624 FENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CarisSG. 



attached to the thickened partition.— Berry single, (never two, not 

 even the rudiment of more than one,) size of a small plumb, hut of 

 a more lengthened form, when ripe of a shining black, two-celled. — ■ 

 Seeds four in each cell when al come to maturity, which is uncom- 

 mon.; oblong, compiessed, concave on the iuside, from the centra of 

 the concavity is the attachment to the large flesh v paitcu ai margin , 

 thin. Integument single.— Peiiprm conform to tl e seed, win e. 

 —Embryo inverse. Cotyledons neaily round. Radicle cv.indric, 

 superior. 



Obs. This Plant makes exceeding! v 9tron£ fences. The number 

 of their strong, sharp thorns, renders diem almost impassible. 



The fruit just before ripe, is employed, to make tarts, and pre- 

 serves of vanous kinds, also to pickle, and by most ptople leckoned 

 superior for these uses, to every other fruit in the country not even the 

 mango excepted. 



They are universal'y eaten by the natives when ripe, and are tole- 

 rably pleasant to the taste, even of an European. 



2. C. diffusa, R. 



Shrubby, diffuse, armed branches dichotomous. Leaves sub-ses- 

 sile, roundish-ovate-cordate, mucronate, polished. Flowers termi- 

 nal. Gem- four-seeded. Berries ovate. 



Sung. ^"^JTf^iT, Kwriimttrdik*. 



Telinga. Waakoyloo. 



Oorissa. San Kuiuuda. 



Is a native of the Ganjam -district, and from thence northward to 

 the mouth of the Hoogly. Fowe ring time the hot season. 



Stem scarcely any can be traced, but numerous, spreading, dicho- 

 tomous branches, foiming a low, broad, rigid, thorny bum. — Spines 

 opposite, §cc. as in C. Caranda at the larger pairs of the leaves on- 

 ly, horizontal, simple* bifid, or twice-bifid.— Leaves oppostte, sub- 

 sessile, the alternate pairs always larger, and ovate-cordate, roundish, 

 and without spines ; all are entire, of a firm polished, shining texture, 

 each ending iu a short, subulate, somewhat recurved poiut. — Co* 



