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80. EUPnOBBIACEiE. 



[Givotia, 



Beemasliunker, Bheema Hills &c., Bababuden Hills, Mysore. Probably 

 may be found in tbe southern parts of North Kanara, but not yet seen 

 in the Bombay Presidency. A small tree. Fruit with the calyx white, 

 foliaceous, enlarged like in Dimorpho calyx glabellus, Thw. 



19. GIVOTIA, GrifE. 



A small stellately tomentose tree. Leaves alternate, cordate, 

 sinuate toothed, 5-9 -nerved at the base. Flowers dioecious, in axillary 

 or terminal cymes. Disk entire or lobed. Male fl. Sepals 5, broad, 

 unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, connate. Stamens 13-25 on a woolly 

 receptacle, filaments connate, below, erect. Fern. fl. Perianth of the 

 male. Disk cupular. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles short, 2-fid ; ovules 

 1 in each cell. Fruit a subglobose, 1 -seeded drupe ; putamen crusta- 

 ceous. Seed globose, testa bony, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, 

 flat. 



G. rottleriformis. Griff, in Calc. Jour. Nat. Hist. TV. 388 ; Fl. Br. I. 



5. 395 ; Brandis For. FJ. 442 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 228 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 285. Polki, M. ; Fulkeer, K. 



Deccan Peninsula from Dharwar and Bellary southwards, Ceylon in 

 the drier parts of the island. Throughout the dry districts of the Deccan, 

 abundant in the Belgaum district near Sutgutti in dry, deciduous, open 

 jungles on the lower Kuddapah qnartzites. Fl. H. S. A small tree. 

 Wood yellowish-grey with dark streaks and patches, soft, light. Pores 

 large, scattered, single, double or in short radial lines 2-4 together. Med. 

 rays very fine and numerous, joined by fine lines of tissue, giving a faint 

 reticulated appearance to the wood. Weighs 14 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Used for making toys, &c. 



20. BLACHIA. Baill. 



Small trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite. Flowers 

 monoecious ; males subumbellate ; females solitary or fascicled. Male 

 fl. Sepals 4-5, concave, membranous, imbricate. Petals 4-5, small, 

 hyaline. Disk of 4-5 scales, alternating with the petals. Stamens 

 10-20, on a convex torus, filaments free ; anthers ovate, cells on the 

 margin of the connective, tips at length confluent. Fem. fl. Sepals 

 5, imbricate, enlarging greatly in fruit. Petals 0. Disk obscure. 

 Ovary 3-4-celled ; styles filiform, 2-partite, recurved; ovules 1 in each 

 cell. Capsule 3-celled ; cells 2-valved. Seeds, smooth^ shining ; 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad, flat. 



B denudata, Benth. in Jour. Linn. Soc. XVII. 226 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 403. 

 Croton umhellatum, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231. 



In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, common on 

 the Supa and Siddapore ghdts. Fl. Oct. -Dec. Fr. Dec. -Feb. A large 

 shrub or small tree about 30 ft. high and 3 in. in diameter. Bark smooth. 

 Seeds smooth, mottled, carunculate. 



