76 DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPKRMi A. Pvemna 



1 . p. latifolia. Roxb. 



Arboreous. Leaves rouiul-cordjile, entire, smooth. Co- 

 rymbs axillary, and terminal. Throat of" the corol woolly. 



Telinrf. Pedda-nella-kura. 



It is a native of most parts of the coast of Coromandel, 

 though by no means common ; grows to be a small tree. 

 Flowers during- the hot season. 



Trunk erect. Z?rtr A: ash-coloured, pretty smooth. Branches 

 numerous, spreading. Leaves opposite, petioled, cordate 

 or oval, entire, pointed or obtuse, a little downy, in general 

 two and a half inches each way. Petioles round, generally 

 about an inch long. Corf/mbs compound, terminal, or from 

 the exterior axills, divided by threes. Bractes minute, fall- 

 ing. Flowers numerous, small, of a dirty yellow. CalifX cam- 

 panulate, five-toothed, permanent. Coro/, throat woolly ; 

 the upper Up ihree-cleft ; the vnder one eraarginate. Anthers 

 bluish. Stifle longer than the corol. Drupe, the size ofa pea, 

 twin, juicy, smooth, when ripe black. Nut wrinkled, four- 

 celled, all the four seeds seldom ripen. 



The wood of this tree is white, firm, and used for various 

 economical purposes. The leaves have a pretty strong, 

 though not disagreeable smell, and are much used in curries 

 by the natives. 



2. P. iomentosa. WUld. iii. p. 314. 



Arboreous. Leaves ovate-cordate, pohited, entire, very 

 downy. Panicles terminal, corymbiform. 



Telhuj. N;iooroo. 



A tree, a native of the mountainous parts of the Circars. 

 Flowers during- the cold season. 



Bark, the exterior membranous, cracking and peeling off 

 like that of the birch tree, ofa light gray colour ; younrf shoots 

 covered with a soft gray down. Leaves opposite, petioled, cor- 

 date, pointed, entire, very downy underneath, and whitish, 

 above light green, from four to five inches long, and about 

 two and a half, or three broad. Petioles round, about an inch 



