LXXXII. APOCYNACE.i;. 125 



seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. G30 ; Grab. Cat. p. IIG; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 143; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. clvi, t. 19, fig. 6; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 426 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 124 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 222 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 12 (1898) p. 165 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 165.— Flowei's : Jan.-Apr. A^een. Karuand ; 

 Karanda. 



KoNKAN : Graham, Talhot, Stocks !, Ritchie, 450 ! Df.ccan : Lanoli, Gammie ; 

 Khandala, Cooke !, Woodrow \, Kanitkar ! ; Kadakvasla, Cooke ! Kanara : N. Kanara, 

 common, Talbot. — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Java, Timor. 



The fruit is eaten and also made into tarts. It is sold largely in the native markets. 



2. Carissa spinarum, Linn. Mantiss. v. 2 (1771) App. p. 559. 

 A suberect or sometimes prostrate evergreen sbrub; young parts and 

 inflorescence pubescent ; bark light-colored ; branches rigid, often zigzag, 

 terete, divaricate ; spines |-1| in. long, horizontal, very sharp, often 

 bifurcate. Leaves 1-1| by ^-| in., coriaceous, elliptic, acute or obtuse, 

 shortly mucronate, glabrous or pubescent, base acute ; petioles \-\ in. 

 long. Flowers white, sometimes tinged with pink, scented, in few- 

 flowered pubescent corymbose usually terminal cymes, very often in 

 threes on the top of short pubescent peduncles ; pedicels short ; bracts 

 linear, pubescent. Calyx divided almost to the base ; lobes § in. long, 

 lanceolate, very acute, ciliate. Corolla-tube |-| in. long ; lobes slightly 

 shorter than the tube, lanceolate, acute, spreading. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Berrv I in. in diam., subglobose, usually 4-seeded, 

 dark purple. Fl. B. I. v. 3,"p. 631 ; Grab. Cat. p. 116 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 125; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 222; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 165 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 166. 

 Carissa diffusa., Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1, p. 689 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Fl. 

 Sylvat. p. clvii ; Wight, Icon. t. 427. C. hirsuta, Both, Nov. PI. Sp. 

 (i821)p. 128; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 143. C. viUosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Carey & Wall. v. 2, p. 525; Grab. Cat. p. 116. — Flowers : Jan.-Apr. 



Common in the southern districts of tlie Presidency. S. M. Country: Badami, 

 }Voodrow !, Cooke ! ; hills east of Belgaum, Graham, Dahell tf Gibson ; on dry stony 

 ground in the Dharwar and Belgaum districts, Talbot. — Distrib. Throughout India; 

 Ceylon. 



The fruit is eaten and also made into tarts. — It is said by Talbot to be sweeter than 

 the fruit of C. Carandas. 



3. Carissa inermis, Vald, 8ymh. v. 3 (1794) p. 43. A large shrub 

 or small tree quite glabrous except the puberulous inflorescence. Spines 

 stout, dark-brown, decurved, simple, 1-1^ in. long. Flowering branches 

 spineless. Leaves coriaceous, drying dark-brown, 2-4 by 1-1| in., 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous, base acute ; 

 petioles g—^ in. long. Flowers white, in terminal corymbose puberulous 

 cymes ; peduncles \-^ in. long ; pedicels short ; bracts subulate. Calyx 

 pubescent ; segments g in. long, lanceolate, very acute, ciliate. Corolla 

 1-1| in. long; lobes h in- long, linear-lanceolate, very acute. Berry 

 ellipsoid, about 1 in. long, in appearance like a plum, purple when ripe. 

 Carissa macroplujUa, AVall. Cat. (1828) 1679 ; Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 631 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 223; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (lb98) p. 165 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 2, p. 166. Carissa lancco- 

 lata, Dalz. in Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. p. 143 {not of E. Br.). C. Dahellii, 

 Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. clvii. — Flowers : Jan. -Feb. 



Southern districts of tlie Presidency. S. M. Covntry : Ramgh:U, Dabcll ^- Gibson, 



