Canthium,'] lxxv. eubiacb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 135^ 



12. C. angustlfollum, Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 533 ; spinescent, branches di- 

 Tai'icate, leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate obtusely caudate-acuminate, petioles 

 and very short fascicled pedicels glabrous, flowers S-merous, fruit suborbicular 

 compressed. DC. Prodr. iv. 474. 0. Leschenaultii, W. Sr A. Prodr. 426; Wt. 

 Ic. t. 826; Bah. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113; Wall. Cat. 8414. Dondisia 

 Leschenaultii, DC. I. c. 469. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. SSQS.—Pheede Sort. Mai. 

 vii. t. 17. 



Western Peninsula, on the coast and hills from Belgaiim southwards ; the SuN- 

 DEEBVNDS, SiLHET, and Chittagong, Roxburgh, &o. 



Very near indeed to C Bheedii, and I expect only a glabrous variety ; the fruit 

 und flowers are the same. I find traces of pubescence in the shoots of Bengal speci- 

 jnens. 



13. C> macrocarpum, Thw. Fnmn. 152 ; spinescent, pubescent, leaves 

 ovate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, cymes shortly peduncled, flowers 5- 

 meroua pedicelled, fruit large subglobose, putamen very thick and bony undulate 

 externally rugose internally. 



Ceylon; Hantani, alt. 3000 ft., Thviaites. 



A subscandent shrub ; short petioles and nerves rufous-tomentose. Leaves 2-3 in., 

 dull green when dry, base rounded ; petiole ^ in. ; stipules minute. Cyme subumbel- 

 lately branched, pubescent ; peduncles about f in., pedicels J-^ in. Calyx 5-toothed. 

 Corolla dirty white; lobes lanceolate, rather longer than the tube. Fruit 1 in., 

 usually irregular in form, only one carpel maturing. — I have seen no flowers, ijor 

 spines. 



14. C. campanulatum, Thw. Fnmn. 153 ; spinescent, glabrous, leave.? 

 small ovate or elliptic obtuse, pedicels 1-4 slender, flowers 6-merous, corolla 

 campanulate. Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/6. 



Ceylon; Deltotte, in the central province, alt. 3000 'ft., Thwaites. 



A subscandent shrub ; branches slender, rough, youngest seaberulous ; spines small, 

 straight. Leaves f-ll in., green when dry, coriaceous ; petiole ^ in. ; stipules minute^ 

 Pedicels J in. ; flowers quite glabrous. Cah/x-lobes short, acute. Corolla ^ in. diam., 

 tube shorter than the acuminate lobes. Stigma obconic with a truncate base, entire. 

 Fndt the size of a pea (not seen by me). 



15. C parvifolium, Roxb. Ilort. Beng. 15; Fl. Ind. i. 634; spines 

 -straight, branches slender and petioles and leaves beneath or on both surfaces- 

 hirsute, leaves small ovate or elliptic subacute, flowers 6-merous subsessile, fruit 

 small suborbicular compressed, putamen tubercled. DC. Prodr. iv. 474. C. 

 scandens, Blmne Bijd. 966; BC. I. c. 476. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8288 B. 

 Gardenia rigida. Wall. Cat. 8257 in part. 



Behak; TS.ongh.iv, Hamilton. Khasia Mts., alt. 2-3000 ft., J. D. H. ^ T. T., C. J3. 

 Clarke. Chittagong, Wallich, J. D. H. ^ T. T. Pegu, Kwrs. — Disteib. Malayan 

 Archipelago, S. China. 



A rambling shrub with spreading slender pubescent or hirsute bran':hes ; spines 

 slender, supra-axillary. Leaves ^-1 J in., green when dry ; petiole very short ; stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate. Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Corolla-tube subglobose, glabrous ; teeth 

 lanceolate, acute. JMsk villous. Fruit ^ in. diam., like that of C. Bheedii. 



16. C. borridum, Blmne Bijd. 966; spines hooked, branches slender 

 petioles and leaves beneath pubescent or hirsute, leaves .small ovate subacute, 

 flowers 5-merous subsessile, fruit large subglobose. DC. Prodr. iv. 474; Kurz 

 For. FL ii. 36 (Plectronia). 0. zizyphinum. Wall. Cat. 8288 A. 0. Hypti- 

 anthera rhamnoides, Morr. 8f Zoll. Syst. Verh. 60. Dondisia horrida, Korth. in, 

 Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 236. 



Tenasseeim, Gomez ; Singapore and Penang, Wallich, &c. — Disteib. Malay Ar- 

 chipelago, Philippine Islands. 



Differs from C. parvifolium only in the shorter hooked compressed spines and much. 



