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21. OLACINEiE. 



[Olax. 



white with a yellowish tinge, medium hard, even-grained. Pores large, 

 numerous^ smaller and less numeroas towards the centre of the stem. 

 Med. rays fine, wavy, numerons. Weighs 45 lbs. to the cubic foot. 



2, O. scandens, Roxb. FL Ind, 1. 163; FL Br. 1. 1. 575; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 75. Harduli, urchirri, M. 



S. India, Ceylon, Burma and the W. Himalaya ; in the S^atpuras, near 

 rivers and nalas. — Brandis. [ can find no record of this climber having 

 been found in the Bombay Presidency, and never observed it myself in the 

 Bombay Satpuras. It flowers during the cold season, and possesses a 

 white, soft, porous wood which weighs 36 — 40 lbs. to the cubic foot. 



3. ERYTHROPALUM, Bl. 



Climbing cirrhose shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate^ palminerve(J. 

 Tendrils axillary. Peduncles axillary, ultimate pedicels umbellate. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx-limb 4-5-lobed. Corolla rotate, 

 campanulate, 5-iobed ; lobes valvate. Stamens 5, opposite the petals ; 

 anthers incurved ; connective thick ; staminode& 5. Ovary obconic, 

 superior or partly inferior, 1-eelled ; ovules 1 — 3, pendulous^ n^iked. 

 Bisk epigynous. Stigma minute, 3-lobed. Fruit fleshy, epicarp 

 separating in reflexed valves. Seed 1, pendulous; albumen firm; 

 embryo minute. 



E. populifolium, Mast. Fl. Br. .1. 1. 578, 



Western Peninsula from the Dodmune ghat of North Kanara south- 

 wards to Travancore. I have only seen it in the evergreen forests near 

 the Dodmune gh^t, where it is abundant. The pendant fruits with 

 their reflexed valves, slender pedicels, thickened at the tops, and the 

 bright blue arillate covering to the seeds are very ornamental. Fl. 

 Nov.-Dec, Fr. Mar. -May. 



4. STROMBOSIA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate. Inflorescence in short 

 cymes. Flowers small^ regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx cup- shaped,, 

 inferior or partly superior. Petals 5, valvate, hairy within. Stamens 



opposite to the petals and adnate to their base. Ovary half immersed 

 in the disk, 8-5-celled ; ovules 4-5, pendulous from a central placenta ; 

 style simple. Disk 6-lobed^ perigynous. Fruit a drupe with a 

 crustaceous stone. Seed pendulous ; embryo minute; albumen fleshy. 



Strombosia leprosa, TalK, sp. nov. Herb. Ko. 3641 ; Jour. Bo. Nat. 

 Hist, Soc. XI. 235. 8j>hcBrocarya leprosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 22S. 



A medium sized or large evergreen tree with white, scaly bark. Leaves 

 glabrous, shining, thinly coriaceous, pale beneath, ovate, rounded at the 

 tip, sometimes oblique at the base ; blade 3-6 by 1*5-3 in. ; petiole 

 •5- 75 in. long ; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs, distinct beneath. Flowera 



