57. OLEACE^ 



219 



O. dioica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Garev & Wall. 1. 105 ; Fl. Br. I. a 612 ; 



Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 15i) ; Bedd. Fl. feylr. 154. Indian OUve. Parr 

 jambj karamba^ Vein. ; Hejje aJterkal^ akkiy K. ; Zatikiy M. 



Lower hills in Assam and Bengal, throngbout the Deccan peninsula. In 

 the evei-green ghat forests of tbe Konkan and Noi'th Kanara, common. 

 Fl. Feb. -A pi. Fr. E. S. Flowers dioecions. A small or moderate sized 

 tree. Bark -5 in. thick, gi'ej, smooth ontside, yeUow fibrous within. 

 The heaitwood of old trees is dark jellowish-brown, streaked and mot- 

 tled, hard, shining. Pores small, numerous, simple or divided. Med. 

 rays jfine, numei'ous, wavy ; concentric wavy lines of light coloured tissue 

 cross the medullary rays parallel at unequal distances. Weighs about 

 54 lbs. to the cub. ft. ; sweetly scented ; called in K. Kanara Fnn neerl 

 gund^ or Hose Sandalwood. Wood adapted for carving- and cabinet work. 

 The sapwood is reddish-grey in colour, hai-d and smooth, and weighs 

 nearly as much as the heartwood. 



6. LIGTJSTEUM, liim. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers small, 

 white, bisexual, in terminal trichotomous panicles, sometimes with 

 foliaceous bracts in the lower part. Caiyx small, 4-toothed. CoioUa 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobe»i. Stamens 2 on the corolla tube. Ovary 

 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell ; style long, stigma subclavate, 

 hardly 2-lid. Fruit a berry. Seeds 4, albuminoos. 



L. neilgherrense, Wgt. Ic. t. 124.3 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 615 : Dalz. <t Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 159. L. rohuskm^ Bedd. FL Sylv. 153. BrandisFor. FL 310. 



Kiingin^ M. 



Western peninsula, on the ghats from Bombay southwards. On the 

 higher ghats of the Konkan and North Kanara, common in the moist 

 forests near the Tinai ghat. Fl. Aug. -Sept. Fr. ripe January. A large 

 shrub or small tree. Bark rough, warty. Wood light brown, rather 

 close-grained and durable. " Used for the construction of huts and fuel 

 at Mahabaleshvar." Lisboa. 



OEDEE58. SALVADORACE-^. 



Trees or shrubs, unaruie;'. - Lr:.Tf^ : y;^::?, entire. 



Flowers small, regular, tetrai^ciLUS. t.u^tcrca pv.:.;.', ,;::r.:ous or 

 poiygamo-dimorphic. Calyx free, 3-5 -fid. Cor . ; , : .:j:} aiiu- 

 late or petals free, 4 -merouS; imbricate in bud. m ci.- - i^.riits 

 free or connate into a tube. Ovary free^ 1-1 : . : , :r-. r-^.d; 

 style short, stigma 2-fid or suuentire : :vu,r5 i-i t er ct 



from the base. Berry or drupe mostly 1-?:- : 1 ; -cca e-cc:, cxaloU- 

 minous, embryo with fleshy, plano-convex c : . -l :'_s. 



Petals free. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary X-celled, 



1-OVuled ... ... ... ... 1. DOBEBA. 



CoroUa gamopetalous. Stamens on coroUa-tabe, Ovary 

 1-colled, lovuled... ... ... ... 2. SAiTAnOBl. 



Petals free. Stamens free. Ovary 2 (or falsely 4- cell- 

 ed) ... ... ... ... ... 3. Ahma. 



