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LXI. RUBIACEiE 



[ Randia 



bearing short, terete, decussate branchlets, with several pairs of approximate 

 leaves, and above thern 2-4 strong sharp decussate thorns. L. glabrous and 

 shining above, often pubescent beneath, obovate from a cuneate base, blade 

 3-6, pet. \ in. long. Fl. solitary, axillary, white, scented, dimorphic, either 

 large and sessile or small and pedicelled. The former have 2 separate stigmas, 

 the corolla is 2 in. across, while its tube is longer than the free portion of calyx. 

 The pedicellate fl. have a short corolla-tube and a clavate stigma marked with 

 spiral lines. Calyx-lobes very short, corolla-tube glabrous outside. Fr. yellow, 

 edible, with a hard pulp, those produced by the large fl. are 2 in. long, while those 

 of the others only attain half that size. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, chiefly in Savannahs and on low 

 ground, ascending to 2,500 ft. Bundelkhand, Central Provinces, Behar. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. "Western Peninsula. Gregarious in places. PI. April-June. 

 L. renewed March, April. 3. E. longiflora, Larnk. — Syn. Webera longiflora, bispinosa, 

 and siamensis, Kurz P. PI. ii. 4S, 49. Assam. Khasi hills. Chittagong. Pegu. 

 Martaban and Tenasserim. Mala}' Peninsula. Tonkin. A large evergreen rambling 

 shrub, entirely glabrous, usually armed with stout recurved spines. L. coriaceous, 

 shining, elliptic-oblong, blade 4-6, pet. \ in. long. PI. white, turning yellow, in com- 

 pound, sessile or shortly pedunculate cymes. Corolla-tube J-1J in. much longer than 

 the oblong lobes. Berry ovoid or globose, J-J in. long. 



4. R. malabarica, Lamk. — Syn. Griffithia fragrans, "W. et A. ; Wight Ic. t. 310. 

 Pedda Malli, Tel. ; Todi Matti, Tarn. Deccan. Mysore, Karnatik. Also on the 

 "West side of the Peninsula. Often planted in hedges. Ceylon. A rigid glabrous 

 shrub, thorns short, sharp, sometimes absent, when grown in rich soil. L. coriaceous, 

 obovate to oblanceolate, 2-3 in. long, narrowed into short petiole. PI. white fragrant, 

 in nearly sessile leaf-opposed cymes, bracts ovate, cuspidate, connate in pairs. Calyx 

 glabrous or hairy, teeth short, triangular, corolla § in. across, tube shorter than lobes. 

 Berry J in. diam., first orange, finally black. 5. E. Griffltmi, Hook. f. Khasi and 

 Naga hills. Bernardmyo 7,000 ft. Upper Burma. Spines short, straight, sometimes 

 wanting. L. membranous, lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. £-J in. long. Berries soft black, 

 | in. diam., seeds 4 in each cell. 



B. Armed, 1. pubescent or tomentose. 



6. R. dumetorum, 



Lamk. ; Wight Ic. t. 580.— 

 Syn. JR. nutans, longispina 

 and floribunda, Wight Ic. 

 t. 581, 582, 583. Vera. 

 Mairidal, Mainphal, Hind. ; 

 Gliela, Mindhal, Mar. ; Man- 

 gu, Tel. ; Mangari, Kan. ; 

 Madu Karray, Tarn. 



A large deciduous shrub 

 or small tree, armed with 

 stout axillary spines, 1-li in. 

 long, bark grey. L. obovate, 

 1-2 in. long, glabrous or 

 haiiy. Fl. greenish-yellow 

 or nearly white, turning yellow when fading, fragrant, on short pedi- 

 cels, solitary or a few together at the ends of short leaf-bearing branch- . 

 lets, sometimes on the axillary spines. Calyx strigose with stiff hairs, 

 lobes large, broad-ovate, often with minute intermediate lobes. Corolla i-f in. 

 across, tube hairy outside. Fr. yellow, l-l- 1 - in. long, frequently crowned by 

 the semi-persistent calyx-teeth, fleshy under a leathery pericarp, seeds em- 

 bedded in a gelatinous pulp. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from the Bias eastwards, ascending to 4,000 ft., 

 chiefly in Sal and mixed forests. Rajputana. Central Provinces. Both Peninsulas. 

 PI. March-June. Pruit eaten when ripe, unripe used to poison fish. Ceylon, Malay 

 Archipelago. South China. Eastern tropical Africa. A remarkable form, possibly 

 a distinct species, with 1. densely velvety beneath, hairy above, sec. n. prominent, 

 10-12 pair, f r. ribbed and crowned with the semipersistent calyx-lobes. Sattara Ghats 



Pig. 159. — Pandia dumetorum, Lamk. A. 



