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Frutex scandens, ramulis teretibus brunneis minute lenticel- 
latis divaricatis. Folia opposita, oblanceolata, apice abrupte 
acuta, basi in petiolum longe attenuata, 6-12 cm. longa, 3-4 em. 
lata, coriacea, utrinque glabra, marginibus obscure undulatis 
recurvis; nervi laterales circiter 8, irregulares, ramosi, reticula- 
tione infra conspicua; petioli graciles, 5-7 mm. longi. Flores 
parvi, in fasciculis multifloris e tuberculis axillaribus glomerati, 
vix 3 mm. lati; pedicelli graciles, 5 mm. longi. Calyx minimus, 
lobis 5 obtusis, margine dentato fimbriis ferrugineis munito. 
Petala oblonga, obtusa crassa, marginibus albescentibus. Discus 
pulvinatus, ovarium arcte cingens. Stamina 3, recurvata, filamen- 
tis brevibus latis, antherarum thecis transverse dehiscentibus. 
Stylus brevis, exsertus, conicus. Fructus globusus, aurantiacus, 
ad 4 em. diametro, juventute eximie tuberculatus, deinde rugo- 
sus. Semina 2 vel pluria, complanata, oblonga, cotyledonibus 
conferruminatis. 
Inpra. Bombay Presidency; Ainshi Ghat in N. Canara, up 
to 560 m. alt., W. A. Talbot 1217, 1361. 
877. Ventilago Goughii, Gamble | Rhamnaceae~Ventilagineae | ; 
species Vv. calyculatae, Tul., affinis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ob- 
tusis parvis et calycis tubo fructifero cupuliformi ad tertiam nucis 
partem solum adnato differt, 
Frutex scandens, ramulis gracilibus griseo-puberulis. Folia 
oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusa vel abrupte acuta, basi attenuata, 
‘cm. longa, 2-3 em. lata, chartacea, apicem versus obscure 
serrata, supra glabra, subtus praeter costam griseo—puberulam 
glabra ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 12-15, marginem versus curvati 
et nervulis transversis nume1 inconspicuis parallelis juncti 
Te, Tvl, in glomerulis parvis secus ramulos panicularum 
axillarinm vel lateralium cireiter 7 longarum. Paniculae 
ares, caducae; flores circiter 3 mm. diametro. Calya extra pube- 
rb mtus glaber. Petala minuta, lata, cucullata. Stamina 
Diecut _antheris oblongis connective apiculato. 
+ ‘us glaber. Ovarium villosum : styli 2, breves. Samara ¢it- 
pti 3 ab, longa, oblonga, reticulata, 1 cm. lata, parce puberula, 
c asin tubo calycis ad tertiam partem circumdato. 
Sovurn Inpra. © ; Ghat, 
Nilgiris, 14. A. hate Viscount Gough 1838; Coonoor Gha 
= 
ries), oe lanceolata, Gamble [Rhamnaceae—Ventila- 
lanceolatic co wteraspatanae, Gaertn., affinis, foliis oblong®- 
Pa f Sug acuminatis, floribus minutis, ovario glabro et ealyels 
; aoa patelliformi basi nucis solum adnato differt. 
mutex scandens, ramulis teretibu labris vel juventute 
puberulis tandem nigrescentibus. Polen sblongo-lanceolats, 
apice acuminata, mue 
6-10 em, longa, 2-4 
m versus curvati e 
zontalibus juncti. 
Flores 
