Erythrosfiermim.] xvn. flacourtiaceje. 
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2. ERYTHROSPERMUM, Lam. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Racemes simple or 
panicled. Flowers small, bisexual. Sepals 4 to 6 imbricate. Petals 
4 to 6 small. Stamens 4 to 6; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, con¬ 
nective dilate. Ovary i-celled; style short. Stigma entire or 
lobed. Ovules many on 3 to 4 parietal placentas. Capsule cori¬ 
aceous 3- to 4-valved. Seeds few; testa coriaceous or fleshy. 
Species 8, 6 Mascarene, 1 Ceylon, 1 Malay Peninsula. 
( 1 ) E. Scortechinii King, lx. 116 . 
Small tree 30 to 40 ft. tall glabrous. Leaves thickly mem¬ 
branous oblanceolate-elliptic cuspidate, crenate-serrate, base nar¬ 
rowed; nerves 5 to 6 pairs, inarching *25 in. from edge, 4 to 5 in. 
long, '2 to 2 ‘5 in. wide; petioles '5 in. grooved. Racemes 2 to 4 
paniculate, terminal one 3 to 4 in. long in flower, twice as long in 
fruit. Flowers unknown. Ovary glabrous; ovules 12 to 20; 
style glabrous. Stigma 3-lobed. Capsules on '5 in. long pedicels, 
globular, smooth ‘35 in. through. Seed 1 globular with red pulp. 
Hab. Very rare. Perak, no locality given (Scortechini). 
3. FLACOURTIA, Commers. 
Spiny or unarmed trees with alternate leaves usually more or 
less crenulate. Flowers unisexual (rarely hermaphrodite) in short 
axillary racemes or fascicles, small apetalous. Sepals 5. Stamens 
indefinite, rising from a fine 5-lobed or entire fleshy disc. Ovary 
flask-shaped; styles 4 to 6 free or connate for part of their length. 
Fruit baccate, globose with 4 or 5 flat seeds. Species 8,. Indo- 
Malayan. 
Trees; leaves large. 
Leaves 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, elliptic cuspidate; 
styles far apart 
Leaves 3 to 4 in. long, 1-25 in. wide, lanceolate; 
styles connate 
Bush; leaves small obovate . 
(1) F. Rukam 
(2) F. Cataphracta 
(3) F. sepiaria 
(1) F. Rukam Zoll. and Moritz, Verz. 33; Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
i. 192; King, lx. 117. 
A small tree, very thorny below. Leaves elliptic, narrowed at 
the base, edges crenulate, cusp 1 in. long; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 
6 to 7 in. long, 2‘5 in. wide, membranous glabrous; petioles - 3 in. 
long. Flowers unisexual in small axillary fascicles, numerous; 
pedicels pubescent. Sepals ovate obtuse, pubescent. Disc 5-lobed, 
white or yellow. Stamens in male numerous. Pistillode o. 
Female, as in male but no stamens; disc less lobed. Pistil flask- 
shaped; styles 4 to 6 spreading. Berry globose; styles widely 
spreading, -5 in, through, purplish green. Hab. Common in damp 
lowland woods. Singapore, Johor. A form with fewer nerves 
