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XIV. BixiNE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



[Flacourtia^ 



more, stigmas notched or 2-lobed ; ovules usually in pairs on each P^^^^^^ 

 Fniit indehiscent, endocarp hard, with as many cells as seeds, oms 

 obo void, testa coriaceous; cotyledons orbicular. — Distrib. About 12 species, 

 natives of the Old World, some are cultivated in various tropical countnes 



After a long study of extensive suites of specimens, we find ourselves quite unable to 

 distinguish the forms of several species of this genus, and especially of 5, 6, 7, ana 8, 

 ■which are all excessively variable. 



Leaves usually Tnore or less lanceolate and acuminate. 



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1. r. sumatrana, T^fancA. mss. in Herb. Ilooh ; unarmed, leaves db- 

 long acuminate base cordate glabrous obtusely gland-serrate, nerves d«- 

 neath pubescent, lowest close-set, flowers racemed dioecious, stigmas 2-iobea. 

 Wall, Cat, 6678 A. in part, ? Ludia foetida, Moxh. 



Tenasserim, Heifer, — Distrib. Sumatra. 



Toung branches only puberulous. Leaves 5-10 by 2^-44 in., thin, coriaceous, 

 fihining above ; petiole \-\ in., and midrib below pubescent. i?ace7nes willay, 

 fascicled, short. Lisk cupular. Ovary 4-7-cclied ; styles 4~7. Fruit smaU, oxmz^ 



% F.inermis, Roxh, Cw. PL iii. 16, t. 222; Fl, Ind, iii 833; un- 

 armed, leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate o^^^^J 

 serrate glabrous, flowers 2-sexual in fascicled pubescent racemes, S"g^ 

 2-lobed. Jack, Mai, Misc., and in Hook. Bot. Misc. i 289 ; Wall Coi- ^^*f{ 

 exd, G, H, I ; W^ <Sc A. Prodr. 29. ? F. quintuplinervis, Tur(»:in m^^ 



Mosc. xxxvl 353. ■: :' 



Distrib. Sumatra, 



SiLHET, SiNCAPORE, Penano, JacTc^ &c., Cultivated in India. 



ifoung branches puberulous. 

 thin, coriaceous, midrib below 



orange glands. Ovary 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; stigma's 4-8, 2-lobed. 

 cherry, red, acid, pjrrenes 8-10. 



Leaves 4-8 by 2-3i in., base acute or rounded^shining, 

 pubescent; petiole i-^in. L>isk covered r;^?fof . 



Fruit size 





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3. r,montana, Grah. Cat Bomh. PL 10; branches spinous, ^^^^'^^^ 

 unarmed, softly pubescent, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate oduj 



acuminate crenate glabrous above hairy beneath, base ^Z^fTgiU 

 flowers dioecious in fascicled densely pubescent racemes. Dalz^ ^ 

 Bomb. FL 10. F. inermis, Miq, PL Hohen. not Roxburgh. '/;^r^_ 



Canara and Concan, Dalzell, &c, ' , ' ^„te, 



A very thorny tree. Leaves b-1 by 2-3 ^ in., coriaceous, l^^^e jouuded^^or^^^^ 



There is anothe: 



shinnig above, glabrate beneath when old; petiole \ in., and costa beneatn i- ^^ 

 Dish of 6^ glandular. Fruit slightly acid, size of a cherry. '"^^ ""^ " onnther J- ■ 

 tana, of Zippel (Linneea xv. 176) from Timor. 



4. F- mollis, H,f, dc T, ; flowering branches so 



, ^^.^.^ .., -.„ ^ ^...».^.. ..ftly P^^^s^^°*'|£ou1 



oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate crenate-toothed S^^jjjes 

 except the midrib above downy beneath, flowers dioecious o ^? ::; 



almost umbellate. 



Tenasserim, Griffith, Heifer. fe peo*^* 



A tree; bark smooth, grey. Leaves 4-6 by 14-2 in., base rounded or acu , r 

 nerved ; petiole \ in, Fl. 9 and fruit unknown. , 



5. P. Aukam, ZolL & Morifz. Verz. 33 ; unarmed, young ^anc ^^ 

 pubescent, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate quite ^^^^^,^^1 gtigmas 

 acuminate coarsely glandular-crenate, flowers dioecious umbellea, . ^ 

 6-8 capitate emarginate. Clos in Ann. Sc. Nat, Ser. 4. viii. 216; ^*^' 

 Ned. Ind, I pt. 2, 104. F. cataphracta, Blame Bijd. 65 {not ^/4- J for its 



: Malacca or Meroui, Griffith.— Dihtbib, Philippine Islands. Much cul^va*^ 



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