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59. APOCYNACEiE. 



[Carissa. 



Anthers conniving in a cone round the stigma, includcd^or 

 exsertod. 



Anthers more or les? exserted. 



Filaments twisted. Carpels connate in flower ... 10. Paesonsia, 

 Filaments not twisted. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels. 



Corolla rotate, throat naked. Climb 'rs ... 11. Vallauis. 



Corolla salver-shaped, threat with fimbriite 

 scales. Trees ... ... ... 12. WiaaiiTiA. 



Anthers included. 



Leaves whorled. Corolla throat with 5 broad scales. 13. Nebium. 

 Leaves opposite. Corolla throat without scales. 

 CoroUa large ; lobes overlapping to the right. 



Corolla bell-shaped. Disk deeply 6 lobed, 14. BsAUMONTiA. 

 Corolla salver-shaped. Disk thick, annular 



or cupular ... ... ... 15. CtiONEMOiiPHA. 



Corolla small, lobes overlapping to the right and 



nearly straight in bud. Seeds glabrous ... 16 AGANOiMA. 

 Corolla small, lobes sharply twisted to the left ; 

 seeds couiose. 



Corolla lobes with the tips not deflected. 



Disk cupular ... ... ... 17. AnodendkOn. 



Corolla-lobes with the tips deflected. Disk 



free, 6-lobed ... ... ... 18. Ichnocaupus. 



1. CARISSA, L. 



Shrubs erect or climbing, armed with axillary spines. Leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous. Flowers in peduncled, triehotomous cyme^. 

 Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube cylindrical, lobes spreading. Stamens 

 included. Ovary 2- celled ; ovules several in eacli cell ; style filiform ; 

 stigma minutely 2-fid. Fruit a globose or ovoid berry. Seeds usually 

 2, peltately attached to the septum : albumen fleshy. 



Spines straight. 



Leaves glabrous. Berry size of cherry ... ... 1, C Carandas, 



Leaves small, densely and hnely pubescent. Fruit 



size of a pea. A small tree or spreading shrub .. 2. C. spinirum. 

 Spines decurved. 



An erect shrub. Cymes paberulous ... ... 3. C macrophyllct, 



A climbing shrub. Cymes quite glabrous ... 4. C. suavissimcb. 



1. -C. Carandas, Linn. ; A. DO. Prod. YIII. 332 ; El. Br. L 3. 630 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 320; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 143; Bodd. Fl. Sylv. 

 156. KarundcL, corinda^ carwand^ hartundi, Vern. ; Kawli balU, hareka% 

 K. 



Throughout India, common from the Punjab to Ceylon, Burma and 

 Malacca, often cultivated. Throughout the presidency, common in 

 the Konkan and North Kauara. Fl. Jan.-Apl. Fr. ripe May-June. 

 Bark light grey, scaly. A large evergreen shrub. Wood yellowish-grey, 

 hard, smooth, close-grained. Pores very small, equally distributed. 

 Medullary rays very fine and numerous. Weighs 45 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Makes excellent impassable fences. 



2. C. spinarum, A. DO. Prod. VIII. 332 ; Fl. Br, I. 3. 631. 0. 

 difusa, Roxb.; Brandis For. Fl. 321 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 157. 0. Ursula, 

 Roth. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 143. 



