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654 l-3in., ovoid or globose, smooth ; pericarp thick, endocarp woody, shining within. Placentas 2-6.

Use : — A preparation from the root is employed by the Santals as a remedy for indigestion in children (Revd. A Campbell).

Vern. : — Hsay-than-paya (Burm.)

Habitat :— Foot of the Sikkim Himalaya ; Assam, Sylhet and Chittagong ; Behar, and summit of Parasnath.

A large, deciduous shrub or small tree, 15-20ft., armed with long straight sharp spines, ½-1½in., often leafy or leaf-bearing. Leaves membranous, glabrous, lanceolate ; blade 2-4in., or l½-3in. by ½-1½in., narrowed into a short petiole ; midrib slender, nerves faint. Petiole ¼-½in. Stipules triangular, caducous. Flowers greenish-white. Calyx of male flower ⅓in., ellipsoid or subglobose. Corolla-tube ⅓in. long, upper portion campanulate, white. Lobes short, obtuse. Fertile flowers solitary, sessile. Calyx-teeth oblong or spathulate, foliaceous. Sterile flowers fasciculate shortly pedicellate. Fruit ¾-1¼in. long, ellipsoid or globose, obscurely 5-ridged ; pericarp very thick ; endocarp woody. Placentas 5.

Use :— The fruit is used as a cathartic and anthelmintic (Roxb.).

Habitat : — Western Peninsula, or the Ghats, from Bombay southwards.

An evergreen, small, glabrous tree. Branches terete. Leaves 2-6 by 1½-2½in., elliptic lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Petiole ¼-½in. ; stipules short, tip not setaceous. Flowers fascicled, shortly pedicelled. Calyx-limb 4-lobed. Calyx-teeth obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla-tube very short, (shorter than the Calyx-teeth), throat glabrous, lobes 1/6in. Filaments very short. Fruit pedi-