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\_Arlocarj:us. 



patches of soft tissue. Med. rays fine to moderately broad. Weighs 

 about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for carpentry, furniture and cabinet 

 work. An ornamental wood, takes a fine polish. The seeds of the large 

 fruit are cooked and eaten and the yellow pulp surrounding the seeds is 

 much liked by natives. 



2. A. hirsuta, Lamk. Encycl. III. 201 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 541 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 26 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 308 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 244 Eeb- 



halsina^ K. ; Uan or patjphunnas, M. The Anjeli Wood. 



Western peninsula on the ghats from, the Konkan southwards, ascending 

 to 4-000 ft. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, 

 Fl. J an.-Feb. Fr. ripe May. A large evergreen tree. Bark dark-coloured, 

 scaly. Wood hard, light, yellowish-brown, seasons welW^ Pores large, 

 enclosed in narrow rings of soft tissue. Medullary rays mostly moderately 

 broad, prominent, distinct. Weighs about 36 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used 

 for house and ship building, furniture, &c. A valuable timber. Fruit 

 yellow, ovoid, 3*5 by 2 in. ; peduncles 1'25 in. 



3. A. Lakoocha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 524 ; Fl. Br I. 5. 543 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 426; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 244 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 219. Wotomha, 

 hadhar, M.j Wonte, K. ; Lowi, Vern. 



Tropical Himalaya from Kumaon eastwards to Burma and south- 

 wards to Travancore. Evergreen forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara, common in the forests near YelMpur. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. July- 

 Aug. A large, deciduous tree. Bark grey, rough without furrows, 

 bapwood white, soft, large ; hearfcwood yellow, hard, shining mottled. 

 Pores large, oval, often filled with a white substance and enclosed in soft 

 tissue, separate and uniformly distributed. Medullary rays moderately 

 broad, distinct, prominent. Weighs 5,6 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for canoes 

 and furniture. Fruit edible,, 



10. ANTIARIS, Lesb. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, bifarious, stipulate. Flowers 

 monoicous, axillary. Male flowers on the surface of a fleshy disk, 

 surrounded by imbricate bracts. Sepals 4, spathulate, imbricate. 

 Stamens 3-8; filaments short or 0; anthers 2-celled, extrorse. Female 

 involucre 1 -flowered,, urceolate, many-cleft at the apex. Perianth 0. 

 Ovary 1 -celled; ovule 1, pendulous from the apex of the cell; style 

 terminal, bifid. Fruit fleshy. Albumen ; testa hard ; embryo sub- 

 globose, cotyledons equal fleshy, rad:ele small, superior. 



A. toxicaria, Leschen in Ann. Mus. Paris XYI. 478. t. 22; Fl. Br. I. 



5. 537. A, innoxia, Brandis For Fl. 427. A. saccidoraf Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. FL 244; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 307. Lepurandra saccidora, Mmmo. 

 Gt ah. Cat» Bomb. Fl. 193. The Upas Tree. The Travancore Sacking Tree. 

 Ajjdnpatte, K. ; Karvat^ chandkura^ M. ; Jassuond, chandulfYern, 



Western Deccan peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan southwards. 

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



