59S TAX. Rl'lUACE.E. 



Order as ChomcUa, Jacq. (17(50). K. Sflumi. in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, part 4, 

 p. 74, adopts Chomelia as the name of the genus. 



Note. — The genus was founded by Gncrtner from the Ceylon plant Tarenna 'ci/lanica-. 

 In his original description, Giertncr describes the ealyx as 4-partite, a condition of 

 rare occurrence, but, as has been pointed out by Wight & Arnott (Prodr. p. 401), the 

 ealyx is sometimes (though rarely), 4- or even 6-cleft, and from the fact that Gairtner 

 does not describe the corolla, his specimens may have been few or imperfect. There 

 can scarcely be any doubt as to the plant Giertner, whose figures of the fruit are 

 excellent, intended to describe ; in fact Tarenna cejilanica, appears to be generally 

 recognized as a synonym for Wchera coryuihosa, Willd., and Sfylocort/na Webera, 

 A. Rich. It is significant too that the name 7(ir<'««« was derived from the Cinghalese 

 name (Tarana) of Tarenna ::eylanica. (see Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 328, and \\'iglit & 

 Am. Prodr. 1. c). As the name Tarenna dates from 1788 it is clearly prior to 

 Wehcra, Schreb. (1791), or Sfylocoryna, Oav. (1797). 



1. Tarenna zeylanica, Givrin. Frud. v. 1 (1788) p. 139, t. 28. A 

 large shrub or small tree ; bark smooth, pale-grey 5 twigs compressed, 

 glabrous ; young shoots often covered with a resinous exudation. 

 Leaves coriaceous, 3-6 by |-2| in., oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends 

 (sometimes acuminate at the apex), glabrous, polished above, pale 

 beneath ; main nerves 10-12 pairs, prominent on the lower side ^ petioles 

 i-i in. long, stoiit ; stipules triangular from a broad base, acute, closely 

 appressed to the stem and at first glued to it by a waxy secretion, \ in. 

 long, subpersistent. Plowcrs faintly odorous, in terminal trichotomous 

 corymbose cymes ; peduncles stout ; ultimate pedicels about J^- in. long. 

 Calyx g in. long, slightly pubescent ; teeth triangular, J^- in. long, 

 ciliolate. Corolla white, g- in. long ; lobes \ in. long, oblong, subacute, 

 hairy at the mouth. Berries the size of a pea, 2-celled, globose, 

 glabrous, at first dark-green, becoming black when fully ripe, surmounted 

 at first by the calyx-lobes, which however often drop off before maturity 

 leaving a conspicuous scar. Seeds G-10, semiluuate, wedge-shaped, 

 rounded on the back, in shape like a section of an orange, hard, rugose, 

 black, shining. I have never found more than 10 seeds in a berry. 

 Jackson, in Index Keweu. v. 4 (1805) p. 1038. Wehera corymhosa, 

 AVilld. Sp. Pi. V. 1 (1797) p. 1224; Hook. f. in Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 102 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 328 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 188 ; AYoodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. G45 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 

 6, part 4, p. 300. Sii/hcori/na Wehem, A. Rich. Mem. Fam. Eubiac. 

 (1829) p. 168, & in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 6 (1834) p. 248. 

 Styhconjne Webera, Wight & Arn. Prodr. (1834) p. 401 ; Wight, Icon, 

 tt. 309 & 584 ; Grah. Cat. p. 89 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 119.— Flowers : Apr.- 

 Juue and again in Dec. Veen. Kare. 



Konkan: S. Ivonkan, Niimno ex Graham, BaUell tf- Gibson; jungles near Goa, 

 JDr. Lush ex Graham. Kanaka: Law\, Hohenhackcr, 123!; K Kauara in moist 

 forests on the Ghats, common near the Ainshi Ghat, Talbot. — Distrib. India (southern 

 parts of the Western Peninsula] ; Ceylon, Malay Islands. 



16. RANDIA, Linn. 

 Trees and shrubs unarmed or spinous. Leaves opposite, or with one 

 of the pair often arrested ; stipules short, intrapetiolar, free or connate. 

 Flowers rather large, solitary and terminal or in axillary or leaf-opposed 

 cymes, white or yellowish. Calyx-tube ovoid or turbinate, ribbed or 

 terete; limb often tubular, truncate, toothed or lobed, the lobes 

 sometimes foliaceous. Corolla various; tube long or short, the 

 throat glabrous or villous; lobes 5 (rarely more), short or long, 



