Micro/ropisJ] 



29. celastuacej:. 



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2-4-1 obed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule oblong, coriaceous, 2-valvc<l, 

 l-beeded. Seed erect, with a red testa ; albumen fleshy ; colytedons 

 foliaceous. 



Flowers sessile, clustered on the branches ... 1. if. laf.ifoUa, 



Flowers in axillary cymes ... ... 2. M, microcarpa^ 



1. M. latifolla, Wight MSS. Fl. Br. I. 1. 613. Western Peninsula, 

 from the Konkan to the Nilghiris ; fairly common on the Bababaderi 

 Hills in the evergreen sholas at about 5000 ft. alt. Fl. C, S. Not observed 

 by me in the Bombay Presidency. 



2. M. microcarpa, Wight Ic. t. 975 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 614 Western Pen- 

 insula from the Konkan and Mysore southwards, Xot observed by me in 

 the Bombay Presidency. 



3. LOPHOPETALUM, Wight, 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate^ exstipulate. Calyx 

 5-lobed. Petals 5, continuous with the disk ; crested or lamellate. 

 Stamens b, inserted on the disk. Disk thick, lobed. Ovary immers- 

 ed in disk, trigonal, 3-4-celled, contracted into a short style ; stigma 

 capitate ; ovules 4 or more in each cell in 2 series. Capsule 3-celled, 

 opening loculicidally in 3 valves. Seeds winged ; albumen fleshy. 



L. Wightianum, Arn. in Ann. TSat. Hist. III. 151 ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 615; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 145; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 48. Balpale, banate, K. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, in the evergreen 

 forests of North K^nara and Konkan ghats ; common on the southern 

 ghats, where it attains a very large size. Fl. from Jan. till April. Fruit 

 ripe at the beginning of the rainy season. Wood reddish grey, light, 

 lustrous, close-gi'ained, moderately hard. Pores sinuous, moderate sized, 

 simple or divided. Medullary rays fine and close together, traversed by 

 continuous concentric lines of white tissue some distance apart. Weighs 

 28 lbs. to the cub. ft. The sinuous pores are visible in wavy lines and 

 give the grain a cuiled appearance on a longitudinal section. 



4. PLEUROSTYLIA, Wight. 



A shrub. Leaves opposite, exstipulate. Flowers small, in short, 

 axillary cymes. Calyx 4-lobed. Petals 5, larger than the calyx. 

 Stamens 5, inserted below tha disk ; connective dilated at the back. 

 Disk thick, crenulate. Ovary 1-2-celled, ^ immersed in the disk ; 

 stigma peltate, on a short style ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit indehis- 

 cent, 1-2-celled. Seeds albuminous ; cotyledons orbicular. 



P. Wightii, W. & A. Prod. 157; Fl. Br. I. 1. 617; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 47 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 66. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards ; common in the snb- 

 alpine forests of the Madras Presidency ; not observed by me in N. Kanara. 

 Dalzell states in the Bo. Fl. that it is found in the Konkan, but docs 

 not give any locality, Fl. and fruit during the cold season. 



B 987—12 



