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36. CONNAUACB.E. 



\_Goimarus, 



accrescent, imbricate. Petals 5, ligulate, slightly dilated upwards. 

 Stamens 10, five shorter and sometimes without anthers. Ovaries 5, 

 densely pubescent, four usually imperfect or obsolete, the fifth with a 

 slender style, stigma capitellate. Capsule oblique, inflated, broader 

 upwards ; valves glabrous or pubescent within ; seeds arillate, albumen 

 0, testa shining. 



C. monocarpus, Linn. ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 50. 0. pinnatus, Lamk. W. & A, 

 Prodr. 143; Grab. Cat. Bo. PI. 35; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 63. 

 Sundar, M, 



From the Konkan to Travancore, Ceylon, Dalzell says " common on 

 the southern gh4ts." The following two species are common on the 

 Konkan and N. Kauara ghats, and in my opinion are very closely allied 

 if not the same species. I don't know G. monocarpus, if di:fferent from 

 G, Wightii, and 0. BUchiei 



C. Wightii, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 2. 51. Kokani, huthuta^ M. 



Western PeniDsnla from the Konkan southwards. Usually an erect 

 shrub, with a pink and yellow capsule ribbed along the dorsal suture, 

 valves sparsely hairy within, shining, 1-seeded. 



C. Ritchiei, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 2. 51. 



Western ghats of the Konkan, K Kanara and Belgaum districts, 

 common on the Ram ghit. 



A fine climber with stems about 4 in. in diameter at the base. Bark 

 smooth, lenticellate, | in. thick ; inner bark very red with much red juice 

 like that of Myristica attenuata. Common in many of the evergreen 

 forests of North Kdnara. Capsule yellowish-pink, 1-2-seeded, turns brown, 

 dorsal suture scarcely ribbed, valves shining glabrous. I cannot see 

 much difference in the shape of the capsule of this species as compared 

 with that of 0. Wightii. 



Both these species flower abundantly from Feb.-Apl. Fr. May- June. 



Order 37. LEGUMINOS^. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves usually alternate, stipulate, simple 

 or compound. Inflorescence racemose or panicled. Flowers bracteate, 

 regular or irregular, hermaphrodite or polygamous. Sepals 5. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 10 or numerous ; filaments free or combined. Ovary free, 

 consisting of a single carpel ; style simple, ovules 1 or more on the 

 ventral suture. Fruit a pod, dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds usually 

 exalbuminous ; cotyledons large ; radicle short. 



A large family of great importance to the forester, yielding many 

 excellent timbers and other valuable commercial products. 



