222 FLORA OF MADRAS. 



late, fascicled in the axils of the also usually fascicled membranous 



leaves ; drupe 1-2-celled 1. virgatus. 



Branchlets without spines ; flowers 5-merous, short-pedicelled, in 

 oymes or racemes ; leaves not fascicled ; drupe 3-celled : 



Leaves subcoriaceoiis, ovate-oblong, closely serrate, usually acute 



at base, nerves prominent, about 8 pairs 2. Wightii. 



Leaves chartaceous, elliptic -oblong, distantly crenate-serrate, 

 visually rounded at base, nerves hardly prominent, about 6 pairs 



3. nepalensis. 



1. R/HAMNUS VIRGATUS, Roxb. R. daJmricus var. liirsutus, 

 Lawson ; F. B. I. i. 639. R. hirsutus, W. & A. 165. 



"W. Ghats, in the Nilgiris, Puliieys and the Hills of Tinne- 

 velly at 5,000-7,000 ft. 



A shrub or small tree of forest undergrowth with leaves 

 usually small but sometimes reaching 3 in. in length. 



2. RHAMNUS WIGHTII, W. & A. 164; Wt, Ic. 1. 159 ; F. B. I. i. 

 639. 



W. Ghats in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, up to 7,000 ft. 

 A large shrub. 



3. RHAMNUS NEPALENSIS, Lawson ; F. B. I. i. 640. 



E. Ghats, Mahendragiri Hill in Ganj am, 4,500 ft. (Gamble), 



Madgol Hills of Yizagapatam at 3,000 ft. (A. W. Lushing- 



ton). 



A large shrub. 



$. Scutia, Commers. 



Glabrous shrubs, usually armed with sharp-hooked thorns 

 which are abortive branchlets, from the leaf -axils. Leaves oppo- 

 site or subopposite, coriaceous, penninerved. Flowers hermaph- 

 rodite, small, in axillary fascicles or short-pednncled umbels. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate ; lobes 5, ovate, acute, thickened at the 

 apex. Petals 5, clawed, emarginate, flat or cucullate. Disk adnate 

 to the calyx-tube, cupshaped, the margin free, undulate. Stamens 

 5, as long as the petals. Ovary ovoid or globose, sunk in the 

 disk, 2-4-celled; style short; stigmas 2-4, papillose. Fruit obovoid 

 or subglobose, dry or slightly fleshy, girt at the base by the per- 

 sistent calyx-tube ; pyrenes 2-4, crustaceous, compressed ; seeds 

 compressed ; testa membranous ; albumen thin or ; cotyledons 

 plano-convex, fleshy. 



