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Fruit indehiscent ; endocarp hard, with as many cells as seeds. Seeds 

 obovoid ; testa thinly coriaceous ; cotyledons orbicular. — Disteib. The 

 warmer parts of Africa, Asia and the adjaceiit islands ; species 12. 



Thorns not bearing flowers and fruit. 



Drupe size of a clierrj-, scarlet when ripe 1. F. montana. 



Drupe size of a plum, purple when ripe 2. F. Cataphracta. 



Drupe size of a pea. 



Stigmas 5-11 3. F. Bamontchi. 



Stigmas 3-4 4. F. lati folia. 



Thorns bearing flowers and fruit 5. F. sepiaria. 



1. Placourtia montana, Orah. Cat. Bomb. PL (1839) p. 10. A 

 very thorny tree. Leaves 4-7 by lg-3 in., 3-5-nerYed from the base, 

 ovate, acute or acuminate, crenate, glabrous and shining above, glabrate 

 beneath except the midrib, base acute or rounded ; petioles ^ in. loug. 

 Flowers dioecious, in fascicled densely pubescent racemes. Fruit globose, 

 obtusely ribbed, size of a cherry, of an agreeable acid flavor, scarlet 

 when ripe, edible. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 192 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 10; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 12 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 11 (1897) p. 124; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 398.— Flowers : Nov.-Dec. Fruit ripe 

 in March. Vehn. Attctk. 



On the Ghats rare, Graham. Konkan : Law I, SfocA~sl; Bombay, BalzelV.; W. 

 Ghdts, Woodroiv. Kanara : N. Kanara, in evergreen forests, Talbot; Ankola, Wood- 

 row ; Kanara, Law ! ; Kala naddi, Bitchie, 1619 ! 



Graham describes the fruit as of the size of a crab-apple, but it is not larger than a 

 cherry. Dalzell & Gibson {I. c.) notice that it is in perfection in March. 



2. Flacourtia Cataphracta, Boxh. in Willd. Sjo. PI. v. 4 (1805) 

 p. 830. A small tree ; branches white-dotted, glabrous, the young 

 ones armed ; spines compound. Leaves membranous, 2-4 by 1-1| in., 

 oblo]]g or oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, (the lower leaves on the 

 branches often obtuse), quite glabrous, crenate-serrate ; petioles ^-| in. 

 long. Flowers very small, j\-^ in. in diam., dioecious, in irregular 

 glabrous racemes. Ovary flask-shaped, neck contracted ; stigmas 4-6, 

 capitate. Fruit the size of a small plum, very acid. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 193; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 13; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 398. 



This species is included on the authority of TJahell §■ Gibson (Bomb. Fl. p. 10), by 

 whom it is stated to have been found in the Wari country on the banks of rivers. — It 

 does not appear to have been found by any other collector and Wight &Arnott do not 

 mention it. 



3. Flacourtia Ramontchi, VHerit. Stirp. (1784) p. 59, tt. 30, 



30, /3. A small tree, armed. Leaves glabrous, 1^-3 by l-]iin., elliptic, 

 acute or acuminate, attenuated at the base, coarsely crenate or serrate ; 

 petioles ^-i in. long, puberulous. Flowers in short-branched glabrous 

 or puberulous racemes. Sepals ovate, ciliate. Stigmas 5-11, fi"ee or 

 connate. Fruit size of a pea. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 193 ; Grab. Cat. p. 10 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 399. 



Yae. 1. sajnda. A small tree, often with large compound branched 

 spines on the trunk ; young shoots pubescent. Leaves 1-^3-^ by 1-1-|- in., 

 broadly elliptic or obovate, usually acuminate, crenate or serrate, glabrous 

 or pubescent on the veins beneath, base acute ; petioles \-^ in. long. 

 Flowers in small, axillary, racemose clusters; pedicels jointed above the 



