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; A small tree, head bushy ; branches greep, terete, the old with long sharp tnoros, 

 the young -with two axillary ones. Leaflet 2-4 in., very thick and coriaceoHS, tip 

 rounded, margin sometimes crenuljate, both surfaces alike ajid of a very opaque ana 

 ashy green when dry, with a few very obscure horizontal nerves not reticulated like the 

 other species, green mottled with white when fresh ; petiole \~\ in., with no trace of 

 articulatioij. JRacemes |-l^ in., glabrous, 6-8-flowered. FlQicers pure white, i-f JD- 

 aiam.V buds globose. Calyx very small, lobes acute. Petals obovate, Filawem 

 slender, quite free ; anthers obtuse. Ovary 4-5-celled, narro\ved at the base, crowning 

 the disJi; style cylindric. Berry globose, upwards of 1 in. diam., 4-5-celied ; cells 

 l-seeded, full of glutinous fluid, iieeds oblong. — A very distinct and curious species, 

 the texture and nervation of the leaf differ wholly from its congeners,^ and resemble 

 those of Triphasia. Wight (from whom most of the above description is Uken) state* 

 that the ovarian cells have several ovules, but this is certaiply an error, 



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Shrubs or trees, usually spinous. Leaves alternate, Irfoliolate, coriaceous, 

 persistent ; petiole often winged. Flowers axillary, solitary fascicled or in 

 small cymes, white or pinkish, sweet-scented. Cali/x cupular or urceolate, 

 3-5-fid. petals 4-8, linear-oblong, thick, imbricate, JStamms 20-60, in- 

 serted round a large cupular or annular disk ; filaments variously connate, 

 compressed at the base ; anthers oblong. Ovari/ oo .celled ; style stou 

 deciduous, stigma capitate; ovules 4-8, 2-seriate in each cell, -dot^ 



large, oblong or globose, fleshy, many-celled, septa membranous, feus lew- 

 seeded aud filled with horizontal fusiform cells distended with jui^- 



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 sometimes 2 or more in one seed, cotyledons plano-convex, otten u 

 equal, radicle small, superior —D1STR13. About 5 tropical Asiatiq„ specie , 



and 2 Australian. 





i^. ju^rnca, inunD. ^U. inennis 

 tivated in India. I have followed : 



forms of this difKr.nlt. orAnna 





1. C. niedlca 



flowers often 



ilea,,' Linn, ; young shoots glabrous purple, ^^^^^^^^^^ 

 _ unisexual, petals generally more or less pmk, iruit g 

 ovoid or oblong often mamillate at the apex, "^ 2 to 



Valleys along the foot of the Htmalaya from Gabwiai. to Sikkim, asce^djg^^ 

 4000 ft.; the Khasia Mts. ; Garrow Mts., Boxhurgh; Chittagokg, ^' J'"^ 

 and the Western Ghats and Satpura range in Central India. , , rP I foun^ 



^ A shrub or small tree, flowering and fruiting at most seasons, growing ^*^f^^_i.te; 

 It on steep hill sides (in Sikkim). Leaflet 3-6 in., elliptic-ovate or ^^^^f^^'T^ 

 petiole naked or winged. Flowers 5-10 iu a raceme, small or miadle-sizea. f^ . 

 20-40.-The following are the principal varieties, of which 1 have found OPe ^ .^ 

 wild m Sikkim, with an oblong leaflet 4 in. long, margined petiole, F*^^ ^^"^^"tj-actrf 

 long, narrowly ellipsoid, rough fruit 7 in. long, of which the upper 2 m. are co 

 into a long conicafmamilla, the rind is verv thick, and pulp pale ye"*l^;/V'^^^^ ^uoW 

 pass into stamens, which would suggest its not being indigenous, but f ,t"? j.^^ ^jr 

 Its heing so when I gathered it, mainly on dry sunny slopes totaU/ unsmtea 

 kind of cultivation, where it formed large bushes.; ' : v^ -"^ fl^^v^rs usoftl^ 



Var. 1. medica ryronpr • IpaflAt nhLAr.fv"T\o*;n!*» nhnrf. Tnn.re-ined or nof, DON^ . -.i. 



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nnmero^8, fruit large oblong or obovoid, marailla obtuse, nnd usuauy ^^ j^j^ g0i 

 tender aromatic, pulp scanty subacid.: Brandis For. Flor. 52- ^-'^f.y & Gib*' 

 ^edica, W.dt A. Brodr. 98. C: medica, -Lmn. ;, raZ^. Cat. 6387; dJaiz. 



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