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should be gathered from tas trees. Until this is done, a 
satisfactory comparison of B. Roxburghii and B. triflora cannot be 
made. 
Balanites Roxburgh, as here understood, is confined to India 
proper, and B. triflora to Upper Burma. BB. triflora was first 
gathered by Griffith at Sheemnaga Pagoda near Ava in May, 1837, 
and subsequently by Smales at Yeu in May, 1900. Griffith refers 
to it as “a curious Rutaceous-looking decandrous nein tree ” 
(Journals, p- 106). Both specimens bear flowering shoo 
The species of the series Roxburghianae may now be distinguished 
as follows :— 
Spines present ; fruits not cylindric-clavate 
Spines either unbranched, or the lateral icf much shorter 
than the main spine :— 
Spines 4-3 in. long; cymes borne on short-shoots which 
are athe much contracted and cushion-like, or, if 
elongated, do not exceed 2} in. in lengt 
1. B. Roxburghii. 
— 4-3 in. long; cymes borne on shoots ee may 
ain 6-8 in. in length ... 2. B. triflora. 
etuiiear bifurcate owing to the vigorous growth of a lateral 
branch which often nearly equals the upper part of the 
main spine and pushes it more or less on one side :— 
Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid, 4-4 in. long :— 
Fruit ellipsoid, 44 in. long, 3 in. in diameter, deeply 5- 
grooved ; seed 1? in. long 3. B. Wilsoniana, 
Fruit ovoid, 4-43 in. long, 21-93 j in. in 4 Bt seed 
. lon 
3 in. long Tieg hemi. 
Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, 13- 12 in. long B. Maughamii. 
Spines an fruits — or reubeylndi, 243-3 in. 
ong B. Dawei. 
7 Be sa es Bees in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, vol. ii. p. 258 ; 
Brandis, For. Fl. p. 59; A. W. Bennett in FI. Brit. Ind. at i. p. 
522 ; Wait, Dict. toe Prod, vol. i. p. 363 ; Prain, Bengal Plants, 
vol. i. p- 308 ; Cooke, Fl. Bombay, vol. i. 195; Talbot, For. FI. 
Bombay, vol. i. p. as Brandis, Indian ‘res, p. 124, ‘excluding 
the locality Burma. De var. Roxburghii, Duthie, Fl. 
Up pa Gangetic Plain, vol. i, p. 145. Ximenia aegyptiaca, Roxb., 
Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, vol. ii. p. 253, non Linn. Balanites aegyptiaca, 
Wail, Cat. 6855 ; Royle, Ill. p. 154; Wight, Ic. vol. i. 7 
Beddome, FI. Sylv. v . i. p. L, Anal. gen. t. 8, fig. 2; non “Delile 
CENTRAL AND Rie Inp1A, SikKIM, BEHAR. 
2. B. triflora, Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 9, vol. iv. p. 253. 
Upper Burma. Near Ava, Grifith. Yeu, Smales. . 
Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burma, vol. i. p. 204, records B. orc 
from “ the dry forests of Prome an Ava.” His description 
appears to have been drawn up partly from specimens of B, aa 
burghii and partly from B. triflora, 
