12 8. BlxiNEiE. [Cochlospermuni. 



COCHLOSPERMUM, Kunth. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves digitately lobed. Flowers large, yellow, 

 bisexual. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5, contorted in bud. Stamens 

 indefinite, inserted on a disc without glands. Ovary with numer- 

 ous ovules on 3-5 parietal placentas. Capsule 3.5-valved. Seeds 

 cochleate ; testa hard, woolly ; embryo curved . 



C. gossypium, DC Prod. 1. 527; Fl. Br. I. 1. 190; BrancHs For. 

 Fl. 17 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 14. Guuglay, guU/ul, M. • ganeri, Bhil. In the 

 dry deciduous forests of the Deccan ; common on the Khandesh Satpudas. 

 Fl. Feb., Apl. Fr. June, July. 



BIXA, L. 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves simple ; stipules minute. Flowers 

 in terminal panicles, bisexual. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5, 

 contorted in bud. Anthers opening by 2 terminal pores. Ovary 

 1-celled; ovules many, on 2 parietal placentas. Capsule loculicidally 

 2-valved ; placentas on the middle of each valve. Seeds many ; 

 testa pulpy, red. 



B. Orellana, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 190; Brandis For. Fl. 17 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. ."•. Arnotto ; kisri, sendj-i, Vern. Cultivated 

 throughout the presidency; indigenous in America. Fl. Sept. Fr. Jany. 



SCOLOPIA, i:chreber. 

 Spinous trees. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers in axillary 

 racemes, small. Sepals 4-6. Petals 4-6, imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 many, connective produced. Ovary 1-celled; ovules few, on 3-4 

 parietal placentas. Berry 2-4-seeded. Seeds with long funicles. 



Scolopia crenata, Clos. 1. c. 250 ; Fl. Br. I. 1, 191 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 

 15; Phobems crenatus, W . & A. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. North 

 Kanara ghiits ; ghats south of Kam ghdt, Dalz. Common in the forests 

 near Nilkund, North Kdnara. Fl. Mch. Fr. ripe Aug. 



PLACOURTIA, Commers. 

 Trees or shrubs, usually spinous. Leaves toothed or crenate. 

 Flowers dioecious. Sepals 4-5, small, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 

 numerous, anthers short, versatile. Ovary on a glandular disc. Styles 

 2 or more, stigmas 2-notched or 2-lobed. Fruit a few-seeded berry. 

 Seeds obovoid, testa coriaceous ; cotyledons orbicular. 



Trees. Fruit large. 



Racemes pubescent. Leaves hairy beneath. ... F. montana. 



Racemes and leaves quite glabrous. 



Fruit size of a small plum. Trees or shrubs ... F. Cata'phracta* 



Fruit smaller than those of the above species 

 (in the variety sajnda, size of a pea). Stig- 

 mas 5-11 ... F. Ramontchi, 



Shrub. Stigmas 3-4 ... ... F. sepiaria. 



P. montana, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 10; Fl. Br. I. 1, 192; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. Han sampige, K. ; attalc, chaviper, M. Konkan, 

 North Kandra, iu evergreen forests. Fruit edible. Fl. C. S. Fr. ApriL 



