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acuminata, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 566 (not Willd.)—2; leaves ovate or oblong, 
lanceolate.— Wight ! cat. n. 99.—C. brevispina, DC. prod. 1. p. 246 ; Spr. syst. 
2. p. 573.—8; leaves oval, oblong, aeute.— Wight ! cat. n. 97.—C. Rheedii, 
DC.! prod. 1. p. 246 (excluding the synon. of Rheede) ; Spr. syst. 2. p.573.— 
C. Wightiana, Wall. ! L. n. 6987. a.—y ; leaves roundish-ovate, slightly cor- 
date at the base.— Wight ! cat. n. 101.—C. rotundifolia, Rottl. and Willd. ; 
DC. prod. 1. p. 245 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 573.— Malabar, and perhaps the Coro- 
mandel coasts. sex. fil TL I2 Ó : 
Roxburgh's description is excellent: he was well aware of the variable 
shape of the leaves: the specimen from him seen by De Candolle belongs to 
our a, while the figure transmitted to the India House Museum (tab. 656.) 
represents our y. Perhaps future observations may do away even with the 
permanency of the varieties. The name given by Rottler and Willdenow is 
not applicable to all the states, hence we have taken the later one. 
83. (2) C. pyrifolia (Lam. :) stipules thorny, short, hooked : leaves between 
ovate and oval-lanceolate, mucronate; the younger ones densely pubescent, 
older ones glabrous: pedicels short and stout, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 
times longer than the petiole: ovarium narrow-oblong, glabrous, furrow- 
ed.— Lam. encycl. meth. 1. p. 606 (var. «) ; DC. prod. 1. p. 246; Spr. syst. 
2. p. 513 ; Wight! cat. n. 94.—C. grandiflora, Wall. ! cat. n. 6984.—In the 
mountainous districts. 
84. (3) C. stylosa (DC. :) stipules thorny, short, nearly quite straight ; leaves 
from linear-lanceolate to elliptical, mucronate, glabrous, 5-nerved at the base, 
otherwise feather-nerved ; nerves parallel, nearly simple, converging towards 
the point of the leaf: pedicels short and stout, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 
about 2 or 3 times longer than the petiole: ovarium glabrous, globose, sud- 
denly attenuated into a thickish style: berry globose, warted, crowned by the 
shortish thick style.—2; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute.— Wight ! cat. n. 95. 
—C. stylosa («); DC. prod. 1. p. 246 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 513 ; Wall. ! cat. n. 6980. 
a. (corrected at p. 250. to C. brevispina).—C. horrida, Herb. Banks !—8 ; 
ns verd elliptical.—Wight ! cat. n. 96; Wall.! L. n. 6980. c.—Pluk. 
85. (4) C. Wallichiana (W. & A.:) stipules thorny, very short, straight : 
leaves on longish petioles, elliptic-oblong, feather-nerved, slightly reticula- 
; young ones thin, smoothish, and shining above, tomentose beneath ; old 
Ones glabrous: pedicels slender, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 4 or 5 times 
anger than the petiole : ovarium oblong, densely pubescent.— Wight ! cat. n. 
This has the same form of leaves as C. bisperma, Roxb., but has the pedi- 
cels all axillary, and not forming a leafless raceme. 
86. (5) C. Heyneana (Wall.:) stipules thorny, very minute, straight ; 
leaves ovate or obovate, lanceolate, glabrous, 3-nerved at the base, otherwise 
ther-nerved ; nerves few, sunk above, very prominent beneath, iei d 
springing from the midrib in the lower part of the leaf, and there paralle 
Simple, converging to the apex: pedicels pretty stout, axillary or terminal 
at the top of the shoots, solitary, 1-flowered, 3-4 times longer than the 
Petiole : ovary oblong, densely pubescent.— Wall. ! L. n. 6985 ; Wight ! cat. 
Got Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 57. (not C. Rheedii, DC.)— Cochin, in Travancore. 
ourtallum, 
ves from 3 to 4 inches long. 
$ 2. Pedicels 1-ftowered, springing from the stem in a line one above the other, 
a little above the axils of the leaves (supra-axillary). 
87. (6) C. Zeylanica (Linn. :) sti ules terete, thorny, short, straight : leaves 
varying from broadly AE ides ene at each end, to ovate; young ones 
tomentose .; older ones glabrous: pedicels supra-axillary, 2-4 in a 
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