192 XiT. BixiNE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Flacmirtial- 



more, stigmas notched or 2-lobed; ovules usually in pairs on each -placenta. 

 Fruit indehiscent, endocarp hard, with as many cells as seeds. . Seeds obo- 

 void, testa coriaceous ; cotyledons orbicdlar. — Disteib. About 12 species, 

 natives of the Old World, some are cultivated in various tropical countries. 

 After a long study of extensive Buites of specimens, we find ourselves quite unable to 

 distinguish the forma of several species of this geuus, and especially of 5, 6, 7, and 8, 

 'which are all excessively variable. 



* Leaves usually more or less lanceolate and acuminate. 



1. r. sumatrana, Planch, mss. in Herb. Hook. ; unarmed, leaves ob- 

 long acuminate base cordate glabrous obtusely gland-serrate, nerves be- 

 neath pubescent, lowest close-set, flowers racemed dicEcious, stigmas 2-lobed. 

 Wall. Cat. 6678 A, in part. ? Ludia f oetida, ^oa;6. 



Tenasserim, BeZ/cr.— -Disteib. Sumatra. 



Young branches only puberulous. Leaves 5-1 by 24-4^ in., thin, coriaceous, shining 

 above ; petiole J-4 in., and midrib below pubescent. Bacemes axillary, fascicled, short. 

 Dish cupular. Ovary 4r-7-celled ; styles 4-7. Fruit small, oblong. 



2. P. inenuls, Roxh. Cor. PI. iii 16, t. 222 ; Fl. Ind. iii 833 ; unarmed, 

 leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate obtusely serrate 

 glabrous, flowers 2-sexual in fascicled pubescent racemes, stigmas 2-lobed. 

 Jack. Mai. Misc., and in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 289 ; Wall. Gat. 6673, exd. 

 (j, H, I ; W. & A. Prodr. 29'. ? F. quintuplinervis, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 

 xxxvi. 353. 



Sii-HET, SiNCAPOEE, Penano, Jack, Sec., cultivated in India. — Disteib. Sumatra. 



TouHg branches puberulous. Leaves 4-8 by 2-3 ^ in., base acute or rounded shining,* 

 thin, coriaceous, midrib below pubescent; petiole J-4 in. Disk covered with fleshy 

 orange glands. Ovary 5-oelled, cells 2-ovuled; stigmas 4-8, 2-lobed. Fruit size of a 

 cherry, red, acid; pyrenes 8-10. 



.3. r. montana, GraL Cat. Bomb. PI. 10 ; branches spinous, flowering 

 unarmed, softly pubescent, leaves oblong or oblong-Ianceokte obtusely 

 acumiuate crenate glabrous above hairy beneath, base 3-5-plinerved, flowers 

 dioecious in fascicled densely pubescent racemes. Dolt. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 10. 

 F. inermis, Miq. PI. Hohen. not RoAwrgh. 



Canaea and Concan, Dalzdl, &c. 



. A very thorny tree. Leaves 5-7 by 2-3^ in., coriaceous, base rounded or acute, 

 shining above, glabrate beneath when old; petiole \ in., and costa beneath tomentose. 

 Disk of $ glandular. Fruit slightly acid, size of a cherry. — There is another -f. mon- 

 tana, of Zippel (Linnaea xv. 176) from Timor. 



4. P. mollis, H. f. & T. ; flowering branches softly pubescent, leaves 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate crenate-toothed glabrous 

 except the midrib above downy beneath, flowers dioecious $ in racemes, 

 almost umbellate. 



Tenasseeim, Qriffifh, Heifer. 



A tree ; bark sniooth, grey. Leaves 4-6 by 14-2 in-, base rounded or acute, penni-- 

 nerved; petiole ^ in. Fl. $ and fruit unknown. 



5. r. Rukam, Zoll. & Moritz. Verz. 33 ; unarmed, young branches 

 pubescent, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, quite glabrous acute or 

 acuminate coarsely glandular-crenate, flowers dioecious umbelled, stigmas 

 6-8 capitate emarginate. Clos in Ann. Sc. Nat. Sir. 4. viii. 216 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ned. Ind. i. pt. 2, 104. F. cataphracta, Blume Bijd. 55 {not of l^ooA). ' 



Malacca or Meegot, Griffith.— Dmisis. Philippine Islands. Much cultivated for 

 its fruit. ■■ i 



