Eandia] 



LIX. EUBIACEiE 

 17. RANDIA, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 109. 



881 



Shrubs or trees, stipules short, often connate. FL pentamerous, axillaiy, 

 in cymes, fascicles or solitary. Calyx-tuhe produced beyond ovary, corolla- 

 lobes twibted in bud, anthers subsessile, narrow, Ovar^^ 2-celled, ovules 

 numerous on thick placentas attached to the septum. Berries 2-celled, seeds 

 4 or more in each celh Seeds angled, testa thin, albumen horny, cotyledons 

 orbicular. Species about 100, tropical and subtropical regions of both hemi- 

 spheres. 



A. Armed, 1. glabrous. 



1 R. tetrasperma, Kosb. (G^«rfZeH2>). iTi/jrr/, Haz. ; ^7if/f?r<5r, Jamibar, Baluchistan. 

 Mt. Till a, Salt range. Himalaya ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam, A small shrub, 

 branches rigid, grey, decussate, branchlets short, often spmescent. L. glabrous, 

 approximate near ends of branclilets, ohovate or oblanceolate, -i-2 in. long, narrowed 

 into short petiole. Fl. pentamerons, greenish--v\ hite, scented," sessile. Corolla-tnbe 

 glabrous, ^ m. long, lobes oblong, apex subulate. Fr. a globose berry, J in. diam. 

 cro^vned iMth the pei'sistent calyx. 



Fia. 158. Eandia uliginosa, DO. J. 



2. R. uliginosa, DC; Wight Ic. t. 397.— Syn, Gardenia n,ligiyiosa,Jletz,; 

 Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 135. Vern. Pindara^ Fanar, Firar, Hind. ; Findra^ Pen- 

 droy, Mar. : Konda manya^ Tel ; Kare, Kan. ; Emanbyu, Burm. 



A small rigid tree, bark reddish-brown. Branches quadrangular, usually 



