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(li) E. RiBES. {Burm.) 



ikent. Burm. flor. Ind. p. 62.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 85. 



Syn. E. Ribesoides, Linn.Jlor. Zeyl. No. 403. 



Engrav. Burm. L. c. %.. 23. 



Spec. Char. Gl,tiiibing shrub : branches glabrous ; leaves ovate 

 or obtusely acuminate^ glabrous, entire, coriaceous, short-petioled : 

 panicle much branched, many- flowered, puberulous, much loiter 

 than the leaves : pedicels longer than the calyx : lobes of the calyx 

 ovate-acute : petiole elliptic, puberulous, ciliated : flowers sniall, 

 green-yellowisb : drupes white. 



Peninsula. "Western Ghauts. Flowering in February and 

 March, 



Var. Silhetensis, Dec. I, c — E* Ribes, Wall, in Boxh., flor. 

 Ind. II. p. 285. — Les-ves membranaceous, 6:vate-lanceoIate, pellucrd- 

 "dotted, dots reddish : petioles often winged-denticulate : drupes 

 black. Eastern Bengal towards Silhet. With the fruit of diis 

 species the ilatives s^dulterate black pepper. (Rooth.) 



(2) E. FtORlBUNDA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Wall, in Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 291.— Dec, prod. VIII. 

 p. 85, — E. esculenta, Don, pfod., flor. Nep. p. J47. 



Spec Char. Climbing : branches glabrous : leave? laijoeolate, 

 acuminated, obtuse at the base, glabrous, membranacebus, pelluejd- 

 dotted and with the larger dots situated at the margin : petioles 

 brisp-margined : panicles many<ffowered,< slightly hairy, somewhat 

 shortej^than.thele^f : caly(^ne lobes ovate-acute.: petals spreading, 

 lanceolate^ four times longer than the calyx : flowers yellowish, 

 green, fragrant : berries red, 



Silhet, fldwernrg' from Dfecettife^ to fehruaty, 

 (3). IS, vitLOSA. (Wall.)- 



ident. Wall, in Roxb. flor. Ihd: II. p. 289.— Dec, prod. VIIL 

 i). 85. 



Spec. Char. Climbing : branches covered with cinnamon pu- 

 bescence : leaves elliptic-obova^e, acute at the basey slightly gla- 

 brous above, below a^n^ with the petioles' Velvety : I'acemes slenderer 

 the length of the leaves : lobes of the calyx l^nceokte, acute : 

 petaU lanee^late, reflexed, four times loBger than the calyxi psipU 

 losely puberulous ; flowers small, Whitish, vei'y numerous. 



Hajmabal, flowering in the hot season, 



(4) E. PioTA. {4ipik. Deoi) 



Ident Alph. Dec, in trans. lann, Soc. 17. p. 130.— Dec. prodi 

 tin: p. 86. 



Sp£€. Char. Small tree : branphes aad pedunples covered witb^ 



