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tip ; corolliue corona of 5 quadrate truncate fleshy lobes at the siuuses ; 

 stauiinal corona minute, annular, close to the staminal-column. Anthers 

 without membranous appendages, incumbent on the style-apex ; pollen- 

 masses ovoid, large, waxy, pellucid at the apex, attached to the minute 

 pollen-carriers by moderately long caudicles. follicles subwuody, 

 2|-3| in. long, turgid, tapering into an obtuse shortly curved beak. 

 Seeds ^ in. long, narrowly ovate-oblong, acute; coma I5-II in. long, 

 FL B. I. V. 4, p. 63 ; Grab. Cat. p. 118 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 152 ; Trim. 

 Yl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 164 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 239 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 630. — Mowers: Apr.-July. Veen. Birandodl ; Kharlhoda ; 

 iShingutl. 



KoNKAN : common, particularly near the sea, Dalzell ^ Gibson. Deccan : Poona, 

 Cooke], Woodrowl 8. M. Country: Graham; Dambal, in the Dharwar district, 

 Talbot. Kanara : Jatihalli on the Ivala naddi, Bitchle, 1857! Gujarat: hedges 

 about Surat, Graham ; Keniali, Kanitkar ! — Distrib. India (Panjab, Birnia, W. 

 Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Singapore, Ava. 



2. Leptadenia Spartium, Wight, Contrih. (1834) p. 48, A much- 

 branched often leafless bush 2-Q ft. high ; branches erect, slender, 

 terete, straight, the young ones pubernlous. Leaves present on the 

 young shoots only (not always so), 1-2| by | in., linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous, subsessile. i'lowers yellow, in small lateral 

 umbellate pubescent cymes ; peduncles y'o^i "^- long, pubescent, arising 

 from between the petioles when lea^ es are present ; pedicels iV~iV ^^• 

 long, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, divided to about the middle ; seg- 

 ments -^ in. long, ovate-deltoid, acute. Corolla ^ in, long, deeply 

 divided; tube funnel-shaped, short, glabrous; lobes -jl^ in. long, ovate- 

 oblong, subacute, thickened towards the apex, puberulous outside, 

 pubescent inside ; corona-lobes at the sinuses of the corolla very small, 

 tubercle-like, pubescent at the apex, the staminal corona minute, 

 annular, close to the base o£ the staminal-column. Staminal-column 

 very short ; pollen-masses erect, with pellucid apex, attached to minute 

 pollen-carriers by short caudicles. Pellicles 35-4| by \ in., lanceolate, 

 terete, attenuated into a long slender beak, slightly narrov^ed at the 

 base, glabrous. Seeds 5 in. long, narrowly lanceolate, glabrous ; coma 

 1-1| in. long, n. B. 1. v. 4, p. 64 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 239 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 12 (1898) p. 168 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 630. Leptadenia Jacquemontiana, Decaisne, in DC. Prodr, 

 V. 8 (1844) p. 641 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 152.— Flowers : Dec-Jan. Veun. 

 Kij}. 



Abundant in Kathiawar and Sind. Gujarat : Kathiawar, Dalzcll ! ; sea-shore south 

 of Gogo, plentilul, Balzell ^~ Gibson ; Periiu Island at the mouth of the Narbada 

 r'wer, Euojt\ Sind: Stocks, 408!; Mandvi, Woudrow ; Shikarpur, Cooke\ — Distrib. 

 India (Panjab) ; Beluchistan, Arabia, Egypt. 



The fib.e is used for making ropes for drawing water from wells as it does not rot. 

 The brandies are used as fodder for cattle. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



23. CEROPEGIA, Linn. 



Perennial herbs erect or twining; rootstock often tuberous. Leaves 

 opposite, sometimes minute or U. Flowers often large, in lateral 

 (rarely terminal) umbellate or racemose cymes, rarely solitary or in 

 pairs. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla tubular, usually elongate, more or less 



