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acute at tlie base, quite eutire, 3-nerved, lateral pair of nerves ex- 

 tending from the base to the apex : stipules somewhat peltate : 

 cymes about the length of the petioles or sometimes twice as long : 

 berry shortly rostrate, smooth : flowers pale bluish. 



NeUgherries, flowering nearly aU the year. 



(3) C. sBEOTHfA. (Plcmch.) 

 Ident. Planch. 1. c. p. 301. 



Engrm. Wight 1. c. t. 1970. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves obliquely ovate, acuminate, acute at the 

 base, serrated from the apex to below the middle, glabrous : inflor- 

 escence axUlary or from the axils of fallen leaves : fructiferous 

 pedicels usually 3 together, one free, the other two united at the 

 base : berry nearly oval, glabrous. 



Neilgherries. 



(4) C. TOMENiosA. (Roxb.j 

 Idenf. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 66. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby : leaves long-cordate, acuminate, serrulate, 

 3-nerved, scabrous above, very downy underneath : thyrses axiUary, 

 short, dense. 



Chittagong, flowering in April. 



GENUS III. SPONIA. 



Polyg'amia Monoecia. Sex: Sgst: 



Gen. Chae. Mowers polygamous, hermaphrodite or male by 

 abortion of the ovarj' : perianth 5-leaved, persistent, leaflets equal, 

 concave, imbricated in sestivation : stamens five : anthers introrse, 

 2-ceIled, extrorsely refracted with a conneotivum articulated with 

 the filament: ovary ovate-cylindric, 1 -celled: ovule one, amphi- 

 tropal : stigma 2 cleft, curved inwards : drupe fleshy, unequal- 

 sided : seed pendulous, arched. — Trees or shrubs : leaves alternate, 

 somewhat 3-nerved, entire or serrated, glabrous or pubescently 

 scabrous : flowers axUlary, cymosely panicled. 



(1) S. wioHin. (Flamh.) 



Ident. Planch, 1. c. p. 264. 



Syn. Celtis orientaUs, Roxh.flor. Ind. II. p. 65. 



Engrwo. Wight's Icon. t. 1971. — Eheede Mai. iv. t. 40. 



Spec. Chae. Small tree : leaves ovate-oblong : cuspidate, cor- 

 date and unequal at the base, younger ones white pubescent beneath: 



