52 29. RHAMNE^. {Zizy])hus. 



Leaves oblique, brown silky beneath. Frnit size of a 



pea, black Z. cenoplia. 



Leaves -w itli white velvetty tomentum beneath. Fruit 



size of a cherry Z. nummular ia. 



Leaves pubescent beneath when young, glabrous when 



old. 

 Fruit Avitli a white mealy pulp and a crustaceous stone. Z, rugosa. 

 Leaves glabrous. A profusely armed shrub. Frnit 



woody, 3-ceIled ... Z. horrida. 



Z. jujuba, Lamk. Diet. III. 318; Fl. Br, I. 1. 632; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 49 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 149 ; Brandis For. Fl. 86. Ilavji, K. ; 

 hor, her. M. Througliout the presidency and Sind, usually planted ; 

 thrives in very dry situations. Fl. Apl., June. Fr. Dec.-Mch. 



Z cenoplia, Mill. Gard. Diet. No. 3 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 634 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 49 ; Brandis For. Fl. 86 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 69. Tbrough- 

 oat the Konkan and North Kanara in moist forests, also found in the 

 Deccan (Dalz.). Fruit edible. Fl. Sept., Oct. Fruit ripe Feb. in North 

 Kanara. 



Z. nummularia, W. & A. Trod. 162 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 633 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 88 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 09, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 49. Gaagr, janrjra, 

 Sind. Throughout the presidency and Sind in the driest situations, absent 

 from the moist region near the coast. Fl. Mch,, June. Fr. Nov., Jan. 



Z. xylopyrus, Willd. Sp. PL 1104 ; Fl. Br. 1. 1, 634; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 49 ; Brandis For. Fl. 90 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 68. Mullu hare, K. ; 

 qlidt, Icanta gotti, M. ; guti, Vern. A common tree in the moist 

 forests of North Kanara and Konkan, a straggling shrub throughout the 

 drier parts of the presidency. Fl. xM ay. Fr. ripe end of rainy season. 



Z. horrida, Roth. Nov. Sp. lo9 ; Fl. Br._ I. 1. 636; DC. Prod. II. 20. 

 Konkan, Stocks. I have not seen this species. 



Z. rugosa. Lamk. Diet. III. 319 ; PI. Br. I. 1. 663 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 49 ; Brandis For. PI. 89 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. 68. Turan, M. 

 Very common in open places on the North Kanara ghats and elsewhere 

 throughout the presidency. PL Nov., Mch. Fr. May. 



RHAMNUS, L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers Lermaplirodite or 

 polygamous. Calyx-tube urcoolate, limb 4-5-lobed^ lobes keeled 

 within. Petals 4-5, or 0, inserted on the calyx-tube above the 

 ovary, hood-shaped or flat. Stamens 4-5. Disc thin, lining the 

 calyx-tube. Ovary free, 3-4-celled. Fruit a berry-like drupe, girt 

 at the base by the small calyx-tube, 2-4-seeded. 



B. Wightii, W. & A. Prod. 164 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 639 ; Bedd.FI. Sylv. 70 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Fl. oO. " Eugt rorar," Vern. Highest hills of 

 the Konkan ghats. 



SCUTIA, Comm. 



A scandent, prickly shrub. Leaves opposite or alternate, penni- 

 nervcd. Flowers hermaphrodite, in axillary fascicles or subumbel- 

 late. Calyx 5-fid ; tube hemispherical or turbinate. Petals o, clawed. 



