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2. C PROSTRATA, Dalz. Procumbent, humifuse ; leaves 1 inch 

 long, dark-coloured, much wrinkled and bullate ; inflorescence as in 

 the preceding. We believe this to be a very distinct species, 

 never having seen intermediate forms. Syn. Croton plicatum, 

 Willd. (?) Found commonly in dried-tip water-holes. 



18. BRIEDELIA, Willd. 



1. B SCANDENS, Willd. iv, 979. Shrubby, scandent, with 

 long, weak branches, their extremities flower-bearing and pendu- 

 lous ; leaves alternate, short-petioled, oval-entire, downy beneath, 

 with numerous prominent parallel veins ; flowers small, axillary, 

 crowded, yellowish-green ; berries black, succulent when ripe. 

 Common in the hilly parts of the Concan. Syn. Cluytia scandens, 

 Roxb. Cor. PI t. 173. 



2. B MONTANA, Willd. iv, 978. A tree with short, thick 

 trunk, and spreading branches; leaves obovate or cuneate, smooth, 

 entire, 2 to 3 inches long ; veins as in the preceding ; flowers 

 small, green, axillary, crowded, sessile ; berry globular, succulent, 

 size of a pea. The flowers appear in April ; the tree is with or with- 

 out thorns, according to situation and soil. Syn. B spinosa, 

 Willd. loo. cit.; Cluytia spinosa, Roxb. Cor. t. 172. Native name 

 " Asauna." The wood is excellent, and stands exposure to water. 

 On the Ghauts, common. 



19. ANOMOSPERMUM, Dalz. 



1. A EXCELSUM, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. (1851), p 228. 

 Arboreous, monoecious ; leaves alternate, sti puled, coriaceous, 

 smooth shining, elliptic, acute at both ends, 6 to 7 inches long ; 

 flowers axillary, fascicled on longish pedicels; male and female 

 mixed ; calyx 5-leaved, much larger than the petals ; fruit-bearing 

 pedicels drooping ; capsules smooth, about an inch in diameter. 

 Syn. Actephila neilgherrensis, Wight Ic. 1910 (1852). Closely 

 allied to the Cluytia collina and Patula of Roxburgh. As Miers 

 has a genus of the same name in Menispermacese, it is 

 doubtful whether this will stand. Hab. Phoonda Ghaut; seed 

 without albumen. 



20. PHYLLANTHUS, Swartz. 



1. P MADRASPATENSIS, Linn., Var. Gracilis, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 

 655. Perennial, erect, twiggy, 2 to 3 feet high ; leaves bifarious, 

 oblong or cuneate-lanceolate ; flowers axillary, 3 to 5 males, and 

 1 female ; capsule smooth ; styles 3, bifid at apex ; seeds brown, 

 beautifully marked like basket-work. Wight Ic. Ib95, j%. 3 ; 

 dehiscence of anthers longitudinal. 

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