Lxx. ituiu.vcn.E. r>u7 



teeth. Corolla .', in. lone; ; tiibo short and wide; lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, j^-j by -j'^ in. Style hairy ; stif^ma mitrironn, bifid. Fruit 

 slightly broader than long, about ^ in. broad, didynious, compressed, 

 2-lobed at the apex, rugose. Canthium lilwedei, DC. Prodr. v. 4 (18130) 

 p. 474 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 1:34 ; Grab. Cat. p. 91 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 113; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 344; Talb. Trec^, Bomb. ed. 2, p. li)2; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1893) p. 645. C'anthium anyusti- 

 folium, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1 (1832) p. 533 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 135 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1808) p. 645. Canthhuti Lesche- 

 nanUii, Wight & Arn. f rodr. p. 426 ; Dalz. •& Gibs. p. 113. — Flowers : 

 Feb.-May. 



KoNKAx : Sfoc^s ! ; foot of the Ghi'its, Dalzcll ! ; evergreen forests, Talbot ; near 

 Sewree Fort (Honilxiy), Gruham. S. M. Countky: Riinigliat, Ritchie, 119.'3!; Miilas, 

 foot of Raiiighat, Dalcdi ^- Gibson ; near Belgauin, Coo/ce ! ; Parva Ghat, Ritchie, 1 10.3 .' 

 Kanaka : evergreen forests of N. Kaaara, Talhot ; Yucoiubi, Woodrow I — JJistkib. 

 India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



The fruit has the (aste of the blieberrj, Dalzell. 



3. Plectronia parviflora, Bcdd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat' 

 p. cxxxiv-5 ( J 874). A shrub usually rigid, but sometimes subseandeut iu 

 hedges (Talbot) ; branches many, with opposite supra-axillary nearly hori- 

 zontal sharp straight spines |-1| in. long, the spines sometimes wanting 

 when the branches are less rigid. Leaves |-lg by j-l in., ofteu fascicled 

 on the young shoots, ovate, obovate or suborbicular, obtuse, glabrous, 

 green above, whitish beneath, base cuueate ; main nerves 4—6 pairs ; 

 petioles y^-^ iu. long, slender ; stipules shortly triangular at the base, 

 with a long subulate poiut. Flowers 4-merous, small, yellowish, in 

 many-flowered usually peduncled c3Mues which are sometimes fascicled ; 

 peduncles and pedicels slender, of variable length. Calyx 2V~V ^^' ^*^^'S 5 

 lobes 4, triangular, acute, 3^^ in. long. Corolla |r in. long ; tube inflated ; 

 lobes as long as the tube, ovate, acute. Style glabrous ; stigma large, 

 globose. Drupe §— y^^ in. long, about y\ iu. broad, oblong-ellipsoid, 

 compressed, didymuus, areolate at the apex, yellow when ripe, edible. 

 Canthium 2J«>"i'(/^y'''<'», Lamk. Encyc. Method, v. 1 (1783) p. 602 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. V. 3, p. 136 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 113; Roxb. Cor. PL 

 t. 51; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 346 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 192; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (189S) p. 645 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 2, p. 129. — Flowers : Apr.-May. Vern. Kirni. 



Deccan : Kothrud near Poona, H'boc^roM; ! S.M. Country: Ghats between Belgaum 

 and Nipani (rare), Dalzell cf- Gibson ; Belgauin, Ritchie, 1007 ! Kanara : Mangod 

 (N. Kanara), Woodrow \ — Distuib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



The leaves are eaten in curries and the wood is hard and used for turning. 



21. VANGUERIA, Juss. 



A genus closely allied to Plectronia, from which it differs chiefly in 

 the ovary which is 3-6 (usually 5) -celled, and in the fruit which is 

 larger than that of Plectronia; pyrenes 5-3 or putameu 5-3-celled. 



1. Vangueria spinosa, lioxh. Hort. Bemj. (1S14) p. 15. A large 

 shrub or small tree with straight opposite (sometimes 3-nate) sharp 

 spines j-lg in. long; bark dark-colored, nearly smooth. Leaves 2-5 by 

 14-2| in., membranous, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, glabrous, base shortly 

 cuneate ; main nerves 6-8 pairs ; petioles ^-1 in. long ; stipules 5 in. 

 long, glabrous, broadly triangular at the base, with a slender subulate 



