192 xiv. BIXINE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Flacourtia. 



more, stigmas notched or 2-lobed ; ovules usually in pairs on each placenta. 

 Fruit indehiscent, endocarp hard, with as many cells as seeds. Seeds obo- 

 void, testa coriaceous ; cotyledons orbicular. DISTRIB. About 12 species, 

 natives of the Old World, some are cultivated in various tropical countries. 

 After a long study of extensive suites of specimens, we find ourselves quite unable to 

 distinguish the forms of several species of this genus, and especially of 5, 6, 7, and 8, 

 which are all excessively variable. 



* Leaves usually more or less lanceolate and acuminate. 



1. F. suxnatrana, Planch, urn. in //>//>. ][<>k.; unarmed, leaves ob- 

 long acuminate base cordate glabrous obtusely gland-serrate, nerves be- 

 neath pubescent, lowest close-set, flowers race med dioecious, stigmas 2-lobed. 

 Wall. Cat. 6678 A, in part. ? Ludia foetida, Roxb. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer. DISTUIB. Sumatra. 



Young branches only puberulous. Leaves 5-10 by 2-4 in., thin, coriaceous, shining 

 above ; petiole - in-, and midrib below pubescent. Raceme* axillary, fascicled, short. 

 T>isl; cupular. Ovary 4-7-celled ; styles 4-7. Fruit small, oblong. 



2. P. inermis, Roxb. Cor. PI. iii. 16, t. 222 ; Fl. Ind. iil 833 ; unarmed, 

 leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate obtusely sermte 

 glabrous, flowers 2-sexual in fascicled pubescent racemes, stigmas 2-loU-d. 

 Jack. Mai. .!/'.., <m<l in lL<,k. lint. Mis,-, i. 289; Watt. Cat. <M73, exd. 

 G, H, I ; W. & A. Prodr. 29. ? F. quintnplinervis, Turcz. in Hull. Afotc. 

 xxxvi. 353. 



SIUIET, SINGAPORE, PEXANO, Jack, &c., cultivate] in India. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Young branches puberulous. Leaves 4-8 by 2-3 in., base acute or round. ,1 shinincr, 

 thin, coriaceous, midrib below pubescent; petinl,- ." ( ,|, in. Disk covered with fit-shy 

 orange glands. Ovary 5-cel led, cells 2-ovuled; stigmas 4-8, 2-lobed. Fruit size of a 

 cherry, red, acid, pyrenes 8-10. 



3. F. montana, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 10 ; branches spinous, flowering 

 unarmed, softly pubescent, leaves oblong or oblong-hmo-Mlntr obtusely 

 acuminate crenate glabrous above hairy beneath, base 3-5-plinerv-d, flowers 

 dioecious in fascicled densely pubescent racemes. Dalz. <( (jibs. Bomb, /'/. 10. 

 F. inermis, Mig. PI. Hotien. not 7jW/////v///. 



CANARA and CONCAN, Dalzell, &c. 



A very thorny tree. Leaves 5-7 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, base rounded or acute, 

 shining above, glabrate beneath when old; petiole ^ in., ami costa beneath tonx-ntnse. 

 Disk of $ glandular. Fruit slightly acid, size of a cherry. There is another F. mon- 

 tana, of Zippel (Linnsea xv. 176) from Timor. 



4. F. mollis, H. f. & T. ; flowering branches softly pubescent, leaves 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate crenate-toothed glabrous 

 except the midrib above downy beneath, flowers dioecious in racemes 

 almost umbellate. 



TENASSERIM, Griffith, Heifer. 



A tree; bark smooth, grey. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-2 in-, base rounded or acute, penni- 

 nerved ; petiole in. Fl. ^ and fruit unknown. 



5. F. Rukam, Zoll. & Moritz. Verz. 33 ; unarmed, young branches 

 pubescent, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, quite glabrous acute or 

 acuminate coarsely glandular-crenate, flowers dioecious urnbelled, stigmas 

 6-8 capitate emarginate. Clos in Ann. &\ Nat. tier. 4. viii. 216; Miq. Fl. 

 Ned. Ind. i. pt. 2, 104. F. cataphracta, Blume Bijd. 55 (not of tfoxb.). 



MALACCA or MERGUI, Griffith. DISTRIB. Philippine Islands. Much cultivated for 

 its fruit. 



