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1. Memecylon Wightii, Thw. En.um. (l8o9) p. 113. A. aniall 

 tree; bi-anclilcts slLMulcr, qiiadiaDgular, winged, the wings broader 

 between each node. Leaves- 2^- M l>y 1 1-2 in,, sessile or very nearly 

 so, ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute or somewhat acuiniMate, 

 glabrous, tliick, shining above, penninerved, base cordate. Flowers 

 erowdtnl, fascicled on tubercles usually on the old wood ; peduncles ; 

 pedicels -jV't'o ^"' long, slender. Calyx J^ in. long ; tube campanulate ; 

 limb slightly 4-lobed or almost truncate. Petals blue, obtuse. Berry 

 spherical, \-~^ in. in diam., conspicuouslv crowned with the calyx-limb. 

 Fl. B. I, V. 2, p. 554 ; Cogniaux, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 7, p, 1145 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 173 ; Woodr. in Juurn. Bomb. JN'at. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 638.— Flowers : Mar. and Sept. 



Kanaha : N. Kaiiara in evergreen forests, common in the forests near the Dotlmmie 

 Ghat, Talliot ; Mendele, Ritchie, 1740 ! 



2. Memecylon malabaricum, Corinidux, in DC. Monojr. riinn. 

 v, 7 (1891) p, 1148 {not of Kostel), A small tree; branches robust, 

 terete. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2| in., oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or sub- 

 obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, amjjlexicaul or shortly 

 petiolate, cordate or rounded at the base; nerves obscure. Flowers in 

 umbels of 8-12 from the old wood ; peduncles short, thickened at the 

 apex and furnished there with numerous bracts below^ the pedicels ; 

 pedicels filiform, ^-^-l in. long. Calyx J-g- in. long and about as broad 

 across the mouth when ftilly expanded ; tube campanulate or sub- 

 hemis])heric, about ^L- in, long ; limb saucer-shaped, subtruncate. Petals 

 Jjj in. long, suborbicular, blue? Berry spherical, i-i in. in diam., con- 

 spicuously crowned by the calyx-limb, blackish, Brandis, in Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2 (Appendix). Memecylon anqAexiccmle,\KV. malahcwka. C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hook, f . Fl. B.^ I. v, 2, p, 559 ; Talb, Trees, Bomb. ' ed, 2, 

 p, 173. — Flowers : May. Vern, Limha ; Lbntoli. 



Kanaka : Supa Ghats of N. Kanara, Talbot ! ; Sampkhand, Talbot, 3689 ! ; Yellapur 

 Ghats, Talbot. — Distkib, India (W. Peninsula). 



3. Memecylon umbellatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) p. 87. A 

 small tree ; young branches terete, pale when dry. Leaves 1:^-3 by 

 ^-H in., elliptic or ovate, subacute or shortly and bluntly acuminate, 

 glabrous, dark green and pohshed above, paler beneath, usually attenuated 

 but sometimes rouuded at the base, margins slightly rcvolute ; midrib 

 prominent ; lateral nerves obscure ; petioles -jj^-i in. long. Flouers 

 numerous, in umbellate cymes from the axils of the fallen leaves on the 

 old wood ; peduncles several together, |-g in. long, elongating iu fruit; 

 ultimate pedicels jy— J in, long, very slender; buds pyriform. Calyx 

 jL- in. long, campanulate before expartsion (saucer-shaped when ex- 

 panded), g in. across the mouth when flowering ; limb truncate or 

 4-toothed ; teeth, when present, small, triangular. Disk without or 

 with very faint rays. Berry globose, \ in. in diam., purplish-black, 

 crowned, though rather inconspicuously, Mith the calyx-lin)b, 1- (less 

 commonly 2-) seeded. Trim. Fl, Ceyl, v. 2, p, 216 ; Brandis, in Talb, 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2 (Appendix). Memect/loa ediile, Roxb, Cor, PI 

 V. 1 (1795) p. 59, t. 82 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B, I. v, 2, p. 563 • 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 93; Cogniaux, in DC. Monogr. Phan, v. 7, p. 1155 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 174; Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v. 11 

 (1898) p. 638 ; "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 226. M. tinctorium 



