44 EttpJlOrbiacecB. [AnUdesma, 



Moist region, up to 3000 ft. ; common. Var, /3, Kalutara. Fl. April, 

 May, Sept. ; reddish. 



India, Burma, Malaya. 

 Fruit eaten. 



There are specimens in Hermann's Herbarium. The fruit is very 

 juicy, acidulous, and pleasant to the taste. The inflorescence is not 

 unfrequently converted into curved and twisted galls, over 2 in. long. 



3. A. zeylanlcum, Lam. Encycl. Meth. i. 207 (1783). Kin- 

 embilla, S. 



Herm. Mus. 26. Burm. Thes. 22. Fl. Zeyl. n. 357 (in part), A^ 

 Alexiteria. L. Sp. PI. 1027 (in part); Moon, Cat. 68. Thw. Enum. 289. 

 Muell. Arg. 1. c. 256. C. P. 2210. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 359 [A. Alexiteria). Burm. Thes. t. 10. 



Small tree, much branched; twigs numerous, verticillate; 

 young parts glabrous ; 1. numerous, on very short petioles^ 

 small, \\-2\ in., oval, acute at base, acuminate, apiculate, 

 glabrous, and shining, pale green, rather thin ; spikes solitary 

 or few, terminating twigs, \-\\ in., slender, fl. sessile, rachis 

 pubescent ; cal.-segm. 3-4, hairy ; stam. 3 ; ov. flask-shaped, 

 glabrous, styles 2 or 3, recurved ; fr. small, \ in., ovoid, rather 

 lop-sided, red. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions; common. Fl. July;, 

 green. 



Also in S. India. 



There is no reason for restricting Linnaeus's name, A. Alexiteria., to- 

 this; it included equally A. Bunius and A. Ghesambilla. 



Burmann's figure of the male plant is good and characteristic. 



Dries a pale brown. 



4. A. diandrum, Roth, Nov. Sp. 369 (1821). 



Stilago lavceolaria, Roxb. ; Moon, Cat. 68. A. la?iceolatutn, var. 

 Walkeri, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, xv. 196. A. lanceolariuvi, Wight ;. 

 Thw. Enum. 289. C. P. 2602. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 361. Wight, Ic. t. 766 (not good). 



. A much-branched bush or small tree ; twigs very slender,, 

 brownish-grey, smooth; young parts glabrous ; 1. 2-6 in., from 

 linear to oval, u.sually lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, 

 very acute at apex, glabrous ; petiole very short ; stip. linear, 

 very acute ; fl. on slender glabrous ped. in mostly terminal,, 

 .short, very lax, glabrous spikes ; male fl. : — cal.-segm. 4, 

 rounded, shallow, glabrous; stam. 3 or 4; fem. fl.: — cal.-segm. 

 deeper ; styles 2, deeply bifid ; fr. \ in., broadly ovoid, very 

 juicy, smooth, dark purple. 



Moist region, below 1500 ft.; rather rare. Pasdun-Korale; Hini- 

 duma; Singhe-Rajah Forest; Ratnapura; Ambagamuwa. Fl. March,. 

 April ; greenish. 



Also in India and Burma. 



