36 ON THE SPECrES OF GlYCOSMIS. 



3. G.pentaphjUa, Corroa in Ann. Miis. vi., 381 ? ; W. & A. Prod, i., 

 93 ; DC. Prod, i., 538 ? ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Madr. Anal. 43, t. 6, f. 6 ; 

 Thw. Ceyl. PI. A^.—{Limonia fmiaplnjUa, Pctz Obs. Bot. v., 24?, 

 lloxb. Corom. PI. i., t. 84, & Fl. Ind. ii., 381 ? ; G. arhorea, Thw. Coyl. 

 PI. 45, Bot. Mag., t. 2074?; G. pentaphyUa, yar. 1, Oliv. & H.f. 

 Ind. Fl. i., 500; G. Ectzii, 'Room. Syn. fasc. 1, 41 ?)— Fnitcx in 

 arbusculum 10-15 pcdalem excrcsccns, vulgo 2-5 pod. altus, glaber v. 

 soopius gemmis et novellis parcc fulvo-pilosis, cortice albo ; folia 

 more specierum aliarum variabilia, impari-pinnata ad simplicia, 

 glabra;! foliola 5-1, elliptico- ad lanceolata- oblonga et lanceolata, 

 brevissimo petiolulata, basi vulgo acuta, obtusa, apiculata ad obtuse - 

 acuminata, intcgra v. sursum serrulata, chartacea, 2-6 poll, longa, 

 glaucesccnti-pallida et vulgo subopaca ; flores parviusculi, brevissimc 

 pedicellati, albi, paniculas pedunculatasaxillares ct terminales glabras 

 V. fulvo-pilosas vulgo petiolo multo longiores formantes, raro paniculoe 

 parv£e et compactse ; calyx glaber v. fulvo-pilosulus, lobis lato-ovatia 

 acutia ; petala lato-obovata, longius pcrsistentia ; filamenta sursum 

 sensim dilatata et sub anthera abrupte acuminata, plana, supra con- 

 caviuscula ; anthera) cordato-ovata), glandula conspicua lutcscente (in 

 sicco nigra) terminata3 ; ovarium 5-raro 4-3-loculare, sessile, conicum 

 et cum stylo continuum, stigmate disciformi crasso terminatum, grossc 

 papillosum ; baccDD globosao, pisi magnitudine, aquose alba) v. carnea?, 

 l-2-8perma), succosfe, nitidoe. 



IIab. — Common all over and restricted to India, from the base of the 

 whole Himalaya down to Hindostan as far as Ceylon, and Burmah as 

 far south as Tavoy. In village woods of the alluvial plains it remains 

 a small shrub, while on rocky soil and in the shade of forests it grows 

 to be a small tree. 



This is a well-marked form, which once recognised cannot easily be 

 confounded with the other species. But in Assam and in Burmah, 

 where it comes in contact with G. cyanocarpa, the texture of the 

 leaves often approaches that of the cymose form of the latter form, and 

 it is then not easy to separate them in herbaria without having the 

 flowers or fruits at hand. 



4. G. trifoliata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv., 2, 1G2; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i., 521. — {Sclerostylis trifoliata, Bl. Bydr. 134 ; G. pmtaphylla, 

 Bth. Fl. Austr. i., 368 ? ; G. virgata, T. et B. MS.)— Frutex usijue 

 8 pedalis, ramulis pallidis, gemmis stepius ferrugineo-tomentosis ; folia 

 pinnatim 5-3- v. passitn 2-1-foliolata, glabra; foliola clliptico-oblonga 

 ad oblongo-lanceolata et lanceolata, brevitcr petiolulata, obtusa v. 

 apiculata ad obtuse-acuminata, 2-4 poll, longa, chartacea v. tenui- 

 coriacea, Integra, supra magis minusve nitida v. sub-opaca ; flores 

 parvi, ulbi, brevissirae pedicellati, racemos v. paniculas ferruginco- 

 tomentosos axillares v. passim etiam terminales efficientes ; calyx rufo- 

 tomentellus, glabrescens, lobis rotundatis ; petala valde decidua, 

 in alabastro cxtus rufo-pilosa ; filamenta (ox alabastria sunipta) e 

 basi latiore sursum sensim attenuata ; anthcrac cordatic, eglandulosa^ ; 

 ovarium ovoideum, basi constrictum, in stylum tenuiusculum atxcnu- 

 atum, fugacitcr rufo-pilosum, 3-locuiare ; baccae globosa), pisi minoris 

 magnitudine, punctata). 



Var. a. genuina., cf. descriptiouem spcciei, sed flores in racemos 

 breves axillares dispositi. 



