56 XIII. BIXACE.E. 



middle. Sepals ciliate, very small, ovate or orbicular. Disk with crenate 

 margin. Stigmas 5-6, nearly sessile. Fruit globular, \ iu. in diam., 

 dark purple. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 193 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. l" p. 73. Fla- 

 courtia sapida (sp.), Koxb. Cor. PI. v. 1, p. 49, t. 69 ; Grab. Cat. p. 10. 

 Flacourtia Eamontchl, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 10. Yern. Panavla. 



Hills of the Konkan and Deccan. Konkan : Law I, Stoc/cs ! S. M. Country : Bel- 

 gaum, Ritchie, 982 ! ; Chorla Gh^t, Dalzcll ^" Gibson. 



Vak. 2. occidentalis. Brancblets and young' parts moi'e or less tomen- 

 tose. Leaves 1-^3 by 1-2 in., oblong-elliptic, obovate or lanceolate, 

 rounded or acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, crenate or serrate, 

 more or less tomentose. Spines slender, straight. Sepals ovate, ciliate. 



Rare in the Bombay Presidency. Konkan : Gibson !, Stocks I 



4. Flacourtia latifolia, T. Coolce. A small tree armed with long, 

 straight, sharp, naked spines which are often compound on the older 

 stems, sometimes unarmed. Leaves coi-iaceous, 3-5 by 2-3 in., broadly 

 elliptic, acute or acuminate (rarely obtuse), crenate-serrate, glabrous, 

 narrowed at the base, reticulately veined, the veins prominent ou the 

 lower surface ; petioles 5-^ in- lougj more or less puberulous, those of 

 the young leaves red. Flowers from the branches, in short pubescent 

 racemes, yellowish-white ; pedicels jointed near the middle. Sepals 

 obovate or orbicular, ciliate. Stigmas 3-4 (usually 3), sessile. Fruit 

 size of a pea, dark purple. F. liamontchi, var. latifolia, Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 193. F. inermis (?), Grab. Cat. p. 10 {not of Eoxb.). — Flowers : 

 Mar. Veen. Tdmhat. 



Common at Mahableshwar, apparently confined to a limited range of the higher 

 Gh^ts. Deccan: Mahableshwar, Cookel S. M. Country : Chiita hill near Belgaum, 

 Eitchie, 189 ! 



I ha-ve made this a distinct species instead of a variety of F. Eamonichi. The 

 presence of 3 (rarely 4) stigmas and the larger leaves seem to justify the separation. 

 The tree, which is abundant at Mali ablesli war, lias always been a puzzle. Nairne 

 remarks (Fl. Pits. W. I. p. 20) — '" ^^'hat the tamhut at Alahableshwar is it is beyond 

 me to decide." 



5. Flacourtia sepiaria, Foxh. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 48, t. 68. 

 A much-branched, thorny shrub ; spines usually bearing Howers and 

 fruit. Leaves on the young shoots alternate, on the older fascicled, 

 •|-1-| by ^ in., elliptic, obo\ ate or obcordate, cuneate or narrowed at the 

 base, more or less crenate-serrate, ghibrous, stiff; petioles g-| in. long. 

 Flowers dioecious, axillary, very small, greenish, solitary or iu racemose 

 clusters shorter than the leaves. Male sepals ovate, obtuse ; female 

 orbicular. Stigmas 3-4, on very short styles. Fruit globular, 5 in. in 

 diam., smooth. Fl. B. 1. v. 1, p. 194 ; Grab. Cat. p. 10 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 11 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 73; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 13; Woodr. 

 inJourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 124; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 3, p. 399. — Flowers : Mar. Vehn. Tdmhat. 



Common in the hilly parts of the Konkan and Deccan. Konkan: hilly parts, 

 Graham; Western Ghats, widely, Woodrow. Deccan: towards the Ghats, l)ahell i^- 

 Gihson, Talbot. S. M. Country : Dliarwar, CooLc ! 



5. HYDNOCARPUS, (uertner. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, serrate or entire ; stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary or iu few -How ered racemes or fascicles, diacious. 



