ErythrospermuM.] xvii. flacourtiace.e. 157 



2. ERYTHROSPERMUM, Lam. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Racemes simple or 

 panicled. Flowers small, bisexual. Sepals 4 to 6 imbricate. Petals 

 4 to 6 small. Stamens 4 to 6; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, con- 

 nective dilate. Ovary i-celled; style short. Stigma entire or 

 lobed. Ovules many on 3 to 4 parietal placentas. Capsule cori- 

 aceous 3- to 4-valved. Seeds few; testa coriaceous or fleshy. 

 Species 8, 6 Mascarene, i Ceylon, i Malay Peninsula. 



(i) E. Scortechinii King, I.e. 116. 



Small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall glabrous. Leaves thickly mem- 

 branous oblanceolate-ehiptic cuspidate, crenate-serrate, base nar- 

 rowed; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, inarching -25 in. from edge, 4 to 5 in. 

 long, '2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles '5 in. grooved. Racemes 2 to 4 

 paniculate, terminal one 3 to 4 in. long in flower, twice as long in 

 fruit. Flowers unknown. Ovary glabrous; ovules 12 to 20; 

 style glabrous. Stigma 3-lobed. Capsules on -5 in. long pedicels, 

 globular, smooth -35 in. through. Seed i globular with red pulp. 

 Hab. Very rare. Perak, no locality given (Scortechini) . 



3. FLACOURTIA, Commers. 



Spiny or unarmed trees with alternate leaves usually more or 

 less crenulate. Flowers unisexual (rarely hermaphrodite) in short 

 axillary racemes or fascicles, small apetalous. Sepals 5. Stamens 

 indefinite, rising from a fine 5-lobed or entire fleshy disc. Ovary 

 flask-shaped; styles 4 to 6 free or connate for part of their length. 

 Fruit baccate, globose with 4 or 5 flat seeds. Species 8, Indo- 

 Malayan. 



Trees; leaves large. 



Leaves 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, elliptic cuspidate; 



styles far apart (i) F- Rukam 



Leaves 3 to 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide, lanceolate; 



styles connate . . . . . . (2) F. Cataphracta 



Bush ; leaves small obovate (3) F. sepiaria 



(i) F, Rukam Zoll. and Moritz, Verz. 33; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 i. 192 ; King, I.e. 117. 



A small tree, very thorny below. Leaves elliptic, narrowed at 

 the base, edges crenulate, cusp i in. long; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 

 6 to 7 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, membranous glabrous ; petioles '3 in. 

 long. Flowers unisexual in small axillary fascicles, numerous; 

 pedicels pubescent. Sepals ovate obtuse, pubescent. Disc 5-lobed, 

 white or yellow. Stamens in male numerous. Pistillode o. 

 Female, as in male but no stamens ; disc less lobed. Pistil flask- 

 shaped; styles 4 to 6 spreading. Berry globose; styles widely 

 spreading, -5 in. through, purphsh green. Hah. Common in damp 

 lowland woods. Singapore, Johor. A form with fewer nerves 



