88 CELASTiiiNEJJ. [Eltfodendron 



Ibs. 



235. Garhwal (1868) 56 



O 2991. (1874) 48 



183. Mandla, Central Provinces (1870) 50 



C 1182. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 55 



C 2781. Melghat, Berar 49 



E 2335. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 57 



No. 63. Ceylon Collection 56 



ORDER XXXIL EHAMNE^. 



Contains twelve Indian genera, of which six are climbing or straggling shrubs 

 and the remainder shrubs or small trees. The Order is subdivided into four Tribes : 



Tribe I. Ventilaginese . . . Ventilago and Smythea. 

 II. Zizyphese .... Zizyplius and Berchemia. 

 III. Khamnese .... Rhamnus, Hovenia, Scutia, Sa- 



fferetia, and Colubrina. 

 IV. Gouaniea? .... Apteron, Gouania, and Selinus. 



Of the genera not here described, Smytliea and Apteron are scandent shrubs 

 of Tenasserim. Hovenia dulcis, Thunb. ; Rook. Fl. Ind. i. 640 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 630 ; 

 Brandis 94. Vern. Chamhun, Punjab, is a tree commonly cultivated throughout the 

 Himalaya, with a light-coloured, coarse and open-grained wood, and an edible fruit 

 with a flavour like that of the Bergamot Pear. Scutia indica, Brongn. ; Hook. Fl. End. 

 i. 640 ; Kurz i. 268, is a straggling shrub of Burma and South India. Colubrina 

 contains three species, of which Colubrina asiatica, Brongn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 642 ; 

 Beddome Ixix. ; Kurz i. 268. (Ceanothus asiaticus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 615.) Vern. 

 Kway-nway, Burm., is a large shrub of the coast forests of Burma and Malabar. 

 Gouania contains three climbing shrubs, commonest among which is G. leptostachya, 

 DC. ; Hook. Fi. Ind. i. 643 ; Kurz i. 269 ; Gamble 19. Vern. Kalalag, Kumaun ; 

 Batwasi, Nep. ; Khauta, Orissa; Tayounyonway, Burm., a large climber of the 

 Eastern Himalaya, Burma and South India. ' Selinus lanceolatus, Brandis 574, is a 

 slender twining shrub of the outer North-West Himalaya, ascending to 4,000 feet. 



Wood hard or moderately hard. Pores small or moderate- sized. 

 Medullary rays fine or very fine, numerous, equidistant. 



1. ZIZYPHUS, Juss. 



A genus containing 13 Indian species, 7 of which come from Northern 

 and Central India, about 6 from South India, 4 from Burma, and 6 from the 

 North-East Himalaya and Assam. Six species are here described. Of the remainder, 

 the chief is Z. vulgaris, Lamk.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 633; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 609 ; 

 Brandis 85. Vern. Sinjli, simli, ban, ber, kandika, kandidri, Hind., a small tree 

 of the arid and northern dry zones. It is found in the outer Himalaya from the 

 Indus to the Ravi, ascending to 6,500 feet, cultivated in the Punjab, Beluchistan, and 

 Bengal, and semi-wild as far as Italy and the south of France Mathieu FL For. 

 p. 60. Its fruit is eaten. 



Wood reddish, moderately hard or hard ; no heartwood. Pores small 

 to moderate-sized, often subdivided, between numerous fine or very fine 

 medullary rays, the distance between the rays being less than the 

 diameter of the pores. 



1. Z. Jujuba, Lam.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 632; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 608; 



Beddorne t. 149 ; Brandis 8(5; Kurz i. 2(i<; ; Gamble 1J). Vern. Ber, 



bacr, ben, Hind. ; A'///, far, Hi'ii^, ; Zccbcn, Burin. ; l\nigJia, rcffi, Tel. ; 



nide, Tarn,; Bhor, Mar.; iieiig<t, Bhil ; Klcnthn, Mai; YclM, Kail. 



