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for about half tlieir length. Petals cucullate, rounded at the apex, 

 deflexed with the stamens between the calyx-lobes ; pedicels short, hairy. 

 Stamens enclosed in the petals, but not exserted beyond them ; filaments 

 ^ij in. long, slightly dilated at the base. Disk with 10 grooved lobes. 

 Ovary about half sunk in the disk, ovoid ; styles 2, connate for about 

 half their length. Drupes edible, |-g in. in diam., globose, fleshy, 

 smooth, yellow or orange when ripe ; stone 1-2-celled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 632 ; Grab. Cat. p. 39 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 49 ; Weberbauer, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflauzenf. v. 3, part 5, p. 403, fig. 198, a-d; Talb. Trees, Bomb. 

 p. 52 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. y. 11 (1897) p. 271 ; Watt, Diet. 



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j ' Since the note on page 240 respecting VentUa<^o homhaiemh was in type 



,,i. I have been fortunate enough to receive from Professor Gammie, of the' 



g. toUegeof Science at Poona, two specimens of the plant M^hich were 



collected one at Devimana and the other at Castlerock, by Mr. Bhide 



the Herbarium Keeper in that College. 



.u^^.t^'"''i^°"*^^'P^'™'"' ^' immature, but still sufficient to show 

 that the plant is a Ventihgo and not a Zizyphus. It is described as a 

 chmber by Mr. Bhide. 



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zigzag ; bark light-colored. Leaves ^-| in., orbicular or ovate, spinous- 

 dentate, clothed beneath with a whitish or buff tomentum, less densely 

 tomentose above ; petioles g-| in. long, tomentose ; stipular thorns 

 usually in pairs, one straight, sharp and slender, nearly as long as the 

 leaf, the other short, booked. Flowers in axillary sessile pubescent 

 cymes ; buds globose ; pedicels short. Calyx pubescent outside, cleft 

 about half way down ; lobes triangular-ovate, keeled on the inner face 

 for about half their length. Petals cuneate, rounded or truncate at the 

 apex, longer than the stamens. Fdaments deflexed together with the 

 enclosing petals. Disk 10-lobed, with a pit opposite to each lobe. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, united to above the middle. Drupes globose, 

 \ in. in diam., glabrous, red when ripe, edible. Zlz>ji)hus nummalarin, 



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