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LXI. EFBIACE^E 



[Rand in 



"bearing? sliort, terete, decussate branclilets, with several pairs of approximate 

 leaves, and aliove tliem 2-4. stronij; sharp decussate thorns. L. glabrous and 

 fchining above, often pubescent beneath, obovate from a cuneate base, blade 

 3-6, pet. \ in. long. FL solitary, axillary, Avhite, scented, dimorphic, either 

 larc;e and sessile or small and pedicelled. The former have 2 separate stigmas, 

 the corolla is 2 in. across, Avhile its tube is longer than the free portion of calyx. 

 The pedicellate fi. have a short corolla-tube and a clavate stigma marked with 

 t^piral lines. Oalyx-lobes very short, corolla-tube glabrous outside. Fr. yellow, 

 edible, witli a hard pulp, tho^e" produced by the large fi. are 2 in. long, while those 

 of the others only attain half that size. 



Suhhimalavnii tract from tht^ Jumna ea^twariK, chiefly in Savannahs and on low 

 a'lonnd, ascoiidiiig to 2,5(10 ft. Buudt'lkliand, CVntral Provinces, Behar. Burma, 

 rp]-)<n' and Lower. T^V&tern Peiiinbula. Gregarious in jjlaces. PI. April-June. 

 L renewed ^March, Apiil 8. E. longiflora, Lanik.— Svn. Wehera longijiora, hhjpinom, 

 and siaiiiensis, Knrz F, M. ii. 48, 4^. Abtsam. Kliasi hilK. Chittagong. Pegu. 

 3Iartaban and Tenabst-rim. ^Malay Peninsula. Tonkin. A lar^e evergreen rambling 

 shrub, entirely glabrous, usually armed with stout recurved spines. L. coriaceous, 

 shining, elliptic-olilong, blade i4). pet. i in. long. FL white, turning yellow, in com- 

 pound, sebsile or .shortly pedunculat*^ cfmes. Corolla-tube ^-1] in. much longer than 

 the oblong lobes. Berry ovoid or globose, l~\ in. long. 



4. R. malabarica, Lamk.— Sjni. GriJfifJim fragran% W. et A.; Wight Ic. t. 310. 

 Ffddcf 2IaJli, Tel.; To<Jl MatfL Tarn. Deccan. Mysore, Karnatik. Also on the 

 West side of the Pennisula. Often planted in hedges. Ceylon. A rigid glabrous 

 shrub, thorns short, sharp, sometimes absent, when grown in rich soil. L. coriaceous, 

 obovate to oblanceolate, 2-3 in. long, narrowed into short petiole. PI. white fragiant, 

 in nearly sessile leaf-opposed cymes, bracts ovate, cuspidate, connate in pairs. Calyx 

 jo-labroub or hairy, teeth sliort, triangular, corolla { in. across, tube shorter than lobes. 

 Berrv J in. diani., iirst orange, iinally black. 5. E, GriffltMi, Hook. f. Ivhasi and 

 Naga hills. Bernardmvo 7,000 ft. Ppper Burma. Spines short, straight, sometimes 

 wanting. L, membranous, lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. ^-J in. long. Berries soft black, 

 J in. diam., seeds 4 in each cell, 



B. xlrmed, 1. pubescent or tomentose. 



6. 

 Lanak. , r r ^g,. 



Syn. E. nutanSj longispina 

 and flonbimda^ Wight Ic. 

 t. 581, 582, 583. Yern. 

 3Iaindal, Mainphal^ Hind. ; 

 Ghelcij Mindhalj Mar. ; Man- 

 gUj Tel. ; Mangari^ Kan. ; 

 Madu Karrai/j Tarn. 



A large deciduous shrub 

 or small tree, armed with 

 stout axillary spines, 1-1 1- in. 

 long, bark grey. L. obovate, 

 1-2 in. long, glabrous or 

 hairy. PL greenish-yellow 

 or nearly white, turning yellow when fading, fragrant, on short pedi- 

 cels, solitary or a few together at the ends of short leaf-bearing branch- 

 lets, sometimes on the axillaiy spines. Calyx stiugose with stiff hairs 

 lobes large, broad-ovate, often with minute intermediate lobes. Corolla i-f in! 

 across, tube hairy outside. Fr. yellow, 1-1 1 in. long, frequently crowned by 

 the semi-persistent calyx-teeth, fleshy unde*r a leathery pericarp, seeds em- 

 bedded in a gelatinous pulp. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer hills from the Bias eastwards, ascending to 4,000 ft., 

 chiefly in Sal and mixed forests. Eajputana. Central Provinces. Both Peninsulas. 

 PI. March-June. Fruit eaten when ripe, unripe used to poison fish. Ceylon, Malay 

 Archipelago. South China. Eastern tropical Africa. A remarkable form, possibly 

 a distinct species, with 1, densely velvety beneath, hairy above, sec. n. prominent, 

 10-12 pair, fr. ribbed and crowned with the semipersistent oalyx-lobes. Sattara Ghats 



R. dumetorum. 



Wie:ht Ic. t. 580.- 



Pio. 159. — Bandia dumetorum, Lanik. ^. 



