168 BRAMNEM, [ Gouania. 



paniculate branches. Calyx o-fid, tube hemispherical. Lohes acute, 

 keeled within. Petals 5, clawed, hooded. Stamens 5, equalling the 

 petals. Disk cup-shaped, lining the calyx-tube ; naargin free, 5- 

 lobed. Ovary sunk in the disk, but free from it, 3-celled ; style 

 short, 3-grooved ; stigmas 3, capitate. Drupe globose, 3-celled, 3- 

 seeded, coriaceous, indehiscent. — Species about 10, natives of Central 

 and Eastern Asia, Java and the hotter parts of N. America. 



St oppositifolia, Brongn. in Ann. 8c. Nat. Ser. I, X, 360 : Boyle 111. 

 169; Brand. For. Fl. 95; F. B. I. i, 641; Watt E. D. Vern. Gonta 

 (Dehra Dun). 



A large often climbing shrub or small tree, armed with short spinescent 

 branchlets. Leaves opposite, 2-4 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acu- 

 minate, serrate, coriaceous, glabrous and dark green above, densely tomen- 

 tose beneath when young ; lateral nerves 4-8 pairs, arched ; petiole | in. 

 Floivers very small, in large terminal panicles composed of lateral racemes. 

 Bracts frequently leaflike. Drupe i in. long, turbinate, not lobed, black 

 when ripe. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Distbib. : Subtrop. Himalaya from 

 near Peshawar to Bhutan, up to 6,000 ft., S. India, Java. Flowers from 

 July to Sep. The small black sweetish fruit is eaten. The wood is hard 

 and close-grained. 



6. GOUANIA, Linn. ; Fi. Brit, Ind. i. 643. 



Unarmed climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers polyga- 

 mous, in axillary or terminal racemes ; rachis often civrbose. Calyx 

 superior, 5-fid ; tube short,' obeonic. Petals 5, inserted below the 

 margin of the disk, hooded. Stamens 5, enfolded by the petals. 

 Disk filling tiie calyx-tube, o^angled or stellate. Ovary sunk in the 

 ^isk, 3-celled, style 3-cIeft. Fruit inferior, coriaceous, crowned by 

 the persistent limb of the calyx, 3-winged. — Species 30-40, mostly 

 natives of America, a few in Africa and Asia, and one in the Pacific 

 Islands. 



G. leptostachya, DC. Prod, ii, 40; W. Sf A. Prod. 166 ; Boyle III. 168 ; 

 B. ^ Gr. Bomb. Fl. 50; Brand. For. Fl. 574; F.B. 1. i, 643. 



An unarmed climbing shrub with tendrils at the ends of the glabrous 

 branches. Leaves 2-i in. long, ovate, acuminate, subcordate at the base, 

 crenate, subcoriaceous, rusty-pubescent beneath when young ; lateral 

 nerves 5-6 pairs, arched. Flowers greenish, shortly pedicelled ; bracteoies 

 conspicuous, subulate. Fruit ^ in. across, broadly winged, separating 

 into 3 coriaceous indehiscent carpels. 



-Dehra Dun. Distbib.: Trop. Himalaya, from Garhwal to Assam and 

 the Khasia Hills, up to 4,000 ft. ; Bengal, Burma, Malay Penins. ; also in 

 Java and the Philippines. Flowers in Aug. and Sep. 



