N. 0. RUTACE/E. 263 



oval or oval-oblong, or lanceolate, rounded at base, obtuse or 

 acute, entire or nearly so, glabrous, except the pubescent mid rib 

 beneath ; conspicuously gland-dotted. Petiole Jin., twisted- 

 Flowers fin., on short pubescent peduncle, 1-3 together in the 

 axils. Calyx woolly-pubescent, lobes 5, shallow, rounded. Petals 

 5, oblong-linear, recurved. Filaments hairy. Ovary 5-cellecl. 

 Stigma large, capitate. Berry yellow, globose, pyriform, over 

 lin. long, smooth. Seeds several, large, compressed (Trimen'. 



Rather common in the low country, Ceylon ; Sikkim, Bhutan 

 Khasi Hills, Tenasserim, Western Ghats, South India. 

 Darjeeling, N. E. Himalaya. 



Trimen gives Sinhalese name : — Wellangiriya. 



Part used : — The root. 



Use : — In the Concan, the root is given to cattle suffering 

 from bloody urine, or bloody fluxes from the abdomen. When 

 on a visit to Goa, I observed that the country people made use 

 of the root as an alterative tonic (Dymock.) 



235. P. longispina. Hook. H. f. b. l, i. 511, 



Vern : — Ban Nimbu (Sundribuns). 



Habitat:— Eastern Sunderbuns, at Baniakhali (Prain) 

 Malacca. 



An erect, glabrous shrub. Branches stout ; spines long, 

 straight, below petioles, opposite and alternate, sometimes 2in. 

 long. Leaflets oblong, subacute, 3-4in., base cordate. Petiole 

 very short. Flowers |in. long, solitary, small ; pedicels very 

 short. Calyx-lobes obtuse, 5. Petals fin., broad, oblong, 

 obtuse. Stamens 10, short, equal, glabrous, equalling the linear 

 anthers. Anthers narrow, with a long apiculus. Style stout, 

 cylindric ; ovary 3-4-celled, 4-ovuled, stipitate. Fruit a berry, 

 3-4-angled, l-ljin. long, between globose and ovoid ; 3-4-celled. 

 Ovules superposed in pair. Rind of fruit thick, coriaceous, 

 glandular. Pulp 0. Seeds 2-4 in each cell ; oblong, com- 

 pressed, narrowed at base into a short beak. 



Use : — Fruit used in cases of colic Prain's (Flora of the 

 Sunderbuns, p. 291). 



