A/a/anfm.] RutaceCB. 2 25 



A climbing shrub, shoots densely pubescent, the older 

 branches with sharp, recurved, axillary spines \ in. long ; 

 1. numerous, 2-4 in., oval or oblong-oval or lanceolate, rounded 

 at base, obtuse or acute, entire or nearly so, glabrous except 

 the pubescent midrib beneath, conspicuously gland-dotted, 

 petiole \ in., twisted ; !!.• f in., on short pubescent ped., 

 1-3 together in the axils ; cal. woolly-pubescent, lobes 5, 

 shallow, rounded ; pet. 5, oblong-linear, recurved ; fil. hairy ; 

 ov. 5-celled, stigma large, capitate ; berry globose-pyriform, 

 over I in. long, smooth ; seeds several, large, compressed. 



Low country, principally in the dry region ; rather common. Dolos- 

 bagie ; Hanasgiriya ; Kurunegala ; Haragama ; Pankulam, near Trin- 

 comalie ; Mineri. Fl. March, August ; white. 



Also in India and Burma. 



The dry country form has the leaves obtuse ; in the moist region the 

 leaves are acute, as in Wight's figure. 



2. P. armata, OHv. injourti. Linn. Soc. v. Stippl. ii. 43 (1861). 

 Thw. Enum. 406. ArthroniiscJms arinatus, Thw. Enum. 47. C. P. 



1197, 3115- 



Fl. B. Ind. 511. Bedd. Ic. t. 275. 



A climbing, much-branched shrub, branches long, slender, 

 glabrous or puberulous, with numerous, long or short, straight 

 or slightly curved, axillary spines; 1. rather small, i|-3 in., 

 ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, rounded 

 at base, acuminate, acute or obtuse, entire., the margin often 

 revolute, glabrous, petiole \ in., jointed in the middle ; fl. 

 nearly f in., on rather long slender ped., 3-7 in the axils ; 

 cal. very small, 4-toothed ; pet. 4, oblong; stam. 8, equal, 

 fil. slightly dilated in middle ; ov. 3-4-celled, with i ovule in 

 each cell, gynophore narrow, stigma small, capitate ; berry 

 nearly globular or ovoid, |^-f in., yellow; seeds 1-4. 



Ranges from the moist low country up to 6000 ft.; rare. Ratnapura; 

 Karawita Kande ; Ambagamuwa ; Hangurankette ; Ragalla, Uda Pusse- 

 lawe ; Elephant Plains. Fl. Nov., Dec; greenish-white. 



Also in Wynaad, &c., S. India (Beddome). 



I collected another species of this (.?) genus at Madola in Sabara- 

 gamuwa in Feb. 1882. It is an apparently spineless climber, with large 

 clusters of flowers and large leaves, narrow linear petals about | in. long, 

 and a very short and truncate calyx. My material is insufficient to 

 describe it fully, but it is probably a new species. 



12. ATAZiANTZA, Correa. 



Small trees or shrubs, usually armed with straight, axillary 

 spines ; 1. simple; inflor. axillary ; cal. 4- (or 3- or 5-) lobed or 

 irregularly split; pet. 4 (or 3 or 5), usually distinct, imbricate; 



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