420 BUBIACE^, [Bahdia. 



Saharanpar and Pathri forests, Siwalik range, Dehra Dun (rare), Sub- 

 Himalayan tracts of Pilibhit and N. Oudh (R. Thompson and Dnthie's 

 collector), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth, Duthie and Mrs. Bell). Flowers 

 during May and June. Distbib. Behar,Bengal and southward to Bombay, 

 Cent, and S. India, also in Burma. The fruit is eaten, and is used in 

 dyeing. The foliage affords fodder for deer and village cattle. 



2. R. dnmetornm. Lamk. Tab. Encycl. ii, 227; W. Sf A, Frod. 897 ; 

 Boyle III. 239 ; Brand. For. Fl. 273 ; F. B. I. in, 110; Watt E.D. ; Kanjilal 

 For. Fl. Sch. Circ. 205 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 413 ; Collett FL Siml, 

 231 ; Coolce Fl. Bomb, i, 599. E. nutans, longispina & floribunda, DC; 

 W, ^ A. I.e. R. Eottleri, W. ^ A. I.e. Gardenia spinosa, Linn. f. Poso- 

 queria dumetorum, nutans, longispina & floribunda, Boxb. Fl. Ind, i, 713 

 to 7 19.— Y em. Mainphal, maindal, mendphal (Bijnov). 



A large rigid shrub or small tree, with long opposite axillary spreading 

 spines. Leaves usually fascicled. 1-2 in. long, obovate, obtuse or 

 subacute, narrowed into the short marginate petiole, pubescent or 

 hispid, rarely glabrous, deciduous ; stipules ovate, acuminate. Flowers 

 sub-seesile at the ends of short leaf-bearing branchlets, solitary or 

 in pairs, rarely ternate, greenish-yellow or almost white, fragrant. 

 Calyx'tube campanulate, strigose ; lobes variable, ovate or spathulate. 

 Corolla about as long as the calyx-lobes, hairy outside ; lobes 

 spreading, oval or oblong. Berry 1-11 in. long, globose or ovoid, glabrous 

 or pubescent, often ribbed, yellow when ripe. Seeds many, com- 

 pressed, embedded in pulp. 



Forests of Debra Dun and of the Siwalik range, Sub-Himalayan tracts 

 from Eohilkhand to Gorakhpur, also in Bundelkhand. Flowers from 

 April to June. Distbib. Sub-tropical Himalaya from Jamu east- 

 ward to Sikkim up to 4,000 ft. ; Chittagong, Burma, and the Malay 

 Peninsula ; Bombay, Cent, and S. India to Ceylon ; also in China. 

 The fruit is eaten when ripe, either raw or cooked. The pulp of the 

 unripe fruit is used for poisoning fish. The bark and fruit are 

 medicinal. 



3. R. fascicnlata, DC. Prod, iv, 386 ; F. B. I. Hi, 109. Gamble 

 Man. Ind. Timb. 412. E. rigida, DC. ; Brand. For. Fl. 273. Posoqueria 

 fascicnlata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i, 717. 



A rigid spreading shrub, about 6 ft. high. Bi anches glabrous or tomentose ; 

 spines axillary, rather short. Leaves shortly petioled, 1-5 in. long, 

 ovate elliptic or lanceolate, acute, entire, rounded or narrowed at the 

 base, glabrous or somewhat hairy, pale when dry ; stipules narrowly 

 lanceolate. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Calyx-tube terete, produced 

 above the ovary when in flower, cylindric, circumsciss, glabrous or 

 pubescent ; teeth linear. Corolla white turning to yellow, fragrant, the 

 tube long and slender ; lobes oblong, apiculate. Stigma large, fusiform, 

 slightly exserted. Berry globose, size of pea, purple, 4-seeded. 



Bundelkhand (Mrs. Bell). Distbib. Trop. Himalaya from Nepal to 

 Bhutan, and in the Khasia Hills ; also in Burma and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



