Alhizzia.'] 36. leguminose^. 87 



Bomb. FI. 88. Tiirjli, K. ; hdlei, Vern. Throughout tho presidency, in 

 dry forests. ¥\. ApL, June. Fr. CB. 



PITHECOLOBIUM, Mart. 

 Trees. Leaves bipiunatp. Flowers in globose heads or cylindri- 

 cal spikes, peutameroua, bisexual. Calyx with short teeth. Corolla 

 segments valvate. Stamens indefinite, much exserted. Pod flat, 

 circinate or falcate, 2-valved. Seeds in a scanty pulp. 



Spinose tree. Leaflets 1 pair. Pod turgid, twisted, 



linear P. duke. 



Unarmed tree. Piunje, 1-2 pair. Pod flat, spirally contorted. P. hif/emimtm. 

 Pod tliiok curved. Pinnte more than 1 pair ... ... P. Saman. 



P. dulce, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jour. 1844, 199 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 302 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 188. A cultivated siDecies. Fi. R.S. Fl. C.S. 



p. bigemintim, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jour. 1844, 20G ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 89; Fl. Br. I. 2, 303; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 96. Iron wood. 

 Common in the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara. 

 FL. C.S. Fr. ripe June, July. 



P. Saman, L. Introduced into North Kfinara. Fl. C.S. Fr. R.S. 

 Order 37. ROSACEJE.. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, simple or compound. 

 Flowers bisexual, regular. Calyx superior or inferior, gamosepalous. 

 Petals 5, rarely 0, inserted under the margin of the disc, imbricate. 

 Stamens perigynous, indefinite, inserted with the petals, or on the 

 disc. Carpels 1 or more, free or connate or adnate to the calyx- 

 tube. Styles free or connate. Ovules 1 or more in each carpel. 

 Fruit variable, of achenes berries or drupes. 



Leaves simple. Carj^el 1 ... ... .., ... Pygeum. 



Leaves compound. Carpels many Rubl'S. 



PYGEUM, GjBrtn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, persistent ; basal glands 2 or 0. 

 Flowers small, racemose. Calyx-tube obconic, urceolate, deciduous ; 

 Limb 10-15-toothed. Petals minute, 5-6 or villous or tomentose, 

 rarely glabrous. Stamens 10-50, at mouth of calyx-tube. Fruit 

 a transversely oblong drupe. Cotyledons very thick, hemispheric. 



P. Wightianum, Bl. Melanges Bot. 1S55, Av. 2 (ex Walp. Ann. lY, 

 642) ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 319; P. ceylanicum, Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. t. 59. Excl. 

 synon. Common on the southern ghdts of North Kanara, in everjn'een 

 forests. Fl. Nov., Dec. Fr. H. S. 



P. Gardner!, Hook.f. Fl. Br. I. 2. 321 ; P. zeylanicnm, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 891. Konkan ghats, Mahabaieshvar, Munohur and Parwar, 

 Dalz. 



RUBUS, Linn. 

 _ Prickly, trailing shrubs or creeping herbs. Leaves alternate, 

 simple or compound ; stipules adnate to petiole. Flowers usually 

 in terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx cleft into 5 persistent lobes. 



