Flacourtia.} xiv. BIXINE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 193 



A tree. Leaves 3-5 by 1J-2 in., firm, coriaceous, base acute or rounded, penni- 

 nerved; petiole in. Umbels fascicled, 4-flowered, subsessile, pubescent. Styles erect, 

 remote. Fruit size of a large cherry. 



6. F. Cataphracta, Roxb. in Willd. Sp. PL iv. 830 ; Cor. PL iii. t. 222 ; 

 FL Ind. iii. 834 ; branches white-dotted glabrous young armed, leaves oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate long acuminate quite glabrous crenate-serrate, flowers 

 dioecious in irregular glabrous racemes, stigmas 4-6 capitate. Wail. Cat. 

 6674 (exd. C} ; Clos I.e. (not of Roth., Blume or Dalzell ?). F. Jangomas, 

 Miq. Stigmarosa Jangomas, Lour. Roumea Jangomas, Spreng. Spina 

 spinarum, Rumph. Amb. Cap. 43, p. 38, xix. t. 1, 2. 



From LOWER BENGAL and ASSAM to CHITTAGONG, MALACCA, and SINGAPORE. 

 DISTRIB. Malay Islands, China. Commonly cultivated. 



A small tree ; spines compound. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1| in., membranous, lower on the 

 branches often obtuse ; petiole 35 in. Ovary flask-shaped, neck contracted. Flowers 

 very small, yV~ s in. diam. Fruit the size of a small plum, purple, very acid. Clos 

 errs in considering this a native of Africa ; Bojer (Hort. Maur.) attributes it to India, 

 and lioxburgh gives it a well-known Bengali name (Pauiala). The description in the 

 Bombay Flora is too brief for identification. 



** Leaves usually oblong obovate or orbicular, obtuse or obtusely pointed^ 

 rarely elliptic-lanceolate. 



7. F. Ramontchi, L'Herit. Stirp. 59, t. 30, 31 ; armed, branchlets 

 glabrous or pubescent, leaves very variable elliptic-oblong obovate or sub- 

 orbicular, obtusely serrate or crenate, flowers dioecious in short branched 

 glabrous racemes, stigmas 5-11 free or connate. W. & A. Prodr. 29 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. 



Common throughout India, wild or cultivated. DISTRIB. Madagascar, the Eastern 

 Archipelago. 



W.e are quite unable to define the various forms brought together under the names of 

 F. Ramontchi and sapida, and which include either several species, or one that 

 spreads all over India, and varies much, presenting however the following principal 

 varieties or species. 



VAR. 1. Ramontchi proper; leaves glabrous 2-3 in. membranous elliptic ovate or 

 oblong coarsely crenate, racemes very slender glabrous or nearly so. F. Ramontchi, 

 Wall. Cat. 6677 ; Wight Cat. 108 ; Jc. t. 85; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 120. Common 

 in the Peninsula. 



VAR. 2. sapida; leaves 1-2 in. membranous or coriaceous glabrous or pubescent pn 

 the costa beneath and petiole elliptic broadly oblong cuneate-obovate or suborbicular, 

 peduncles stouter pubescent. F. sapida, Roxb. Cor. PI. i. t. 69 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 835 ; 

 W. & A. Prodr. 29 ; Wall. Cat. 6675 C. Common in the Western Ghauts and else- 

 where in the Peninsula. 



VAR. 3. latifolia; branches robust glabrous, leaves large 3-5 in. glabrous, coriaceous 

 broadly elliptic-oblong or orbicular, costa below and petiole puberujous, nerves strong 

 very oblique, racemes very short pubescent, stigma sessile. Carnatic, Nilgherries. 



VAR. 4. occidentalis ; branchlets petioles leaves often beneath and sometimes above 

 and racemes tomentose or velvety, leaves 1-2 in. broadly oblong orbicular or obovate 

 rarely elliptic or ovate, base rounded cuneate or cordate. Probably a distinct species. 

 Wall. Cat. 6675, excl. B, C, H, & K. ?F. Perottetiaua, Clos in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, 

 viii. 218. From BEHAR and the DEKKAN, northward and westward to Oude, Eohil- 

 kund, and the Punjab ; abundant (Beluchistan). 



VAR. 5. racemulifera ; leaves small 1|-1 in. membranous glabrous elliptic-oblong 

 crenulate-serrate puberulous, petiole short, flowers very small dioecious in short glabrous 

 erect strict many-flowered racemes ^-1 in. long very snortly pedicelled, bracteoles broad. 

 Herb. Madras, Wall. Cat. 6675 K, male flower only; Wight Cat. 107. ?F. sepiaria 

 /3 frondosa, Clos in Ann. tic. Nat. tier. 4, viii. 217. A very curious form, or probably 



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