Leea.'] 31. ampeltde^r. 105 



minal tube. Stamens 5, united at base into a 5-lobed tube ; filaments 

 inserted between the labes on the outside^ inftexed ; anthers free and 

 exserted or connate and included in tube, Ovaiy on disk, 3-6 -eel led ; 

 Style short, stigma enlarged ; ovules 1 in each cell. Berry 3-6-celled, 

 succulent, flattened at the top. Seeds ei*ect, embryo small ^ albumen 

 cartilaginous. 



Leaves simple, very large. Shrub 1. 2/. macropJu/lla, 



Leaves pinnate, shrub^. 



Stems, petioles^, &C.7 witli crisp ed wings ... 2. L, fcrispa. 

 Stems without wings. Cymes small ... % L. aspera. 



Leaves bi-tripinnate. 



A glabrous small tree 4. i, samhucina. 



L. macrophylla.— Boxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 653; Fl. Br. I. 1. 664; Braudis. 

 For. Fl. 102; Dalz, and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 41. Dinda, M. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India from the Himalaya (Kumaon) 

 to Bengal, Assam and Tenasserim. Western peninsular forests of North 

 Kanara and the Konkan ; common in the moist forests near Yellapur, 

 i^orth Kdnara. Fl. and Fr. R. S. 



2. L. erispa, Willd. Sp. PI. I. 1. 177 ; FL Br. L 1. 665. 



Sikkim, Himalaya and the Khasia mountains, 1 — 4000 ft. alt., Assam, 

 Chittagong, Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Throughout 

 the Konkan and North Kanara from the sea-level upwards in moist forests. 

 Testa smooth ; albumen ruminate. Fl. Aug. Fr. Oct. 



3. L. aspera, Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. II. 468; Fl. Br. I. 1 665 ; 

 Brandis For. FL 102. 



Western Tropical Himalaya from Jamu to Nepal ascending to 6.000 ft. 

 Oudh, Western peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Throughout 

 North Kanara in moist forests; common near Karwar, also in the Sdtpudas 

 of Khandesh. FL Aug. Fr. Oct. 



Young stems salcate, red-dotted. 



4. L. sambucina, Willd. Sp, PL 1. 1. 1 77 ; FL Br. 1. 1. 666 ; Brandis 

 For. FL 102. L, Slaphylea, Roxb. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 41. Kurkunnie, 

 Vern. ; Dino, Kon. ; Bai dinda^ M. ; Nurche^ totmudhi^ midichi, jini, K. 



Hotter parts of India from the Himalaya (Kumaon) to Burma and 

 southwards to Ceylon and Malacca. Throughout the presidency. In tho 

 moist forests of North Kanara. FL Fr. throughout the year. 



A large shrub or small tree (stems 30 ft. high and 4 in. in diam.). 

 Bark smooth outside, inside with long, soft, reddish fibres anastomosing or 

 free ; young brauchcs green. Wood pink, lustrous. Annual rings distinct. 

 Med. rays broad and fine. Pores small, numerous. Weighs about 40 lbs. 

 to the cub. ft. 



Where there is a heavy rainfall, this species develops short a("/rial roots 

 abundantly from the brauchcs. 



L.latifolia, Wall. Cat. 6821; C. B. Clarke in Trim. Jour. Bot. 

 (1881), 138. L. coriacecij Laws.; L. cinerea, Laws., is a pinnate leafed 



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