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octosulcata, Talbot, Journ. Bombay :Sat Hist. See. xi. 237. Falls of Gairsoppa, North 

 Ivanara. An erect shrub with green branches, cj^nies short sessile, trichotomous, 

 branches slender, Fr. black and succulent when ripe, pyrenes J in, long, 4-ridged on 

 back. 20. P. canarensis, Talbot Journ. Bomb. Nat, Hist. Soc. xi. 691 1. xii. Falls of 

 Gairsoppa, North Kanara. A small erect shrub, fr. oToid, curved, J in. long, pyrenes 

 with 2 furrows down the back. 21. P. Msidcata, "W. et A. Nilgiris, fr. J In. ovoid, 

 pyrenes with 2 shallow furrows on the back, 22. P. connata, Wall. (P. Icemgata^ W. et 

 A. ; Wight Ic. t. 828). Courtallum. L. coriaceous, shining above, nearly sessile, 4-7 in. 

 long, stipules ovate or lanceolate, snnple or bifid. Cymes pedunculate, lower branches 

 whorled, bracts coriaceous, connate, persistent, pyrenes with 2 broad shallow furrows. 

 23. P. anamaUayana, Bedd. Ic. PI. Or. t. 236. Anamalais, 3-4,500 ft. on banks of rivers. 

 A large shrub or small tree, 1. chartaceous, oblanceolate, blade 8-10, naxTOwed into 

 petiole ll-% in. long. Cyme short, on a stout peduncle, lower branches whorled, bracts 

 deciduous. 



h. Eastern species, pyrenes with 4 dorsal ridges. 



24. P. erratica, Hook. f. Nepal. Sikkim, ascending to 6,000 ft. Khasi and Naga 

 hillb. Siam. An evergreen shrub, 1. thinly membranous, lanceolate, blade 5-7, pet. 

 slender l-l in. long, stipules often with 2 recurved lobes. Cymes trichotomous, 1 in. 

 diam , bracts lanceolate. Calyx-teeth longei than tube. Fr. succulent, red and yellow. 

 25. P. sulcata, "Wall Pegu and Tenabhermi, 1. lanceolate, blade 3-9, narrowed into pet. 

 ^-1^ in. long, stipules large, almost persistent. 26. P. andamanica, Kurz. Andamans 

 and"Nicobars, possibly only a form of 25 w ith broader 1. 27. P. fulva, Ham. (including 

 P. mo7itiroJa, Kurz). Assam. Khasi hills. Oachar. Pegu. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 5-12, pet. i-1 in. long, sec. n. 15-18 pair, stipules |-1 in., bifid. Cymes axillary or 

 terminal, compact, usual!}' pedunculate, fr. ^-^ in. long. 



c. Eastern species, pyrenes with 1, rarely 3 dorsal ridges. 



28. P. angulata, Korth. Tenasserim. Malay Peuins and Archip., 1. coriaceous, 

 shining, oblanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. J in. long. Cymes pedunculate, branches stout, 

 whorled. 29. P. symplocifolia, Kurz. "Khasi and Naga hills. Hills east of Toungoo. 

 L. oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, blade 8-5, pet. ^ in. long. Cymes pedunculate 

 trichotomous, branches slender. 30. P. Helferiana, Kurz. Pegu. Tenasserim. Malay 

 Pen ins. Yunnan. Branchlets, underside of 1. hirsute, 1. elliptic, blade 5-10, pet. J-2 

 in. long. Cymes pubescent axillary or terminal, peduncled, fl. minute, green ish-wlute 

 in dense heads, mixed with hirsute persistent bracteoles, fr. often hirsute ovoid, ci-owned 

 by the prominent calyx-segments. 



Chasalia curviflora, Thw\ — Syn. Psi/chofria amligua^ W. et A. 5 Wight 111. t. 127. 

 Sikkim 2-6,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills. Tenasserim. Western Peninsula on the 

 west side, from the Konkan southwards, mostly in evergreen forests. Malay Penins. 

 Ceylon, moist region to 6,000 ft. A slender shrub, 1. membranous, elliptic-lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, blade 4-8, pet. ^-3 in. long. Cymes terminal trichotomous, peduncles 1-2 

 in. long. Fl. 4~5-merous, dimorphic, anthers exserted, stigmas included or the reverse, 

 calyx-teeth triangular. Corolla |-§ in. long, waxy wlnte, throat yellow, disk prominent, 

 conical. Fi*. | in. diam., inky purple, pyrenes cup-shaped, very concave venti*ally. 



Hydnophsrtmn formicarium, Jack; Kurz F. Fl. li. 8. Mangrove swamps of South 

 Andamans. Malay Penins. and Archip. A small evergreen epiphytic perfectly 

 glabrous shrub, with a thick tuber-like trunk, often hollow, in which ants make their 

 nests, branches few, stout. L. coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, obtuse, 2-4 in. long, 

 sessile or narrowed into a short stout petiole. Fl. white, sessile, solitary or in few-lid. 

 fascicles, corolla-tube -^ in. long, glabrous without, hirsute wdthin, lobes 4, valvate in 

 bud. Ovary 2-celled, stigma 2-Iobed. Drupe oblong 2-3 in. long (Kurz), orange- 

 crimson. 



28. SAPROSMA, Blame ; FL Brit. Ind. iii. 192. 



Shrubs, fetid w^hen bruised, 1. opposite or whorled, membranous, stipules 

 deciduous. M. usually white, 4-5~merons, axillary or terminal, solitary or 

 cymose, bracts and bracteoles minute. Calyx-tube obconic, limb dilated, 

 persistent. Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped, throat villous, lobes broad, obtuse, 

 valvate with inflezed edges. Ovary 2-celled, stigmas 2, ovules basal, erect. 

 Drupe small with 1 or 2 pyrenes, endocarp crnstaceous, embryo nearly as long 

 as seed. Species 8 or 9. India. Tonkin an(J South China. Malay Archip. 



