116 
879. €. Pusittus. Don’s. spst..4. p. 95. Vinea parviflora Rox. Flora. 2. p. 
4. Rheed. Mal. 9. ¢. 33. 
A small annual, flowers in the rains:—the Deccan. (Dr. Lush.) — 
TRIBE 5. ALYXIER. 
437. CERBERA. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Dog Cerberus—(Aeneid, Book 6.) the plants are poisonous. Lam. ¢. 170. 
Gaert. 2. ¢. 123. 
880. C. OpoLLam. Rox. Flora, 1. p. 692, Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 39. Bot. Mag. 
t. 1845. Ainslie? Mat, Ind. 2. p. 260. Gaert. 2. ¢. 124, Tanghinia odollam. 
Don’s. syst. 4. p. 97. , 
A tree, native of salt swamps on the the coast of Malabar and S. Concan.— 
Common on the Maldive and Laccadive Isles from which seeds were brought 
by Captain Moresby, I. N. The C. Tanghin, of Bot. Mag, ¢. 2968, is the 
famous ordeal tree of Madagascar. y 
881. C. THEvetia. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 97. Bot. Mag. t. 2309, Pluk. Alm. ¢, 
207. f. 3. Native of S. America and West Indies. 
A large shrub, with oleander—looking leaves, and pretty bell-shaped yel- 
low flowers, fruit size of a crab-apple:—common in Bombay gardens, It is 
easily propagated from cuttings. : 
438. OPHIOXYLON. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Ophis—a serpent, Xylon—wood; in allusion to its supposed healing pro- 
perties. Gaert. ¢- 109. 
' $82. O. Serrentinum. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 694, Rheed. Mal. 6.t.47. Rumph, 
Amb. 7. t- 16. Bot. Mag, ¢. 784. Ainslie Mat. Ind. 2. p. 441. 
‘* Few shrubs in the world are more elegant, especially when the vivid 
carmine of the perianth is contrasted, not only with the milk white corolla, 
but with the rich green berries, which at the same time embellish the fascicle”. 
‘Sir W. Jonesin Asiat. Res. 4. p. 308,—in gardens Bombay—Goa Jungles. 
(Dr. Lush,) The Concans. N. — 
TRIBE 6, ALLAMANDE, 
439. ALLAMANDA. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Allamand,—a Surgeon who trayelled in Guiana. Gaert. t. 61. Lam. ¢. 171. 
$83. A, AuBLETH, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 103. A, cathartica. Roemer and Schultz. 
Bot. Mag, ¢. 338. Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 9. »: 
A scandent, milky shrub, with large yellow flowers, which come out in suc- 
cession all the year:—common in gardens; probably intd. from S. America 
of which Country it is a native, The flowers are very showy. 
TRIBE 7. CARANDIER, 
440. CARISSA. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From the Sanscrit name. Lam. ¢. 118. 
884. C. Caranpas. Rox. Flora. 1, p. 687. Rox. Cor. t. 77. Rumph. Amb. 
7. t, 25. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 263, Pluk. Alm. ¢. 303. f. 4. Don’s, syst. 4. p. 104. 
Corinda—A very common thorny shrub: grows throughout the Concans and 
on Ghauts:—at Mahableshwur, rare. The fruit ripens in May, and is sold in 
the bazars. It hassomewhat the taste of the Blaeberry. ( Vaccinium.) 
‘“* Nimium ue crede colori, 
Alba ligustra cadunt, vaccinia nigra leguntur.” 
Virgil. 
885. C. Vittosa. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 690. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 104. 
A shrub;—grows wild on the hills eastward of Belgaum. (Mr, Law.) 
g86. C. Spinarum, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 104. Rumph. Amb. 7. ¢. 19. f. 1. Bot, 
Cab. t. 162. Lam, lust. ¢. 113. f. 2. se Nala oe 
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