Scolopia.] xiv. BIXINEJS. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 191 



MERGUI, Griffith. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Spines on trunk compound. Leaves 4-5 by li-2| in., coriaceous, shining above; 

 petiole ^-4 in. JRacemes axillary, 1 in. ; flowers yellow, solitary, bracts deciduous. Disk 

 pubescent. Connective ciliate. 



3. S. crenata, Clos. I.e. 250 ; Leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate obtusely 

 or acutely acuminate subcrenate glabrous obscurely 3-5-plinerved, petiole 

 - in., racemes axillary glabrous or puberulous, sepals and petals 5-6 each, 

 fruit globose green (dry size of a cherry). S. pseudo-crenata, acuminata, 

 chinensis, lanceolata, and crassipes, Clos. I.e. S. saeva, Hance in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Ser. 4, xviii. 182. Phoberos crenatus, W. & A. Prodr. 29; Dah. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. Wightianus, W. & A. Prodr. 30. 

 P. acuminatus, Hookerianus, and A.rnotti&ims,. Thwaites Enum. 17 and 400. 

 Flacourtia sapida and crenata, Wall. Gat. 6675 H, 6679. 



MALABAR, CANARA, MAISOK, and CEYLON, in hilly districts. DISTRIB. China and 

 Philippines. 



Branches of young trees armed, of old unarmed. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in., base acute, 

 teeth glandular, shining above, pale and reticulate beneath ; petiole J- in. Racemes 

 1-3 in., terminal flowers at times corymbose; bracts deciduous; pedicels 1 -3-flowered. 

 Connective of anthers glabrous. Excessively variable. S. dasyanthera, Bennett, united 

 with this by Clos, is a different species. 



4. S. G-aertneri, Thwaites Enum. 400; leaves oblong to orbicular obtuse 

 or acute glabrous, petiole very short, racemes simple, sepals and petals 

 5 each, fruit pisiform red fleshy. S. pusilla, Moon. Cat.; Clos. I.e. 251. 

 Limonia pusilla, Gcertn. Fruct. i. 279, t. 58, f. 4. 



CEYLON, from the sea coast to 1500 ft. 



A tree, spines compound on the trunk, simple or on the branches. Leave* 1-3 by 

 ^-2 in., coriaceous, base rounded cordate or subacute, thin, reticulate on both surfaces; 

 petiole i- 1 ^-^ in. 



3. ERYTHROSFERIMUM, Lamarck. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, quite entire. Flowers racemed fascicled 

 or panicled, 2-sexual. Sepals 4-6, imbricate in bud. Petals 4-6, usually 

 small, Stamens 4-6 ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, connective dilated. Ovary 

 1-celled ; style short, stigma entire or 3-4-fid ; ovules many, on 3-4 pa- 

 rietal placentas. Capsule coriaceous, 3-4-valved ; valves bearing the seeds 

 on the middle. Seeds few, testa coriaceous or fleshy ; embryo incurved. 

 DISTRIB. Species 6, all Mascarene but the following. 



1. E. phytolaccoides, Gard. in Cole. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 9; gla- 

 brous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate entire or subserrate, flowers 

 5-merous. Thwaites Enum. 18. 



CEYLON, in the Ambamagowa and Katnapoora districts. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 3^-8 by 1^-3 in., shining above, base acute ; petiole \-% in. 

 Racemes axillary and terminal, simple or panicled, many-flowered. Flowers ^ in. diam., 

 white. /Sepals ovate, obtuse, equalling the ovate-oblong ciliate petals. Anthers lame, 

 on very short filaments. Capsule globose, 3-4-valved, 4 in. diam., 1-2-seeded. Seeds 

 globose ; testa red. 



4. FX.ACOURTXA, Commers. 



Trees or shrubs, often spinous. Leaves toothed or crenate. Flowers 

 small, dioecious, rarely 2-sexual. Sepals 4-5, small, imbricate. Petals 0. 

 Stamens many; anthers versatile. Ovary on a glandular disk; styles 2 or 



