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60. EUBIACEJl. 



[Cant Hum, 



1. C. umbellatum, Wgfc. Ic. t. 3034! ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 132; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113; C. didymum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 221. PUctronia 

 didyma, Brandis For. Fl. 276. Tupa, arsul, M. ; Yellal, Jiunnagerej liani' 

 gigari, K. 



Sikkim Hiraalaya, Western Peninsula from tbe Konkan southwards, 

 Ceylon. 



Common in the evergreen forests of the Konkan and Korth Kanara. 

 Fl. Nov.- Jany. Fr. Apl.-June. A large shrab or small tree. 



Wood grey or reddish-grey, hard, close-grained. Annual rings very 

 distinct. Pores very small, numerous. Medullary rays fine and very 

 fine, numerous. Weighs 42 lbs. to the cub. ft. Young branches sometimes 

 sharply 4-angled. Used for making combs by the Siddapore Goodegars 

 in North Kanara. 



2. C. Rheedii, DC. Prod. IV. 474; Fl. Br. I. 3. 134; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 113. PUctronia Bheedii, DO. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-5. lO. an- 

 gustifolium, Roxb. FJ. Br. I. 3, 135. C, LeschenauUii, W. & A. Dalz. 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113. Ghapyel, M. ; Amhgari, ambgani, K. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Common in the 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara. A scandent shrub 

 with a slender stem 1 in. in diameter, spinous to near the base. Bark 

 smooth, shining. Fl. & Fr. at different times throughout the year. I am 

 unacquainted with G. angustifolium, W. & A., if it is distinct from G. 

 Rheedii, DC. Sir J. Hooker in the Fl. Br. I. says G. angustifolium is 

 probably only a glabrous variety of G. Rheedii , DC. 



8. C. parviflorum, Lamk. Diet. I. 602 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 136 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113. Plectronia parviflora, Roxb. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 134-5 ; Gamble Ind. Timbers. 230. Kirna, M. ; Kari, K. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Very common in 

 dry, open situations throughout the presidency, also along and near the 

 coast. A shrub sometimes semiscandent in hedges. Fl. Fr. at different 

 times throughout the year. Fr. yellow, edible, not palatable. Wood 

 hard and used for turning, and leaves eaten in curries. — Gamble. 



13. VANGUERIA, Juss. 



A spinous tree. Leaves and flowers as in Canfkium, but ovary, 

 usually 5-celled. Drupe large^ globose, 1 inch in diameter, smooth ; 

 pyrenes, 4-5 woody, smooth. 



V. spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 537 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 1 36. Malla hare, goher 

 gaily, gund kare, K. ; Alu, huloo, halawni, M. 



Northern Bengal to Kanara, Burma, Pegu and Tenasserim. Common 

 in the deciduous forests of the North Kanara and Belgaum districts. 

 Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. R. S. 



