306 



80. EUPnOUBIACEJ). 



[Hemicyclia, 



1. H. sepiaria, W. & A. in Edinb. New Phil. Jour. XIV. 297 ; Fl. 

 Br. I. 5. 337; Dalz. & Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 229 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 198. 



Deccan peninsula, mountains on the east side of Madras, Cuddapah, 

 Salem, Ceylon, from the Konkan southwards, ascending to 3000 ft, 

 A rigid branched shrub or small tree. Wood hard, close-grained, like 

 boxwood, used for turning and axe handles. 



2. H. venusta, Thw. in Hook. Jour. Bot. VIII (1855) 272; Fl. Br. 

 I. 5. 339 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 229 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 198. 



Western peninsula from Kanara to the Nilghiris and South Tin- 

 nevelly ascending to 4000 ft., common on the southern gh^ts of North 

 Kdnara in evergreen forests. Fl. Nov. Fr. Jany.-Feb. A small ever- 

 green tree 60 ft. high by 1-5 ft. in diameter. Bark smooth. Wood 

 very hard. 



12. CYCLOSTEMON, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, entire or crenulate^ base often unequal 

 sided. Flowers dioecious, apetalous, axillary, in racemes or clusters, 

 pedicelled. Male fl. Sepals 4-6, broad, imbricate ; buds globose. 

 Stamens 4-40, inserted round the margin of the disk, filaments free, 

 anthers erect. Female fl. Ovary 2-4 -celled on the small disk, styles 

 elongate or 0^ stigmas dilated fleshy or connate into a peltate disk ; 

 cells 2-ovuled. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds with a caruncle ; albumen 

 fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. 



C. confertiflorus, Hook f. Fl. Br. I. 5. 341. Augai mar a, K. 



In the evergreen forests between the Devimone ghat and the Yena 

 rocks, North Kanara. Fi. 0. S. Fr. Apl. A large tree. Bark grey, 

 smooth. Wood olive-grey^ hard, smooth, compact. Pores small, often 

 in lines between the fine, close, uniform, wavy, medullary rays. Annual 

 rings distinct, marked by a ring of dark tissue. Weighs 56 lbs. to the cub. 

 ft. Fruit yellowj smooth ; size of small orange, flattened, 2- seeded ; seeds 

 planoconvex '75 in., episperm fibrous, rough. Fruit used for poison jpg 

 fish. 



13. BISCHOFIA, Blume. 



A large tree. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, leaflets crenate. Flow- 

 ers in axillary panicles, dioicous, apetalous ; males scattered or cluster- 

 ed, females longer pedicelled. Male fl. Sepals 6, concave, imbricat- 

 ing, concealing the anthers. Disk 0. Stamens 5^ filaments short, 

 anthers large. Pistil lode short, broad. Female fl. Sepals ovate, 

 caducous. Staminodes 5, small or 0. Ovary 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; 

 styles long, linear, entire. Fruit a globose drupe, 3-4-celled, lined 

 with a parchment -like 2-valved endocarp. Seeds turgidly oblong ; 

 testa fibro-crustaceous ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat ; radicle 

 straight, elongate. 



B. javanica, Blume Bijd. 1168 ; BrandiaFor. Fl. 446 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 259, Stylodiscus trijoUatus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 235. Boke, 

 Yern. 



