Scohjpia.] . XIV. bixine^. (Hook. 1. & Thorns.) 191 



Mergui, Griffith,— DisTmn, Sumatra. 



opines on trunk compound. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-21 in., coriaceous, shining above; 

 petiole ^-^ in. Eacemes axillary, 1 in. ; flowers yellow, solitary, bracts deciduous. 

 ^m pubescent. Connective ciliate. 



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3. S. crenata, Clos.Lc. 250; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate obtusely X 

 or acutely acuminate subcrenate glabrous obscurely 3-5-plinerved, petiole 

 O in., racemes axillary glabrous or puberulous, sepals and petals 5-6 each, 

 iruit globose green (dry size of a clierry). S. pseudo-crenata, acuminata, 

 *j™i^^sis, lanceolata, and crassipes, Clos, L c. S. sseva, Hance in Ann. Sc. 



n^l' ^^^' ^' ^^'^i^ 182. Phoberos crenatus, W. <& A. Prodr.^; Dah, & 

 ^i65. Bomh, Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. Wightianus, \V. <k A. Prodr. 30. 

 J^ acuinmatus, Hookerianus, and Arnottianus, Thwaites Enum. 17 and 400, 

 i?lacourtia sapida and crenata, Wall. Cat. 6675 //, 6679. . 



Malabar, Canaua, Maisor, and Ceylon, in hilly districts. — Djstrib. China UnJ 

 ^flinppmes. . 



-oraHcAes of young trees armed, of old unarmed. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in., base acute, 



J ^„ . g'_anJular, shining above, pale and reticulate beneath ; petiole |-4 i"* Eacemes 



~^m., terminal flowers at time^ corymbose ; bracts deciduous; pedicels 1-3-flowered. 



tomi^c/iye of anthers glabrous. —Excessively variable. S. dasyanthera, Bennett, united 



Wh this by Clos, is a different species. 



^-i S. Gaertneri, Thwaites Enum. AOO ) leaves oblong to orbicular obtuse 

 r acute glabrous, petiole very short, racemes simple, sepals and petals^- 

 each, fruit pisiform red fleshy. S. pusilla, Moon. Cat.; Clos. I.e. 251. 

 ^imonia pusilla, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 279, t. 58, f. 4, 



Cevlon, from the sea coast to 1500 ft. 



I' tree, spines compound on the trunk, simple or on the branches. Leaves 1-3 by 



4-^ in., coriaceous, base rounded cordate or subacute, thin, reticulate on both surfaces; 

 petiole i^ J in. ' ' 



. 3. ERYTKROSPERMVItl, Lamarck. 



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n, /^^? or shrubs. Leaves alternate, quite entire. Flowers racemed fascicled 

 Jljjf icled, 2-sexual. Sepals 4-6, imbricate in bud. Petals 4-G, usually 

 iZli r*^^^^ 4-6 ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, connective dilated. Ovarf/ 

 nVf ,' ^^y^^ short, stigma entire or 3-4-fid ; ovules many, on 3-4 pa- 

 .«!tal placentas. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-valved ; valves bearing the seeds 

 ckS^ °^^^^le. Seeds few, testa coriaceous or fleshy ; embryo mcurved.— 

 ^^' fcjpecies 6, all Mascarene but the foUowing. 



brJ;*''P^y*olaccoldes, Gard. in Calc. Journ. Nat HisL vii.9; gla- 

 5 m. ^^^^^ elliptic-lanceolate acuminate entire or subserrate, flowers 



Thwaites Enum. 18. 



Ant'Ctr '^^'^^' '^'P''^ ovate, obtuse, equalling the o vate- oblong ciliate petals. 

 1-2W A^\ ^'^ very short filaments. Capsule globose, 3-4-valved, 4 m. d:am., 



,-5«^ta. ^eds globose ; testa red. 



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4. FZiACOVRTXA, Commers. 



•inalf^^-'''^ .^^'^'i^s, often spinous. Leaves toothed or' crenate. J'Ws 



'W» ?®^i.9us, rarely 2-sexual. Sepals 4-5, small, imbricate, /"e^to^s 0. 



*«^'w many ; anthers versatHe. Ovart on a glandular disk ; styles 2 or 



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