119 



21. STYLOCORYNE, Cav. 



1. WEBERA, A. Rich. Shrubby, glabrous; leaves lanceolate- 

 oblong, shining ; corymbs trichotornous terminal ; calyx limb 

 5- cleft, tube of corolla short, bearded at the mouth, segments of 

 the limb recurved, stigma 10-ribbed, berry 2-celled, globose ; flowers 

 white. The young shoots are frequently covered with a resinous 

 exudation. Southern Concan. Syn. YVebera coryrnbosa, Willd. 

 sp. i, 1224. Rondeletia asiatica, Linn. sp. 244; Canthiurn corym- 

 bosum, Pers. Syn i, 200 ; Cupia corymbosa, DC. Prod. 4, 394 ; 

 Tarenna zeylanica, Gaert. Fr. i, 139; Polyozus madraspatana, 

 DC. loc. cit. 495. 



22. GRIFFITHIA, W. and A. 



1. FRAGRANS, W. and A. Prod, p 400. A rigid glabrous 

 shrub, with opposite thorns; leaves petioled, from obovate to 

 oblong, cuneate at the base, coriaceous ; stipules roundish, ovate 

 cuspidate ; flowers in an umbel-like corymb, white ; fruit size of a 

 large pea, South Concan. Syn. Gardenia fragrans, Kcenig. Roxb. 

 Cor. t. 197; Posoqueria fragrans, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 717; Rand i a 

 malabarica, Lam. Encyc. Meth. iii, 25; Stylocoryne pandaki; 

 DC. Prod. 4, 377 ; S malabarica, DC. loc. cit. 



23. RANDIA, Houst. 



1. DUMETORUM, Lam. Illust. t. 156, fig. 4. A small thorny 

 tree; leaves oval-obtuse, cuneate at the base, glabrous; flowers 

 solitary, terminal on the young shoots, white or yellowish ; fruit 

 size of a small apple, slightly grooved longitudinally. Very common 

 on the Ghauts. Syn. Gardenia dumetorum, Retz. Obs. ii, p 14 ; 

 G spinosa, Linn. Suppl. p 164 ; Posoqueria dumetorum, Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. i, p713; Ceriscus malabaricus, Gaert. i, .28. Native 

 name " Ghela." 



2. LONGISPINA, DC. Prod. 4, 386. A tree armed with long 

 straight thorns ; leaves from obovate to oblong cuneate at the base, 

 glabrous ; flowers 1 to 3, at the extremities of young axillary shoots ; 

 fruit ovoid, size of a small wood-apple. Kandeish jungles. The 

 Ataveesy, rare, Dr. Gibson. Syn. Posoqueria longispina, Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. i, 716. 



3. ULIGINOSA, DC. Prod. 4, 386. A thorny tree; branches 

 4-angled; leaves short petioled, oblong, cuneate at the base, glabrous, 

 shining ; fruit size of a lemon, smooth, yellow, South Concan. 

 Syn. Gardenia uliginosa, Retz. Obs. ii, p 14 ; Posoqueria uliginosa, 

 Uoxb. Fl Ind. i, 712. 



