Scut la.] 29. miAMNE^. 53 



ilat or hooded. Disc fdlino- the calyx-tube. Stamens 5, Ovary sunk 

 in tile disc, 2-1-celled. Fruit girt at the base by the calyx, pyrenes 



S. indica, Brogn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. X, 363; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl, 50; Fl. Br. I.'l. G40 ; Becld. FI. Sylv. 70. CJdmnf, Vevn. On tho 

 hig-Iier glu'its of tlie Konkan ; common on the Supa gluits of North Kiinara, 

 in cvergrecMi forests, at about 2,000 ft. olovation. FL Oct. Fr. June. 



SAGERATIA, Brogn. 



Unarmed or spinous shrubs. Leaves subopposite with deciduous 

 stipules. Flowers small, pentamerous, bisexual, in sessile clusters. 

 Calyx 5-fid. Petal. Petals 5, clawed, hooded. Stamens 5. Disc 

 cup-.shaped, lining the calyx-tube, margin free, 5-lobcd. Ovary 

 8-celled; style short, 3-grooved. Fruit globose, 3-seeded, indehis- 

 cent. 



S. oppositifolia, Brogn. in Ann. Nat. Sc. Ser. 1. X. 360; Fl. Br. I. 1. 

 641 ; Brandis For. Fl. 95. Konkan, Brandis. Flowers at various seasons, 



COLUBRINA, Rich. 

 Erect unarmed shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in short axillary 

 cj-mes. Calyx 5-fid, tube hemispherical. Petals 5, hooded, inserted on 

 the margin of the disc. Disc fleshy, filling the calyx-tube. Ovary 

 immersed in the disc, 3-celled ; stigmas reflexed. Fruit obso- 

 letely 3-lobed, surrounded at the base by calyx-tube, 3-celled, cells 

 1-seeded, tardily dehiscent. 



C. asiatica Brogn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 1. X. 369 ; Fl. Br. L 1. 642 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. 50 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 69. Giiti, M. On the Konkan ghats ; 

 comniou near the sea at Ratnagiri, Dalz. 



GOUANIA, Linn. 

 Unarmed climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in axillary 

 or terminal spikes, polygamous. Calyx 5-lobed, the tube adherent 

 to the ovary. Petals 5, hooded. Stamens 5. Disc filling the calvx- 

 tube, 5-angled or stellate. Ovary immersed in the disc, 3-celied. 

 Fruit 3-winged. The flowering rachis is often cirrhose. 



Flowers sessile, densely pubescent ... G. microcarpa. 



Flowers shortly pedicelled, glabrous G. leptostachya. 



G. microcarpa, DC Prod. II. 40 ; FI. Br. I. 1. 643. From the Konkan 

 southwards, very common on the North Kunara ghats, in evero-reen 

 forests. Fl. Nov. Fr. Jan. 



G. leptostachya, DO. Prod. II. 40; Fl. Br. I. 1. 643 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 50. At Banda in the Warri country, Dak. 



Order 30. AMPELIDE^. 

 Erect shrubs or small trees with jointed branches or woody climbers. 

 Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or compound. Flowers reo-ular 

 hermaphrodite, rarely unisexual, cymose. Calyx 4-5 toothed or 



