Flacourtia.] filXACEAE. 53 



Phoberos crenaius, lanceolatus and Wightianns, W. & A. 



29-30. 



A medium-sized tree, very variable in armature and leaves. 

 Stamens spreading over a circle '3-'4 in. across, much exceed- 

 ing the small white petals, shorter than the long straight 

 style. Berry green, globose, *7 in. in diam. 

 Forests of the W. Ghats in all hill Districts above 2,000 ft. ; 

 higher hills of Cuddapah, Chingleput and Salem. 

 Wood reddish brown, said to be very hard. Vern. Tarn. 

 Charalu. 



6. Xylosma, Forster. 



Characters of FLACOURTIA, but with rarely more than 2 

 placentas in each 1- celled ovary, and with the style usually 

 entire, short, and ending in a few sessile stigmas. Berry globose, 

 3-8-seeded. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, acuminate 1. longifolimn. 



Leaves ovate, obtuse or acute 2. latifolium. 



1. XYLOSMA LONGIFOLIUM, Clos. ; F. B. I. i. 194 ; Brand. For. Fl. 

 t. 4. 



Forests of the E. Ghats in Ganjam and Vizagapatam at 



2,000 to 4,500 ft. 



A small tree, unarmed or with few very long straight 



spines. 



2. XYLOSMA LATIFOLIUM, Hook f. and Thorns. ; F. B. I. i. 194. 



Forests of the Bababuden Hills in Mysore. 

 A large thorny tree. 



7. Flacourtia, Commers. 



Trees or shrubs, often thorny. Leaves toothed or crenate, 3-5- 

 nerved at the base. Flowers small, dioecious, rarely 2- sexual. 

 Sepals 4-5, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens many ; anthers 

 versatile. Ovary on an annulate or lobed disk, or disk represented 

 by separate glands ; styles 2-10, separate, connate or ; stigmas 

 notched, 2-lobed or, in the absence of styles, capitate ; ovules 

 usually in pairs on each placenta. Fruit indehiscent ; endocarp 

 hard with as many cells as seeds, or separating into 1-seeded 

 stones ; cotyledons orbicular. 



