54 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Flacourtia. 



A shrub. Leaves 1-2 in. long, obovate ; flowers usually on the thorns ; 



pedicels nearly or quite glabrous 1. sepiaria. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 2-4 in. long, ovate, usually glabrous ; 

 flowers not on the thorns : 



Kacemes glabrous ; fruits ovoid, -6- '7 in. long 2. Cataphracta. 



Racemes pubescent or tomentose ; fruits purple, the size of peas 



3. Ramontchi. 



A thorny tree. Leaves 5-7 in. long, pubescent beneath; fruits resembling 

 cherries 4. montana. 



1. FLACOURTIA SEPIARIA, Eoxb. Cor. PL i. 48, t. 68 ; F. B. I. i. 

 194 ; W. & A. 29. 



Scrub forests in all Districts, especially on the Coromandel 

 coast and in the Deccan. 



2. FLACOURTIA CATAPHRACTA, Eoxb. ; F. B. I. i. 193. 



E. Ghats of Vizagapatam District (Lushington). 



A small tree, only once reported, but it occurs in Orissa, so 



may well be occasional in the N. Circars. 



3. FLACOURTIA EAMONTCHI, L'Herit. ; F. B. I. i. 193 ; W. & A. 

 29; Wt. Ic. t. 85. 'F. sapida, Eoxb. Cor. PL i. t. 69; 

 W. & A. 29. 



Forests of the N. Circars and Deccan, up to 3,000 ft. ; 

 occasional on the W. Coast. 



A shrub with small leaves in the scrub forests and on 

 rocky hills, a small tree with rather large leaves in the 

 larger forests. Vern. Ur. Balibaincho ; Tel. Kanregu ; 

 Tarn. Katukali. 



4. FLACOURTIA MONTANA, Grab. ; F. B. I. i. 192. 



Forests of the W. Coast and W. Ghats, not common, up to 

 3,000 ft. 



Family XY. PITTOSPORACEAE, 



Trees, erect or climbing shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, fascicled, very rarely opposite or verticillate, quite entire or 

 very rarely toothed. Flowers hermaphrodite, in various terminal 

 and axillary inflorescences. Sepals 5, free or connate, imbricate. 

 Petals 5, hypogynous, free or connate, imbricate. Torus small. 

 Stamens 5, free ; anthers versatile. Ovary 1 -celled, or 2-5-celled 

 by the intrusion of as many parietal placentas ; style simple ; 

 stigma terminal, 2-5-lobed ; ovules many, parietal or axile, 

 anatropous. Fruit capsular or indehiscent. Seeds usually 



