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LXXXVII. AZIMACE^, Gard. and Wight. 



1. AZIMA, Lam. 



1. A Tetracantha, Lam. lllustr. Gen. t. 807. — Dioecious, 

 shrubby ; branches opposite, tetragonal, spreadino;, thorny ; leaves 

 opposite-petioled, acute, entire, smooth ; flowers axillary, clustered, 

 very shortly peduncled ; berries white. At Gokak ; Dharwar 

 fort ; also the Hubshee's Country near the sea, &c. Syn. Monetia 

 barlerioides, Herit. Wight lllustr. t. 153. 



LXXXVIII. AQUIFOLIACE^. 



1. ILEX, Linn. 



1. I WiGHTiANA, Wall., Wight Tc. 1216. — A tree, glabrous; 

 leaves ovate-elhptic or elliptic-acuminate, entire, coriaceous ; 

 umbels of flowers numerous, axillary, or from the scars of the fallen 

 leaves ; pedicels about the length of the peduncles, often longer ; 

 corolla white, 5 to 6-cIeft ; berry 5 to 6-seeded, size of a small pea, 

 red when ripe. The Ghauts ; flowers in March and April. 



LXXXIX. APOCYNACE^. 

 L CARISSA, Linn. 



1. Cakandas, Linn. Maut. p 52. — A very common thorny 

 shrub ; leaves oval, shortly jjetioled, coriaceous, glabrous, shining 

 above; peduncles terminal, 3 to 5-flowered, shorter than the leaf ; 

 flowers white, like a Jasmine ; berry oval, reddish or purple, ripe in 

 IVl ay, eatable. Syn. Lyciummalabaricum, Pluk. Aim. i. 305.^^.4; 

 Carandas, Rumph. Amb. vii, p 57; Echites spinosa, Burm. Ind ; 

 Capparis carandas, Gmel. syat. i, p 80ti. Native name " Corinda." 



•2. Lanceolata, Dalz. Mss. — A thorny shrub; leaves 3 to 4 

 inches long, lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; fruit size of a plum, 

 purple when ripe, glutinous, far superior in flavour to the preceding. 

 Ram Ghaut ; fruit ripe in May. 



3. HiBSUTA, Roth. nov. sp. p 128. — Branches thorny, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves roundish or ovate, hairy on both sides, 1 to 1| inch 

 •long; peduncles terminal and axillary, 3 to 7-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaf; berry globose, of the size of a pea, smooth, dark-purplei. 

 Hills eastward of Eelgaum. Syn. C villosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 525 ; 

 Wight. Ic. t. 437. 



2. OPHIOXYLON, Linn. 



1. Sbrpentinum, Linn. Willd. sy.it. iv., p 979. — A very small 

 shrub ; leaves opposite or verticelled in threes, oblong-acute, 



