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57. oleacej:. 



\j8chrehera. 



S. swietenioides, Roxb. Fl. Incl. Ed. Carey & Wall. 100 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 

 604 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t._24S ; Brandis For. Fl. 305 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 188. MoJca, mokari, Vera. ; Popti, ghant, Guz. 



Knrnaun, Burma, Central. Soutbern and Western India. Throughout 

 the presidency in deciduous forests, common locally in Korth Kanara. 

 Fi. Apl.-May. Fr. ripe next cold oi hot season. A moderate sized tree 

 40-50 ft. high. Bark grey, scabrous. Wood hard, purplish-brown, 

 veined, durable, with irregular masses of dark coloured wood in the 

 centre. Pores small, often in radial groups. Medullary rays fine, uniform, 

 at equal distances. Weighs 50 lbs. per cub. ft. Used for turning. 



4. LIWOCIERA, Swartz. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers in axillary 

 panicles or cymes otten in small terminal fascicles. Calyx small, 4f-fid. 

 Petals 4, often cohering in pairs. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-celled; style 

 tliort, stigma obscurely bifid or entire ; ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous 

 from its apex. Fruit an ellipsoid drupe^ usually 1-seeded. Seed 

 pendulous^ testa thin, albumen fleshy or 0, radicle superior. 



Seeds albuminous. Petals | inch ... ... 1. L, malaharica. 



fc'eeds exalbuniinous. Petals ^ incli ... ... 2. L, intermedia. 



1. L. malabarica, Wall. Cat. 282S ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 607 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bom. Fl. 159. Ohionanthus malabarica, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 239. Aker- 

 hal^ kitnta-akerkal^ yellum, lavanty, maniki mara, K. 



Deccau peninsula. Throughout the evergreen forests of the Konkan 

 and North Kanara. Fl. Nov.-Jan. Fr. Feb. -June. A small tree. Bark 

 smooth, shining, grey, covered with raised corky dots ; inner bark '5 in, 

 thick, white with yellow fibres, quickly turns dark-coloured on exposure. 

 Wood reddish-grey, hard, compact, smooth. Annual rings indistinct. 

 Pores small, numerous, sometimes forming irregular patterns. Medullary 

 rays fine, reddish, short, distinct. Weighs about 52 to lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Flowers have the odour of ripe apples in the early morning. Fruit sessile, 

 ellipsoid, '5 in. long ; cotyledons flat, in fleshy albumen. 



2. L. intermedia, Wgt. Ic. t. 1245 ; FL Br. I. 3. 609 ; Yar. Eoxhur- 

 ghii. Olea Boxhurghi ana, DrIz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 159. Ohionanthus mter- 

 media, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 237. 



Orissa and the Circars, Chota Nagpore, Western peuinsula on the 

 ghats Anamallays, and Neilgherries. A small tree. Beddome aayg the 

 timber is esteemed by the natives. 



5. OLEA, Linn. 



Trees or shmbs. Leaves opposite, entire or toothed. Flowers 

 smallj in axillary or terminal panicles^ often dioecious ; bracts minute. 

 Calyx 4-toothed or lobed. Corolla-tube short, lobes 4 or 0. Stamens 

 2. ' Ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe ellipsoid or globose, 

 1-seeded. Seed pendulous; albumen fleshy, radicle superior. 



