126 LXixii. ArocYNACE.i;;. 



BUchie, 443 ! Kanaka : evergreen forests along tlie N. Kanara Ghits, abundant 

 near the coast on the hills about Karwar, Talhot ; hills near Karwar, Woodrow ; 

 K;tla naddi, Ritchie, 443 !— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Though the ppecififi name given by Yahl is by no means applicable, it does not seem 

 possible to adopt Wallieh's name. As K. Schumann remarks (Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 4, part 2, p. 127), the specific name is unfortunate, but has the sanction 

 of priority. 



4. Carissa suavissima, Bedd. ex Hoolc. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3 (1882) 

 p. 632. A lofty climber quite glabrous. Spines decurved, stout, |-| in. 

 long (in the specimens in Herb. Kew.). Leaves \^-d by lg-2 in., 

 broadly ovate, acuminate, glabrous, base usually rounded ; petioles |— ^ in. 

 long. Flowers white, in terminal corymbose glabrous cymes. Calyx 

 glabrous ; segments ^ in. long, lanceolate, very acute. Corolla 1-1 1 in. 

 long ; lobes | in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute. Berry with much milky 

 juice, 1-2 in. long, ellipsoid, edible, black when ripe. Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 223 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 165. 

 — Flowers : Jan.-Feb. 



The fruit is said by Beddome to be very delicious, and is described as 

 being nearly 2 in, long by 1| in. broad. 



Talbot considers the plant to be conspecific with C. inermis and to 

 differ only in the glabrous cymes and climbing habit. In the specimens 

 in Herb. Kew. communicated by Colonel Beddome from the Madura 

 district, the leaves are broader than in C. inermis and the spines much 

 shorter. 



Deccan: Lanoli Grove, Gammie. Kanaka: evergreen forests of the N. Kanara 

 Ghdts, Talhot. — Disteib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Carissa arduina, Lara. Encyc. Method, v. 1 (1783) p. 555. A dwarf 

 glabrous shrub with twice-forked spines, subsessile cymes, pale-pink 

 sepals, a white corolla and a scarlet berry, a native of S. Africa, is some- 

 times grown in gardens. Grab. Cat. p. 117 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 53. 

 Arduina hispinosa, Linn. Mantiss, v. 1 (1767) p. 52 ; AVoodr. Gard. in 

 Ind. ed. 5, p. 378. 



2. RAUWOLFIA, Linn. 



Glabrous shrubs. Leaves 3-4-verticillale (rarely opposite). Flowers 

 in few-flowered often umbelliforni cymes ; peduncles alternating with 

 the terminal leaves, at length becoming lateral. Calyx short, 5-fid or 

 5-partite, eglandular inside. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube cylindric, 

 inflated over the anthers, usually hairy within ; lobes 5, overlapping to 

 the left. Stamens inserted at the middle of the tube or higher up, 

 included ; anthers small, subacute, the cells rounded at the base. Disk 

 cup-shaped or annular, entire or shortly lobed. Carpels 2, distinct or 

 connate ; ovules 2 in each carpel, collateral ; style filiform ; stigma 

 thick, broad and often toothed at the apex, annular or appendioulate at 

 the base, tip shortly 2-fid. Fruit of 2 connate or distinct usually 

 l-seeded drupes. Seeds ovoid ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat. — 

 DiSTBiB. Tropics of both hemispheres, S. Africa ; species about 50. 



A small shrub; corolla-tube slender, inflated a little above the 



middle 1- B. -"erpcvfina. 



A largo shrub ; corolla-tube wide, inflated below the mouth 2. li. dcnsijlora. 



