282 RhamnacecB. \Rhamnus, 



4. Z. xylopyra, IVilld. Sp. PL i. 1104 (1797). Kakuru, 6". 

 Nari-ilantai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 74. C. P. 1243. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 634. 



A small tree, with a round head, young branches woolly- 

 pubescent ; 1. 1^-3 in., very unequal-sided, oblong-oval or 

 sub-rotund, very oblique, often cordate at base, very obtuse, 

 often mucronate at apex, finely serrate, finely pubescent, 

 becoming glabrous above, densely covered beneath with fine 

 white or yellow tomentum, petiole \ in., woolly, prickles 

 usually absent (when present, one straight the other curved) ; 

 fl. in small, dense, woolly, dichotomous, axillary panicles 

 h-\ in. long, peduncle about \ in.; cal. very woolly outside, 

 segm. broad ovate, acuminate; ov. 3-celled, styles 3, distinct; 

 fruit 4-1 in., globular, covered with close, dense, grey 

 tomentum, adherent base of cal. large, stone large, very thick 

 and hard, pointed, excavated on surface, 3-celled, 3-seeded. 



Dry country; rather rare. Jaffna; Kurunegala ; Bintenne ; about 

 Nilgala, abundant and gregarious ; MuUiativu Dist. (Broun). Fl. July. 

 Also in India. 

 I have not seen any prickles on Ceylon specimens. 



5. Z. rug'osa, Lam. Eticycl. iii. 319 (1789). Maha-eraminiya^ 

 S. Churai, T. 



Thw. Enum. -Ji. C. P. 2719. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 636. Wight, Ic. t. 339. 



A large straggling or climbing bush, with long virgate 

 branches, fulvous-tomentose when young ; 1. 2-3 in., broadly 

 oval or rotundate, unequal-sided, oblique at base, very shortly 

 acuminate, denticulate, glabrous above, densely fulvous- 

 tomentose becoming glabrous beneath, petiole f in., tomen- 

 tose, prickles usually solitary, numerous, strong, broad-based,, 

 recurved or nearly straight, hairy ; fl. very small, numerous, 

 in tomentose, pedunculate cymes about i in., arranged along 

 one side of short, usually leafless, lateral branches ; cal. hairy 

 outside, lobes ovate ; pet. o ; disk 5-lobed ; styles 2, connate 

 at base ; fr. small, \ in., pyriform-globose, apiculate, smooth,, 

 stone very thin, i -celled, i -seeded. 



Moist low country to 2000 ft. ; common. Fl. greenish. 

 Also in E. Himalaya, Burma, and South India. 



3. RKAMNUS, L. 



Small trees or shrubs; 1. alternate; fl. in axillary clusters;, 

 cal. 4- or 5-fid ; pet. 5 or o ; disk inconspicuous, lining cal.- 

 tube ; stam. 4 or 5, inserted at mouth of cal. -tube {perigynons) ; 



