Salacia.] 



30. iuiamne;i5. 



93 



stigma simple or 3-lobed. Fruit a berry. Seeds large, augular ; coty- 



lodous thick ; radicle short, inferior. 



Flowers 1-G from an axillary tubercle. 



Flowers 3-0 from eacli tubercle. Fruit size 



of a small elierry, bright red or black ... 1. 8. prinoiclcs. 



Flowers 1-2 from each axil 2. S, Ifiunoniana, 



Flowers numerous from an axillary tubercle. 

 Flowers fascicled. Fruit globose, 1 in. in 



diameter, rugulose, orange coloured ... 3. S. macrosperma. 

 Flowers usually in threes on a common 



peduncle, sometimes in short axillary 



cymes. Fruit 2-5 in. in diameter ... 4. S. oblonga, 



1. S. prmoides, DC. Prod. 1. 571 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. G2G ; Dalz. & Gibs- 

 Bomb. Fi. 33; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 67. JSisul-hondi, M. 



Silhet and the Khasia mountains, Eastern and Western Peninsulas 

 and Ceylon, on the Konkan and North Kanara ghats from the aca-level 

 upwards. The scandent form is often found along the banks of rivers 

 (Kcilanadi, &c.). The erect shrubby form is abundant in the evergreen 

 forests of the southern ghats of North Kanara. FL & Fr. at different 

 times throughout the year. 



2. S. Brunoniana, W. & A. Prod. 105 ; Fl. Br. I. 1, 626 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 33. Fl. H. S. Fr. B. S. 



Western Peninsula, Ramghat. — Dalz. and Gibs. A scandent shrub 

 with black divaricating branches, rough with minute reddish warts. 



3. S. macrosperma, Wight Ic. t. 962; Fl. Br. I. 1. 628 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 67. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards ; common in the 

 forests near the Ainshi Ghat of N. Kanara. Fl. C. S. Fr. June. Speci- 

 mens of this plant were named at Kew S. macrosperma, Wight, var. 

 angustifoUa, 



4. S. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 4226; Fl. Br. I. 1. 628; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 23 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 67. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon ; common 

 in some of the N. Kanara Ghat evergreen forests. Fl. C. S. Fr. 

 ripe during the rains. The plate No. 97 of Wight's Icones exactly 

 represents the IS . Kanara plant, whereas Beddome's Dissections on Anal. 

 Gen. 67. t. 10. 4. do not give a good idea of the species either as regards, 

 the flower or the fruit. I doubt whether it is the same plant as that 

 represented by Wight. 



5. S. Roxburghii, Wall., is a doubtful native of the Western Peninsula. 

 Dalzell & Gibson's plant referred to in the Bomb. Fl. p. 33. is probably 

 )S. macrosperma, Wgt, 



Order 30. RHAMNE-S3. 



Shrubs or trees, erect or scandent, prickly, spinous or unarmed. 

 Leaves simple^ alternate or opposite, often 3-5-nerved. Flowers small 

 greenish, hermaphrodite or polygamous in axillary cymes, spikate. 



