FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
316 
A common weed ; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— N. India ; Himalaya ; N. Asia ; Europe. 
97. Lannea Cass. 
123. Laiinea pinnatifida Cass.; F. B. I. iii. 417. Prenanthes 
aspleniifolia F. I. iii. 404 in part. 
Sea-face, creeping on sand, Calcutta Garden Collectors ! 
A prostrate herb ; an effective sand-binding species. 
Distrib. — E. Africa; Mascarenes ; S.-E. Asia; on sandy sea-shores. 
XXXII.— PLUMBAGINE^. 
98. JEgialitis R. Br. 
124. jE^ialitis rotuiidifolia Roxb.; F. I. ii. in; F. B. I. iii. 479. 
E. D. A 5279. 
South-western forests, abundant on edges of creeks, becoming less j 
plentiful towards the east. 
Vernac. Sdtdri. 
A shrub or small tree; properties unimportant. 
Distrib.— W. Indo-China ; Malaya : in mangrove-swamps. 
XXXIII.— MYRSIXE^. 
99. JE^iceras Gaertn. 
125. ^^iceras majus Gaertn.; F. I. iii. 130; F. B. I. iii. 533. 
E.D.A531. 
River-banks and sea-face, very common. 
Vernac. Koilsha ; Khalshi ; Kulsi. 
A tree, reaching 20 feet in height ; wood hard, only used as fuel. 
Distrib. — Cosmopolitan on Tropical sea -shores. 
XXXIV.— EBEXACEdE. 
100. Diospyros Linn. 
Leaves under 3 in. long, thin, herbaceous or papery, pubescent 
beneath; stamens 16 ; fruit glabrous Montana var. cor difolia. 
Leaves over 5 in. long, thick, coriaceous, glabrous ; stamens 24 or 
more ; fruit glandular or rusty-pubescent . . Embryopteris, 
126. Diospyros montana Roxb. ; F. B. I. iii. 555: var. cordifolia. 
D, cordifolia F. I. ii. 53^* ^ 628. 
Jatta, among ruins, Prain ! 
Vernac. Ban Gdb. . 
