Ventiloffo.] 



XLii. RHAMNE^, (M. A. Lawson.) 



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girt at the base or middle by the adhering calyx-tube, prolonged above into 

 a linear or Iinear-oblong coriaceous wing, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Se^d sub- 

 gioDose, exalbuminous.— DisTRiB. Species about 10, scattered over the 

 tropics of Asia, Africa, America, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. „, ■ , , 



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madraspatana, Gcert^i. Fruct. 1 223, t. 49, f. 2 : flowers in slender X 



l™P'e or paniculate spikes, fruit 1^-2 by fin., nut girt at the base. 



>y- d- A. Prodr. 164 ; Wi^ht Ic. 163 ; WaU. Cat. 4268 ; Dah. <t Gibs. Bnmh. 



jj. 48 ; Thwaites Enum. 74 ; Brandis For. Fl. 96. V. bracteata, WaU. 

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WESTERK Peninsula, from the Concan southwards; TexasserutJ it Moulmein and 



^gui, Griffith, Sec; Cetlon, common in lot Srj places. — Distuib. Java. ' : ' "' 



I fl™^ branches and leaves glabrous or onlj slightly pubescent, ieave^ 2-4 by 



" 4 in., oblong'lanceolate to ovate, acijte or subacuminate/crenate or entire ;"c68tal 



erves 6-8 pair. Calyx slightly puberulous outside, glabrous inside. ' Ot-ar^ with 



a Jew white hairs at the base ; styJes nearly straight."- v 



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i A calyculata, Tiilasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser.A, viil 124; flowers 

 "1 densely pubescent paniculate spikes, fruit l|-2 by | in. pubescent, 

 y girt round the middle. Brandts For. FL 96. V, denticulata, WiUd. 

 ^^'sr ^' -^er. iii. 417; DC Prodr. ii. 38. V. macrantha, Tulamein Ann. 

 ^- {f^at Ser. 4, viii. 123. V. madraspatana, Roxb. Fl. hid. i. 629; 6V. 



•• silhetiana, Smithiana, and sulphurea, Tida^ne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 '^. iv.-viii. 1^ 



viii. 125. 



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Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the Kumaon Himalaya and "Nn'AL, to 



HOTAN, SiLHET, Tenasserjm, and throughout the Western Peninsula. 



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ah(7^^^'^^ pnbescent, 3J-6 by J-24 in.^ otAto or ovate-elliptic, crenate-serrate, with 

 d^"^ ^P^^^'s of costal nerves. Calf/x densely pubescent without, hairy within on the 

 ^8K.- Od;<2rw densely pubescent; styles longer than in K madraspatana and more 

 verging, i?VwiV yellow, often densely pubescent, at length nearly glabroufl.— ;A van- 



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*e plant so far as the size of the leaves and amount of pubescence go* ;^. ;^^ 



y- V. Malngrayl, Laws.; flowers in long filiform simple or compound 

 ^^ikes, fruit 3 by | in. glabrous 'girt below tie' middle. -V. Sp.; Grif.^ 



I^KAssERiM, J7eZ/*er, at Mergii?, Griffith; Malacca, Maivgay. • . - - - 



^ven 4-7 bv 1-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, entire, coriaceous, with about 10 pairs ot 



costal 



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nerves. Nut A in. diam., blackish, veined. 



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^f* V. lelocarpa, ^^n^A. m Joitm. Linn. Soc. v. 77; flovrers m small 

 ^^lilary clusters or cymes, the upper often forming leafless panicles, fruit 

 ^^orous U-2^ in., nut girt round the middle. V. madraspatana, Benlli. 

 ^ tiooh Kew Joum. iv. 42. . 



'^ *JfiMA, Griffith ; TK}iXSBRiyi, Heifer; Malacca, Jftzen^^y.— Diatbib. Honglcong. 

 ahJr^^^' ovate to o])long acuminate, crenate-serrate or entire, coriaceous, shining, with 

 ^^t 6 pairs of costal nerves. i^Vuif J-J in. diam. . M , 



ir/j ?■' '^aves larger ovate or elliptical obtuse, costal nerves about 10 pair. 

 ^^^^^oh^Maingay ; Trop. Afiica.— Without the fruit it is impossible to be certain that 

 ^■^'a 18 not. a /?;..*,•««* «-.„5:." ■ '- ' " ' ^ " ' 



^ot a distinct species. 



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