on, 
105 
Byeberung is the Sylhet name of Embelia ribes. 
813. E. TevRANDRA. G. Pu-yalli. Rheed. Mal. 7. ¢. 42. 
Ambut;—Mahableshwur name; where itis very common. A scandent shrub, 
with alternate, polished leaves: flowers in December and January, in simple 
racemes from the naked stem: fruit size ofa currant; ripens in May, red.— 
Perhaps it should he referred to Alphonse De Candolle’s genus Choripeta- 
dum. (See Linn, Trans. 17. p, 131.) 
This pretty plant seems to be confined toe the higher ranges of mountains. 
814. E. ? 
Ascandent shrub at Kandalla; with a good deal the habit of E. basaal--- 
the natives also call it Ambut barbuttee, It isa distinct species. 
409. MESA. Forsk, Pentandria Monogynia. 
From the Arabic name of one of the species. 
S15. M_Inpica. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 22. Baeobotrys indica. Rox. Flora. 
1. p 557. Vahls Symbols. ¢. 6. Bot. Mag. t. 2052. 
Atkee.---A shrub; leaves alternate, oblong, serrated; flowers in January and 
March, very small, white; in axillary racemes; fruit size of a small pea, 
used by the natives to poison fish.--Very common at Mahableshwur; and on 
the hills about Parr. One or two plants grow at Corinda, near Kandalla. 
(Dr. Arbuckle-) 
816. M. Dupia. Don’s syst: 4. p. 22. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 233. (Wallichs 
Edit.) 5 
A shrub; leaves ovate, acuminate, grossly serrated; flowers in axillary 
panicles, consisting of a number of filiform racemes; very small. The Ram 
Ghaut. (Mr. Law.) 
‘ORDER 84. SAPOTACE:. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 27. 
' THe SappoDiILta TRIBE. Lind. nat. syst. p, 180. 
410. SIDEROXYLON. c. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Sideros---iron, xylon--wood; in allusion to the hard texture of the wood: 
Lam. ¢. 120. 
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817. S. Tomentosum. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 602. Rox. Cor. 1. ¢. 23. Don’s. 
syst. 4, p. 28. 
Kata--koomla, or Koombul:---A middle sized tree, frequently armed with 
blunt thorns: leaves alternate; under surface of the younger ones, covered 
with a rusty coloured substance: flowersin February and March; of a dingy 
white, and somewhat resembling those of Mimusops hexandra. Berry ovate, 
size of a plum. Sambre are fond of it. (Dr. Gibson.) 
Grows pretty common on the Ghauts;--Duddi on the Gutpurba, (Mr. Law.) 
There are some handsome trees near the bottom of the Rotunda Ghaut. 
411. CHRYSOPHYLLUM. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Chryses—gold, and phyllon—a leat; the leaves of some of the species are 
clothed with a yellow silky down beneath. 
818. C. Acuminatum. Rox. Flora, 1. p. 599. C. Roxburgii, Don’s, syst. 4. 
p. 33. 
Roxburgh’s star-apple tree; native of Silhet; intd. by N. from Bengal. 
The fruit is about the size of a crab-apple: yellow, when ripe, and much es- 
teemed by the people of Silhet. ; 
412, ACHRAS.L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
he Greek name of the wild pear. Lam. t, 235. 
