Scolopia.] XIV. BixiNE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 191 



Merooi, Oriffith. — Distrib. Sumatra. 



"Spines on trunk compound. Leaves 4-5 by 14-2 J in., coriaceous, shining above; 

 petiole J-4 in. Macerma axillary, 1 in. ; flowers yellow, sojitary, bracts deciduous. Diek 

 pubescent. Cormective ciliate. 



3, S. crenata, Glos. Lc 250; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate obtusely 

 OT acutely acuminate subcrenate glabrous obscurely 3-5-plinerved, petiole 

 ^^in., racemes axillary glabrous or puberulous, sepals and petals 5-6 each, 

 fruit globose green (dry size of a cherry). S. pseudo-crenata, acuminata, 

 chinensis, lanceolata, and crassipes, Glos. I.e. S. saeva, Hance in Ann. So. 

 Nat. Ser. 4, xviii. 182. Phoberos crenatus, W. & A. Prod/r. 29; Balz. ds 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 11. P. lanceolatus and P. Wightianus, W. & A. Prod/r. 30. 

 P. acuminatus, Hookerianus, and Arnottianus, Thwaites Enum. 17 and 400. 

 Flacourtia sapida and crenata, Wall. Cat. 6675 H, 6679. 



Malabar, Canaea, Maisoe, and CBYLOir, in hilly districts. — Distkie. China and 

 Philippines. 



Branches of young trees armed, of old unarmed. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in., base acute, 

 teeth glandular, shining above, pale and reticulate beneath ; petiole J-J in. Racemes 

 1-3 in., terminal flowers at times corymbose; bracts deciduous; pedicels I-3-flowered. 

 Camiective of anthers glabrous. — Excessively variable. S. dasyanthera, Bennett, united 

 with this by Clos, is a different species. 



4. S. Geertnerl, Thwaites Enum. 400; leaves oblong to orbicular obtuse 

 or acute glabrous, petiole very short, racemes simple, sepals and petals 

 5 each, fruit pisiform red fleshy. S. pusilla, Moon. Cat; Clos. I.e. 251. 

 Limonia pusilla, Gcertn. Fruet. i. 279, t. 58, f. 4. 



Ceylon, from the sea coast to 15U0 ft. 



A tree, spines compound on the trunk, simple or on the branches. Leaves 1-3 by 

 J-2 in.; coriaceous, base rounded cordate or subacute, thin, reticulate on both surfaces ; 

 petiole yV-J '"• 



3. ERVTHBOSFERMITDC, Lamarck. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, quite entire. Flowers racemed fascicled 

 or panicled, 2-sexual. Sepals 4-6, imbricate in bud. Petals 4-6j usually 

 small. Stamens 4-6 ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, connective dilated. Ovary, 

 1-celled ; style short, stigma entire or 3-4-fid ; ovules many, on 3-4 pa- 

 rietal placentas. Vapsvle coriaceous, 3-4-valved ; valves bearing the seeds 

 on the middle. Seeds few, testa coriaceous or fleghy ; embryo incurved. — 

 DiSTEiB. Species 6, aU Mascarene but the following. 



1. E. phytolaccoides, Gard. in Gale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 9 ; gla- 

 brous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate entire or subserrate, flowers 

 5-merous. Thwaites Enum. 18. 



Ceylon, in the Ambamagowa and Eatnapoora districts. 



A tree, 30-40 ft. Leaves 3^-8 by 1^-3 in., shining above, base acute ; petiole ^-| in. 

 Racemes axillary and terminal, simple or panicled, many-flowered. Flowers \ in. diam., 

 whitei Sepals ovate, obtuse, equalling, the ovate-oblong ciliate petals. Anthers larfre, 

 on very short filaments. Oapsule globose, 3-4-valved, f in. diam., 1-2-Beeded. Seeds 

 globose ; testa red. 



4. FXiACOITBTZA, Commers. 



Trees or shrubs, often spinous. Leaves toothed or crenate. Flowers 

 small, dioecious, rarely 2-sexual. Sepals 4r-5, small, imbricate. Petals 0. 

 Stamens many; anthers versatile. Ovary on a glandular disk; styles 2 or 



