. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Elirocarpua] XXI. TILIACE>E 105 where it is explained wh}^ the older name, E, Monoa , Cav., Fl. Bnt. Ind. i. 403j has not been used by him for the Indian tree. Leaves perfectly glabrous, oblanceolate, narrowed s;radually into a slender petiole. Blade 8-7, petiole l-H in. Secondary nerves 5-10 pair. Eacemes corymbose, shorter than leaves, with 4-8 large flowers. Peduncle^ and pedicels slender, the latter longer than sepals; sepals | in. lo
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. Elirocarpua] XXI. TILIACE>E 105 where it is explained wh}^ the older name, E, Monoa , Cav., Fl. Bnt. Ind. i. 403j has not been used by him for the Indian tree. Leaves perfectly glabrous, oblanceolate, narrowed s;radually into a slender petiole. Blade 8-7, petiole l-H in. Secondary nerves 5-10 pair. Eacemes corymbose, shorter than leaves, with 4-8 large flowers. Peduncle^ and pedicels slender, the latter longer than sepals; sepals | in. long, narrowly linear-lanceo- late. Petals oblong-cnneate, divided into 2-3 laciniate segments, silky outside. Fiu. oO^Elseocaipus yainnna, Ham. |. with appressed hairs, base thickened and hairy inside. Torns annular, tomen - tose, 20-costate. Stamens np to 70, filaments hairy, awn as long as anther, ovary tomen tose. Drupe ovoid, obtuse, 1| in, long. Stone strongly tubercn- late, 1-seeded. Western Dwars, Tondii forest (Haine&)T Asbam, Burma. Fl. May. Mekong delta, Malay Peninsula. This probably is B, Httoralis, Knrz (not T, et B.) F. Fl. i. 167. 20. E. venustus, Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 174, Travancore Ghats at 4,500 ft., ^ith large bnow-white fragrant flowers, is similar, but differs in less nnmerotis stamens, up to 40,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brandis, Dietrich, Sir, 1824-1907. London : A. Constable & Co. , Ltd
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