Gymmsjpofia^ 



29. CliLASTRACEJl. 



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7. GYMNOSPORIA, W. & A. 



Shrubs or small trees, often spinous. Leaves alternate, exstipur 

 late. Flowers in axillary cymes. Calyx 4-5-diyided. Petals 4-5> 

 spreading. Stamens as many as petals, inserted beneath the disk. 

 Disk sinuate, or lobed. Ovary 2-3-celled, immersed in the disk ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit a capsule. Seeds arillate, albuminous. 

 Cotyledons fleshy. 



Leaves membranous, puberulous. An unarmed shrub... 1. jguberulcu 



Leaves coriaceous, glabrous. Spinous shrubs. 



Spines not leaf and flower bearing. Leaves 

 minutely crenate-serrate. Fruit '5 in., obovoid- 

 3.-celled j cells 3-seeded ... 2. G^. Rotldana, 



Spines flower and leaf bearing. 



Leaves entire. Fruit turbinate, '25 in. 3-celled, 

 1 -seeded 3. emarginata. 



Leaves crenulate. Fruit globose. Size of a 

 small pea, l-3;-celled, cells 1-2-seeded ... 4, Q-. montano; 



1. G. puberula, Laws. Fl. Br. I. 1. 618. Gh^t forests of IST. Kanara. 

 FJ. R. S. Fr. 0. S. A small shrub. The meagre description of this, 

 species in the Fl. Br. I. is quite insufficient for correctly determining the 

 plant. My specimens were named at Calcutta. 



2. G. Rothiana, Oelastrus Eothiana, Laws ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 620 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 47; W. & A. Prod. 159. GawUn, moti yekhadi, M. ; 

 Dutle, chahly, K. 



Western Peninsula, Konkan and N, Kdnara in evergreen forests from 

 the sea level upwards. Fl. March-Apl. and other times. Fr. at different 

 times. A large shrub. Seeds with a white basal aiillus. Wood reddish 

 grey, smooth, moderately hard. Pores small, in radial lines between the 

 fine and very fine medullary rays. Annual rings distinct. Weighs about 

 42 lbs. to the cub. ft. The description of this species in the Fl. Br. L is 

 very short and meagre. 



3. G. emarginata, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 39 (not of Roth.), Fl. Br. I. 

 1. 621. Yenkiil, ingli, ikari, M. Stated by Graham to be common on the 

 ghats; also at Mahabaleshwar; not mentioned by Dalz. & Gibs, in the 

 Bombay Flora. Dr. T. Cooke reduces this species to (r. Bothianaj in his 

 Fl. Pres. Bomb. p. 232. 



4. G. montana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 620 (Oelastrus) ; Fl .Br. I. 1. 621.. 

 Oelastrus montana, W. & A. Prod. 159 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 66; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl 48. 0. senegahnsis, Lam. Brandis^For. Fl. 81. EiLrma- 

 cha, Vern. ; Mai hanguni, K. ; Toadarsai jhad, H. ; Yekkadi, bharattiy M. 



Widely distributed from the Mediterranean to tropical Africa and India ; 

 common throughout the Deccan districts, the drier parts of N. Kanara, 

 Guzerat and Sind. Flowers at various times throughout; the year. Attains 

 a height of 1 5 — 20 ft. Bark moderately thick ; outer bark grey, scaly ; inner 

 bright red with distinct white tissue in broad or narrow irregular longi- 



