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LXXXVII. AZIMACE^l, Gard. and Wight. 

 1. AZIMA, Lam. 



1. A TETRACANTHA, Lam. Illustr. Gen. t. 807. Dioecious, 

 shrubby ; branches opposite, tetragonal, spreading, thorny ; leaves 

 opposite-petioled, acute, entire, smooth ; flowers axillary, clustered, 

 very shortly peduncled ; berries white. At Gokak ; Dharwar 

 fort ; also the Hubshee's Country near the sea, &c. Syn. Monetia 

 baiierioides, Herit. Wight Illustr. t. 153. 



LXXXVIII. AQUIFOLIACE.E. 



1. ILEX, Linn. 



1. I WIGHTIANA, Wall, Wight Ic. 1216. A tree, glabrous; 

 leaves ovate-elliptic or elliptic-acuminate, entire, coriaceous ; 

 umbels of flowers numerous, axillary, or from the scars of the fallen 

 leaves ; pedicels about the length of the peduncles, often longer ; 

 corolla white, 5 to 6-cleft ; berry 5 to 6-seeded, size of a small pea, 

 red when ripe. The Ghauts; flowers in March and April. 



LXXXIX. APOCYNACEJE. 

 1. CARISSA, Linn. 



1. CARANDAS, Linn. Maut. p 52. A very common thorny 

 shrub ; leaves oval, shortly petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, shining 

 above; peduncles terminal, 3 to 5-flowered, shorter than the leaf; 

 flowers white, like a Jasmine ; berry oval, reddish or purple, ripe in 

 May, eatable. Syn. Lycium malabaricum, Pluk. Aim. t. 305. fig. 4 ; 

 Carandas, Humph. Amb. vii, p 57 ; Echites spinosa, Burm. Ind; 

 Capparis carandas, Gmel. syst. i, p 806'. Native name u Corinda." 



"2. LANCEOLATA, Dalz. Mss. A thorny shrub; leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long, lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; fruit size of a plum, 

 purple when ripe, glutinous, far superior in flavour to the preceding. 

 Rarn Ghaut ; fruit ripe in May. 



3. HIRSUTA, Roth. nov. sp. p 128. Branches thorny, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves roundish or ovate, hairy on both sides, 1 to 1 k inch 

 long; peduncles terminal and axillary, 3 to 7-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaf; berry globose, of the size of a pea, smooth, dark-purple. 

 Hills eastward of Belgaum. Syn. C villosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 525 ; 

 Wight. Ic. t. 437. 



2. OPHIOXYLON, Linn. 



1. SERPENTINUM, Linn. Willd. syst. iv., p 979. A very small 

 shrub ; leaves opposite or verticelled in threes, oblong-acute, 



