7r. RUBIACE^. [18. Vangueria. 



Corolla sub-globose, lobes lanceolate acute. Fruit sub-globose, com- 

 pressed, -3" diam., putamen tubercled. 



Mong-hyr, IlnmiUon ! Fl. i\s. 



I have not seen this species in the field. 



18. VANGUERIA, Juss. 



On\\ differs from Canthium in that the ovary is 3-6-celled and the 

 fruit with 3-6 pyrenes. 

 Leaves and pedicels glabrons. Corolla with month woolly, anthers 



exserted, petals not acuminate, anthers exserted horizontal . . I. spinom. 

 Leaves and pedicels pubescent. Corolla mouth scarcely villous. 



petals with acuminate tips, anthers included erect .... 2. pubeseem. 



1. Y. spinosa, Roxb. 



A large shritb armed with long straight supra-axillary thorns. 

 Twigs lenticellate. Leaves elliptic or ell. -ovate acuminate 3-4", 

 glabrous except sometimes tufts of hair in the axils of the sec. n., 

 rarely thinly hairy, sec. n. 5-6 looping Avithin the margin and inter- 

 mediate nearly as strong. Flowers in sessile cymes in the axils of 

 the new leaves. Hypanthium very short, broader than long, with 5 

 minute linear or subulate sepals. Corolla sub-globose green •14" 

 long and broad, not ribbed within, mouth densely villous or woolly, 

 lobes spreading ovate with cuspidate but not acixminate tips, *12" 

 long, margins narrow white. Anthers spreading horizontally on the 

 mouth. Ovary half superior, 5-celled. Style long, stigma large lobed. 

 Fruit 1-1-5". {Roxburgh, however, says only as large as a cherry.) 



Purneah ! Fl. April-May. Fr. Dec- Jan. 



This is the plant which runs through Eastern Bengal and Sikkim and ascends 

 the mountains to 4000 ft. It appears to me to i>e distinct from the next, with which 

 it is united in the F.B.I. 



2. Y. pubescens, Kurz. Syn. V. spinosa var. mollis, F.B.I. ; Serali, 



Kataiara, K. ; Boi-bindi, 8. -. Monphal, Kharw. ; Moyena and 

 Mainphal, H. (through confusion Avith Eandia?) ; Gurbeli, Or. 



A small tree or large shrub, often armed Avith long straight supra- 

 axillary thorns. Leaves ovate elliptic or oblong acute or acuminate, 

 3-6" sometimes 6" by 3", usually only 1-2-5" at the time of jfloAver- 

 ing, more or less pubescent. Flowers small green sub-globose in 

 dense axillary cymes. Corolla green sub-globose •12-13" long and 

 not quite as broad, tube Avith prominent ribs Avithin, throat thinly 

 villous, the hairs hardly shoAving at the mouth, never densely 

 woolly at mouth as in last, lobes triangular acximinate or caudate. 

 Anthers Avholly or partly included, erect and smaller than in last 

 species. Style long, stigma grooved. Fruit 7-1" diam. 



Central and Southern Tracts, usually near ravines and nalas. Shahabad (Kaimur 

 Hills)! ChotaNagpur! Santal P. ! "Gaya! Angul ! Sambalpur ! Kalahandi ! 



Fl. April-May with the new leaves. Fr. Aug.-Dec. Leaves turn yellow in Jan. 

 and drop about March. 



Twigs rarely lenticellate, often hirsute, sometimes nearly- glabrous. Leaves 

 usually acuminate, base rounded or cnneate on the petiole, sec. n. 5-7 always 

 pubescent beneath. Petiole -2--4". Stipules short and broad, very obtuse, caducous. 

 Pedicels hairy and a fevr hairs sometimes on corolla. Fruit Avith 5-6 radiating 

 flattened pyrenes or fewer by abortion. 



The yoimg leaA'es ai^e eaten as a A'egetable. The f riiit is also eaten. The tree is 



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