32>0 RubiaceCB. [Randza. 



i. TL. ulig-inosa, DC. Prod. iv. 386 (1830). Et-kukuruman, 

 Wadig'a, S. 



Garde?iia uliginosa, Retz., Moon Cat. 19. Thw. Enum. 159. C. P. 2936. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 110 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 397. 



A small tree, much branched, branches thick, horizontal, 

 many of them short and terminating in 2 pair of short sharp 

 spreading spines, bark rough, shredding off in fibres, reddish- 

 brown; 1. fascicled on suppressed branchlets, 3-5 in., spathu- 

 late-oblong or lanceolate, tapering to base, obtuse, glabrous 

 on both sides or slightly pubescent beneath, thin, reticulate- 

 veined, petiole very short, stip. acute; fl. large, 1 J-2 in. diam., 

 solitary at end of suppressed branches, ped. short; cal.-limb 

 broadly tubular, segm. very shallow, rounded, ciliate; cor. 

 glabrous outside, tube with ring of hairs at mouth, lobes 5-7, 

 orbicular, much overlapping; fruit large, 2 J- 3 in., pyriform 

 ovoid, smooth, pale or orange-brown, 2-celled, pericarp thick ; 

 seeds numerous, closely packed in pulp. 



Margins of tanks, &c, in the dry region ; rather rare. Trincomalie ; 

 Kantalai ; Dambulla. Fl. Aug.-Sept.; white. 

 Also in India and Burma. 

 The flesh of the large yellow fruit is used in curries, but it is astringent. 



2. R.. dumetorum, Lam. III. Genres, ii. 227 (1793). Kuburuman, 

 S. K,arai, T. 



Moon Cat. 19. Thw. Enum. 159. C. P. 1652. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. no. Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 136 (Gardejiia dumetorum). 

 Wight, let. 580. 



A shrub or small tree, branches horizontal, rigid, many of 

 the lat. ones suppressed and very short, spines in opp. pairs 

 coming off immediately above the branchlets, §— I in. long, 

 horizontal, woody, strong, very sharp; 1. usually fasciculate 

 on the suppressed branchlets, nearly sessile, 1-2 in., obovate- 

 oval or spathulate, tapering to base, obtuse, apiculate, glabrous 

 or slightly pubescent, thin, reticulate-veined, stip. acuminate; 

 fl. 1 in. diam., 1-3 at ends of suppressed branchlets, ped. short; 

 cal.-limb broadly tubular, from nearly glabrous to very hairy, 

 segm. leafy, ovate, acute, imbricate, glabrous or slightly hairy ; 

 cor. hairy outside ; tube as long as cal, lobes rounded, spread- 

 ing; fruit globose or broadly ovoid, about f in., crowned with 

 large cal.-limb, pilose, yellow, 2-celled, pericarp thick; seeds 

 flat, surrounded with pulp. 



Dry region ; very common, especially in sandy places near the coast. 

 Fl. August ; yellowish white. 



Also in Peninsular India, Burma, Java, S. China, E. Trop. Africa. 



Usually a mere spiny bush. Fruit said by Nevill to be used as a fish- 

 poison by the Veddas. The pulp of the fruit is a safe and much-used 

 emetic, and the root is given in bowel complaints. 



