft. elevation. It has not, as 

 far as I know, been recorded from the Bombay Presidency. The reflexed 

 auther tails and the smooth olive-green fruit afford very good and distinc- 

 tive characters of this species, whioh is common in the sholas above 

 Santaveri on the Bababuden hills. Fl. C. S. Fr. R. S. 



Oeder 18. LINE^. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Inflorescence 

 various. Flowers regular, bisexual. Sepals 5, free or connate below^ 

 imbricate. Petals 5, usually caducous, often contorted. Stamens 

 4-5 v^^ith as many staminodes, or 8-10; filaments united at the base 

 into a ring; anthers versatile. Glands 5^ entire or 2-lobed, usually 

 adnate to the staminal ring or obsolete. Ovary entire, 3-5 -celled ; 

 styles 3-5, free or more or less connate, stigmas terminal ; ovules 

 1-2 in each cell, inserted in the inner angle, pendulous. Fruit 

 usually splitting into 3-5-cocci^ rarely a drupe. Seed* 1-2 in each 

 cell, testa sometimes winged ; albumen fleshy or ; embryo straight, 

 rareily incurved ; cotyledons broad, radicle superior. 



KUGONIA,L. 



Climbing, tomentose shrubs with woody tendrils. Leaves alter- 

 nate, serrate,, stipulate. Inflorescence of yellow flowers, lower 

 peduncles converted into spiral hooks. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 10 

 with glandular swellings on the basal ring between the filaments. 

 Ovary 5-celled ; styles 5, filiform ; stigmas capitate ; ovules 2, col- 

 lateral in each cell. Drupe globose. Seeds compressed, albuminous, 



H. Mystax, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 413 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 17. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan to Travancore. In the Bombay 

 Presidency between Malvan and Vengurla. Fl. & Fr. Aug. Root with a 

 yellowish bark, possessing an aromatic odour, used in. native medicine in 

 Malabar : Reede. Hort. Mai. 2. 19. 



Erythroxylon monogynumy Roxb. The Bastard Sandalwood tree or 

 Red Cedar is common in the driest parts of the Madras Presidency. The 

 leaves of this tree probably contain a certain amount of bitter and tonic- 

 principle which might allay the pangs of hunger. They were greedily- 

 eaten by the starving natives during the famine of 1877. 



