206 



54. SAPOTACE^. 



ISideroictflon, 



lobes 5, imbricated. Stamens 5, staminodes 5, lanceolate. Ovary 

 villous, usually 5-celled ; style short or long, cylindriC; berry 1-5-seeded. 

 Seeds albuminous. 



S. tomentosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 602 ; El. Br. 1. 3. 538. Sapota 

 tomentosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 139. Achras elengoides, Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 235. Kumpoli, gomale, gwahale, suna hale, K.; Kumhul, kanta- 

 kumla, Vern. 



Western Peninsula from tbe Konkan to Ceylon, Burma. Common in 

 the evergreen forests of the North Kanara and Konkan ghats. Fl. C. S. 

 Fr. Oct.-Jany. 



A small or large spinous tree. Wood reddish grey, hard, smooth, close- 

 grained. Annual rings distinct. Pores very small, in short lines 

 "between the fine and close medullary rays, which are also joined by minute 

 transverse bars of white tissue. Weighs about 58 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



3. ISONANDRA, Wight. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers small, 

 villous, in axillary clusters, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-segments 4, 

 subequal, imbricated. Corolla deeply 4-lobed, longer than calyx. Sta- 

 mens 8, all perfect ; staminodes 0. Ovary villous, 4t-celled ; style 

 linear. Berry 1 -seeded, flattened, smooth; albumen fleshy. 



I. Candolliana, Wght. Ic. t. 1220; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 139. "A 



tree on .the gh^ts not uncommon." Dalz. Common about Ootacamund. 

 Flowers in the hot season. I have not met with this species in North 

 Kdnara. = ...O .1 



- I. Stoeksii, Clarke; Fl. Br. I. 3. 539. Konkan, Stocks. This species 

 has not as far as I know been found in this presidency. 



4. BASSIA, Linrt. 



Trees. Leaves petioled, coriaceous ; stipules caducous. Flowers on 

 axilla.ry, generally fasciculate pedicels. Calyx deeply 4-lobed, lobes 

 biseriate, outer subvalvate, inner subimbricate in bad. Corolla-tube 

 fleshy or not; limb of 5-14* divisions. Stamens numerous, fertile, in 1-3 

 series ; anthers erect, cordate, cuspidate or aristate, 2-celled. Ovary 

 villous, 4-12-celled. Berry globose or ellipsoid, 1-3-seeded ; albumen 0. 



Leaves elliptic. Anthers 20-30, 3-seriate, hairy 



acuminate 1, B. latifolia. 



Leaves lanceolate. Anthers 15, 2-seriate ; tips 2- 



toothed. Young fruit densely hirsute ... ... 2. B, longifolia. 



Leaves cblorg-obtuse. Stamens 16, 2-seriate ; connec- 

 tive lanceolate-linear. Young fruit glabrous ... 3. B, malalarica, 



1. B. latifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 526 ; Fl, Br. I. 3. 544 ; Brandis 

 For. FL 289; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 41; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 139. The 



Butter or Mahua Tree, MoJiwn, M. ; Fohka, oocUu, ippi, K. 



