Diplosjjora,] 49. hvbiaceje. 109 



DIPLOSPORA, DC. 



Shrubs or trees, evergreen. Leaves simple, stipules acuminate. 



Flowers in axillary fascicles or cymes, polygamo-dicccious, white ; 



bracts free or connate in a cup. Corolla-tube short, lobes 4-5, 



spreading, twisted in bud. Ovary 2-3-celled ; ovules 2-3 in each 



cell. Berry ovoid or globose. Seeds few imbricate. 



Fruit sessile ellipsoid. ... ... D. apiocarpa. 



Fruit pedicelled globose ... ... ... ... D. fsphceroco.rpa. 



D. apiocarpa, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. II. 257 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 123. 



Dicospernmni apiocarpiini, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sjlv. t. 223. Evergreen forests on the higher ghats of the Konkan 

 and North Kanara. Fl. R.S. 



D. sphserocarpa, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. II. 257 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 



123 ; Dicospermiun sphcerocarjm, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 120; Bedd- 

 Fl. Sjlv. 134. On the ghats from the Konkan southwards. Fl. Oct. 

 Fr. May. 



CANTHIUM, Lam. 



Unarmed or spinous shrubs. Leaves simple, stipules interpetiolar, 

 pointed, with a broad base. Flowers small, axillary, fascicled or 

 cyraose. Corolla-tube with a ring of deflexed hairs "within|; throat 

 villous ; lobes valvate in bud. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Drupe didymoiis with 1-2 pyrenes. Seeds^with fleshy albumen. 



Unarmed tree C. umbellatum. 



Spinous shrubs. 



Scandent. Spines short, X'ccurved. Leaves shin- 

 ing above .. C. Rheedii. 



Rigid shrub. Spines long, straight. Leaves not 



shining ... , C . parviflornm. 



C. umbellatum, Wgt. Ic. t. 1034 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 132 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 113; C. didijimim, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 221; Plectronia clidyma, 

 Braiidis For. Y\. 276. T'cpn, arsnl, M.; yellal, K. Common in the ever- 

 green forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. Nov.-Jany. 

 Fr. Apl.-June. 



C. Rheedii, DC. Prod. IV. 474 ; Fl. Br. 1.3. 134; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 113; Phdrowa /^Aeetfu, DC. Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 134-5. Can- 

 r/tisfifolhim. Roxb. Fl. Br. I. 3, 135 ; C. Leschenaultii, W. & A. Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113. Chapyel, M. Common in the evergreen forests 

 of the Konkan and North Kanara. A scandent shrub. Fl. <fe Fr. at 

 different times throughout the year. I am unacquainted with C. angiistt- 

 folium, W. & A., if it is distinct from C. Itheedii. DC. Hooker in the 

 Fl. Br. I. says C angustifolium is probably only a glabrous variety 

 of C. Rheedii, DC. 



C. parviflorum, Lamk. Diet. I. 602 ; Fl. Br. L 3. 136 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 113; Plectronia panifiora, Roxb. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-5. 

 Kirna, !M, Very common in dry, open situations throughout the pre- 

 sidency, also along and near the coast ; often semiscaudent in hedges. 

 Fl. Fr. at different times throughout the year. Fr. yellow edible. 



