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X. BIXACEiE 



[Flacourfia 



tlie Malay Archipelago, cultivated m India on account of its acid edible fruit. An 

 unarmed evergi^een tree, leaves glabrous, 4-8 in., fl. bisexual, fiuit red, seeds 8-10. 



B. Leaves ovate or obovate, lengtli of Made not more than twice its 

 greatest width. 



5. F. sepiaria, Eoxb. Oor. pi. t. 68. Vern. Tambat^ Mai\ ; Mlrklij Kan. 

 A mnch-branched shrtib or small tree, the branchlets as a rule terminating 



in sharp rigid spines, which bear leaves and flowers. Leaves 1-2 in., glabrons, 

 obovate from a cuneate base. Fl. yellowish, dioecions, styles 3-4, distinct. 

 Di-npe purple, \ in. diam. 



Bengal, Sxindarbaiis, Chittagong, Burma. Scrub -on the Coromandel coast, Beccan, 

 Kanara, Knrg, Nilgiris, Travancore. Fl. C S. Ceylon, Java. 



6. F. Ramontchi, L'Heritier; Brand. T. M. 18: Wi^bt Ic. t, 85.— Syn. 



F, sapicla, Eoxb. Oor. PI. t. (59. Vern. Kafcli, Hind. ; 

 KaJicin, 0. P.; Garg6fi\ Berar ; Mehrlo^ Kol. ; 

 KaiMtn, Merwara ; Kanker^ Banswara ; Paker^ 

 Kaker^ Bhekal^ TamJafj Mar. ; Gapra^ Coorg. 



A large shrub, under favourable conditions a 

 moderate-sized tree, with a short trunk and thorny 

 branches, wood tough, close-grained. Leaves decidu- 

 ous, 1-5 in., variable in shape from ovate to obovate, 

 glabrous above, more or less pubescent beneath. Fl. 

 yellow, dioecious, in short, simple or compound 

 racemes, generally pubescent. Styles 5-11. Drupe 

 \ in., dark-red or black, edible, stones superposed 

 in two tiers, 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Pvmjab eastwards, Eaj- 

 pntana, Behar, Central India, the Deccan and the Penin- 

 sula, mostly in dry open places and on rocky hills. 

 Manipur. Dry and Eng forests of the Irawaddi valley 

 (Eluriz, F. FL i. 75). The leaves fall in January-Febriiary, 

 Pia. 16. — Flacourtia. the new foliage appears April and May. PL ISTovember- 



Bamontchi, L'H6rit, J. March. Also in Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago. 



4 XYLOSMA, Forster; PL Brit. Ind. i, 194. 



Characters of Flacourfia, but ovary 1-celled, placentas 2, rarely more, 

 parietal, ovules few- Style 1, short. Pruit a small 2-8 seeded berry. Species 

 80, tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres. 



1. X. longifolium, Clos: Brand. P. PL t. 4 Vern. C%.rinda, Qhirnnda^ 

 Pb. ; KatjpatWj Katari^ Hind. 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous, often armed with strong straight axillary 

 spines. Leaves 4-9 in., coriaceous, shining, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate. 

 Secondary nerves 8-10 pair, arching. PL small, dioecious, in short axillary 

 glomerate panicles. Stigma indistinctly lobed, berry \ in. diam. 



Snbhmalayan tract and outer hillb, ascending to 5,000 ft., from thf* Punjab east- 

 wards, Manipur. PL January-May. China. 2. X controversum, Clos. Kepal, Khasi 

 hills, Assam, China. Nearly allied, differs by broader leaves, 3-6 in. long, secondary 

 nerves 6-8 pair. B. X latifolium, Hook. 1 & Thorns. Bababuden hills, Mysore. Alargf^ 

 thorny tree, branchlets, petioles and inflorescence iinely pubescent, panicles slender. 

 Berry J in. diam. 



5. GYNOCARDIA, E. Br. ; PL Brii Ind. i. 195. 

 G. odorata, E. Br, in Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 299 (the only species). 



vern. 



Chaulmugra, Beng. 

 A large evergreen tree, perfectly glabrous, wood hard, red or brown. Leaves 



