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30. EHAMNE^. 



Burma, Western Peninsula from ihe Konkan soutliwards ; Ceylon ; on 

 the ghats of the Konkan and North Kanara, common in evergreen forests 

 near the Tinai ghat of N. Kanara at about 2000 ft. elevation. Fl. Sept.- 

 Oct. and at other times. Fr. June. Stems 4 in. in diameter without thorns 

 or prickles. Bark corky, brown, inner bark red. 



5. SAGERATIA, Brogn. 



Unarmed or spinous shrubs. Leaves sub-opposite with deciduous 

 stipules. Flowers small, pentamerous, bisexual, in sessile clusters. 

 Calyx 5-fid. Petals 5, clawed, hooded. Stamens 5. Disk cup- 

 shaped, lining the calyx-tube, margin free, 5-lobed. Ovary sunk 

 in the disk but free from it, 3-celled ; style short, 3-grooved. Fruit 

 globose, 3-seeded, coriaceous, indehiscent. 



S. oppositifolia, Brogn. in Ann. Nat. Sc. Ser. 1. X. 360 ; Fl. Br. I. 1, 



641 ; Brandis For. Fl. 95. 



North- West India and sub-tropical Himalaya. Western Peninsula from 

 the Konkan southwards. A large shrub or small tree doubtfully indi- 

 genous in the Bombay Presidency. Flowers in large terminal panicles. 

 Fruit small, turbinate black, succulent. Fl. R. S. Fr. 0. S. 



6. COLUBRINA, Rich. 



Erect unarmed shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in short axillary 

 cymes. Calyx 5-fid, tube hemispherical. Petals 5, hooded, inserted on 

 the margin of the disk. Disk fleshy, filling the calyx-tube. Ovary' 

 immersed in the disk, 3-celled ; stigmas reflexed. Fruit obsoletely 

 3-lobed, surrounded at the base by calyx-tube, 3-celled, cells 1-seeded, 

 tardily dehiscent. 



C. asiatiea, Brogn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 1. X. 369 ; Fl. Br. L 1. 642 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. 60 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 69. Outi, M. 



Eastern and Western Peninsulas from the Konkan and Tenasserim 

 southwards. Ceylon. Elephanta and the ghats, plentiful near the sea 

 at Batnagiri. Dalz. & Gibs. 



7. GOUANIA, Linn. 



Unarmed climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers in axillary 

 or terminal spikes, polygamous. Calyx 5-lobed, the tube adherent 

 to the ovary. Petals 5, hooded. Stamens 5. Disk filHng the calyx- 

 fcube, 6-angled or stellate. Ovary immersed in the disk, 3-celled, style 

 3-cleft. Fruit inferior, coriaceous. 3- winged. The flowering rachis 

 is often cirrhose. 



Flowers sessile, densely pubescent 1. G, microcarpa. 



Flowers shortly pedicelled, glabrous 2. Q. lejptostacliija. 



1. G. microcarpa, DC. Prod. II. 40 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 643. W. & A. 

 Prodr. 167. Shingar halli, K. , 



