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



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A tree. Lzaves 3-5 by l|-2 in, firm, coriaceoua, base acute or rounded, penni- 

 nerveci; petiole | in. Ombels fascicled, 4-flo\vered, subsessile, pubesceut. Styles Qrect, 



Fruit size of a large cherry. 



imote. 



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J'^; Cataphracta, Hoxh. in Willd. Sp. PL iv. 830 ; Cor. PL iii. t. 222 ; 

 J^klm. Ill 834 : branches white-dotted glabrous young armed, leaves oblong 

 l^r oblong-lanceolate long acuminate quite glabrous crenate-serrate, flowers 

 moecious in irregular glabrous racemes, stigmas 4-6 capitate. Wall. Cat. 

 ^'.4 {exd, O; Clos Lc. {not of Roth, Blame ox DalzelU), F, Jangomas, 

 J.^- otigraarosa Jangomas, Lour. Eoumea Jangomas, Spreng. Spina 

 spmarum, Humph. Amb. Gap. 43, p. 38, xix. t. 1, 2. 



i^rom Lower Bevgal and Assam to CniTrAaoNG, Malacca, and Singapore.—. 

 A>iSTRTB. Jdalay Islands, Chi 



membranous, lower on the 

 neck contracted. Flowers 



ul )^^® ; spines compound. Leaves 2-4 by 1-lf in., 



oranches often obtuse ; petiole \-^ in. Ooary flask-shaped, .-. 



prrJ'^°^ rV-| in. diam. Fruit the size of a small plum, purple, very acid. — Clos 

 ^rrem considering this a native of Africa ; Bojer (Hort. Maur.) attributes it to India, 

 tT r^^;?;^ti gives it a well-known Bengali name (Paniala). The description in the 

 ^mbay Flora is too brief for identification. 



r/t>. 7 ^^9;^^^ usually ohlong ohovate or orbicular, obltise ^or \ohtusely pointed, 

 ^^^y ^^hplic-lanceolat€. 



rfabr*"' *^™®»*chi, merit Stirp. 59, t. 30, 31 ; armed, branchlets 



orbin 1 ^ ^^ Pubescent, leaves very variable elliptic-oblong obovate or sub- 



claK ^^' obtusely serrate or crenate, flowers dioecious in short branched 



fr*A. p^ racemes, stigmas 5-11 free or connate. W. &A. Prodr. 29 ; Dah. d: 

 ^m. Bomb. FL 10 



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Arrh!!"?^'^ tbt-oughout India, wild or cultivated.— Distrib. Madagascar, the Eastern 

 *vcmpeiago. 



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^all O i^a^ crenate, racemes very slender glabrous or neariy so. Jb. Ramoutchi, 

 the Pednsuir^ ^ ^^''^^^ ^^^' ^^^ ' ^''* *" ^^ ' ^^''^' ^^' ^^^^^ ^^''' '* ^^O.— Common in 



^^ costa K^"^^'^^'' leaves 1-2 in. membranous or coriaceous glabrous or pubescent on 

 Pedunnl. beneath and petiole elliptic broadly oblong cuneate-obovate or suborbicular, 

 ^'.n P^^^*^'" P^bescent.-F. sapida, iZo^6. Co?, PI 1. t. 69 ; FlInd.Kvi. 835; 

 wWein'tfl n • 2^; ^«^^- Cat. 6675 C— Common in the Western Ghauts and else- 



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Var 3 7 \c"\nsula. 

 troadly eir / *'^^'^' branches robust glabrous, leaves large 3-5 in. glabrous coriaceous 

 ^^^J oblin, ^ ^^^^ ^^"^ ^^ orbicular, costa below and petiole puberulous, nerves strong 



Var 4 ®' ^?cemes very short pubescent, stigmas sessile.— Carnatic, Niigherries. 

 ^^^ ra^em ^ , ^^'«^'«/ branchlets petioles leaves often beneath and Bomctiiues above 

 ^^ly elHnr ^^^^"t<^se or velvety, leaves 1-2 in. broadly oblong orbicular or obovate 

 ^m Ca/ i^^ *^^ *^^^*®' ^as*^ rounded cuneate or cordate.— Probably a distinct species. 

 7^'- 218 Ilv'^^'^'* ^' ^' H, & K. ? F. Perottetiana, Clo$ in Ann. Sc. Nat. ^V. 4, 

 ^'^i, anil fi *^D I^EHAR and the Dekka\, northward and westward to Oude, Rohil- 



Var 5 Ji^^^^Jab; abundant— (Bd ... ^ „. . t., 



"^^^^W Zy.J'^''^ ' 'e^ves small IJ-liin. membranous glabrous elhptic-oblong 



^fect strict m P^berulous, petiole short, flowers very small dioecions in short glabrous 

 7-S^rh M^^^^~^^^^^^ racemes i-l in. lon^ very shortly pedicelled, briacteoles broad. 



^ froadosT^;^"'. ^""^^^ ^«^- 6675 K, male flower only ; Wujht Cat, 107. ? F. snmaria 

 *rv, » ^^8 m Ann. Si^ 7ir^* .e.^*. A „::: otT __a ^-.^rv curious form, or probably 



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