386 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA TUBAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. A IX. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Leptadenia spartiam, 



£ip. 



ASCLBPIADACEiE. 

 F. B. I. iv. 64. 

 The Plains. 



Orthanthera viminea, 



£ip, mahur. 



ASCLEPIADACE^aE. 



F. B. I.iv. 64. 



The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Suddleia panictilata, 



CJiiti bniy dholeu. 

 LOGANIACE^. 



F. B. r. iv. 81. 



Himalaya, 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Fagn, Matiana 

 (Oollett). 



small, smooth, with long erect twiggy branches 

 sometimes leafless, leaves few, 3-4 by | in., narrowly 

 linear, shortly stalked, leathery * flowers dirty yellow 

 white ^ in. diam. in solitary or double clusters of 

 several flowers, corolla rotate like the spokes of a 

 wheel, thick, velvety on both surfaces, calyx lobes 

 obtuse, minute scales between the corolla lobes, stami- 

 nal tube with a wavy ring round it ; follicles 5 by ^ 

 in., solitary by abortion, cylindric, straight with a long 

 slender beak ; seeds 5 in. long with a tuft of hairs, 

 ovoid. The branches are used in Sind to make well 

 ropes. 



small with erect twiggy branches generally leafless, 

 leaves very few, 2 by ^ in., on branches near the 

 ground not on flowering branches ; flowers in woolly 

 stalked clusters |-1 in. long, calyx lobes lanceolate, 

 corolla i in. long, flat topped, not rotate, lobes erect, 

 brownish orange, minute scales between the lobes, 

 staminal tube with a wavy ring round it : follicles .5 

 ins, long, solitary, linear ; seeds A in. long with a tuft 

 of very fine silky hairs ^ in. long. Near Delhi the 

 fibre is used to make ropes. 



large, bark thin, pale grey peeling ofE in long pieces ; 

 leaves ovate or oblong, 5 by 2 ins., upper ones lanceo- 

 late, lower toothed, white woolly beneath united by 

 a slight ridge across the branchlet ; flowers j in. long, 

 in interrupted leafy branching racemes, usually termi- 

 nal on branches, calyx lobes 4, persistent, blunt, 

 corolla tube pink, orange inside, lobes 4, blue (some- 

 times the flower is white or pink), fragrant, stamens 4, 

 very short ; capsule 5 in. long, ovoid, woolly, seeds 

 many. 



Buddleia asiatica, 



Hana. 



F. B. I. iv. 82. 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. 



medium sized, bark thin, grey, ends of branches 

 densely clothed with short white wool : leaves 3-6 by 

 1-1 J ins., lanceolate, smooth and dark green above, 

 dense short white wool beneath, united across the 

 branchlets by a slight ridge, flowers crowded in long. 



