82 GENTIANACEiE 



FAGRi^A. F.B.I. 96 IV 



Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves, with promi- 

 nently dilated leaf-bases or stipules. Corolla lobes 

 twisted. Fruit a berry. 



Species about 20, from India to Australia. 



Fagraea obovata Wall.; F.B.I. iv 83, IV 5. A low tree 

 or shrub. Leaves 6 by 3 in., obovate. Corolla tube ij^ 

 by J4 in. expanding into a broad 5-lobed limb, i^ to 2 

 in. across, creamy white. Berry J^ by l in. t. 428. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor by the river just above the railway 

 station. On rock at Dolphin's Nose, etc. Fyson, 



Gen. Dist. Deccan and Ceylon, 



GENTIANACE^. 



See Vol. I p. 288. 



EXACUM. 



Exacum atropurpureum 5^^J; Vol. I p. 288. t. 429. 

 Exacum wightianum Am. ; Vol. I p. 289. t. 430. 



HALENIA. 



Halcnia pcrrottctii Griseh.\ Vol. L p. 291. t. 431. 



BORAGINE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 292. 



CONVOLVULACE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 293. 



SOLANACEyt. 



See Vol. I p. 295. 



Several species of oestrum, shrubs with tubular flowers 

 (white or coloured, often inflated and contracted again below 

 the mouth) and small triangular reflexed lobes ; rrunfelsia 

 shrubs with cream coloured flowers with narrow tube and 

 broad flat lobes ; s^lfiglossis and browallia are cultivated in 

 gardens. Many have very fragrant flowers. 



