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1. Buddleia asiatica, Lour. Fl. Coclduch. (1790) p. 72. A large 

 evergreen shrub, rarely a small tree ; young branches toraeutose. 

 Leaves 2|-5 by g-lj in-, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, entire or 

 serrulate, usually glabrous above, covered beneath v\ith a white or 

 yellowish more or less mealy tomentum, base usually acute ; petioles 

 O-5 in. long. Flowers white, odorous, subsessile, in bracteate tomento.-e 

 dense usually continuous terminal and axillary spikes which are solitary 

 or several together, sometimes panic-led ; bracts large, lanceolate, 

 tomentose. Calyx g in. long, woolly-tomentose, divided about |-\vay 

 down; segments ovate, subacute. Corolla 5 in. long, tubular, white, 

 hairy outside and in the throat; lobes jL J^. long, obovate, obtuse. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style clavate. Capsule 4- in. long, o\ oid or 

 ellipsoid ; carpels separating and then dehiscing along the inner face. 

 Seeds minute, not tailed. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 8 J ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 180; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6323 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. clxiii, t. 21 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 24-0 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kit. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 168 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 546. Buddleia discolor, 

 Koth, Nov. PL Sp. (1821) p. 83; Wight, Icon. t. 894.— Flowers : 

 Jan. -Apr. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; hills near Pen, DaLell ^- Gibson. Deccan : Fitzgerald Ghat 

 below Miihubleshwar, Cuokc ! S. M. Country : Castlerock, Kanitkar !. Bhiva ! 

 Gujauat: Dtiiigs, iViUw !— Distrib. Throughout India ; Malaya, Cochinchiua, China. 



4. FAGR^A, Thuub. 



Glabrous trees or shrubs often epiphytic. Leaves opposite, coria- 

 ceous, usually entire ; petioles dilated at the base or united by a 

 stipular sheath. Flowers white or yellouish, in bracteate terminal 

 cymes, rarely solitary. Calyx deeply o-lid or 5-partite ; segments thick, 

 broad, imbricate, persistent in fruit. Corolla infundibuliform ; lobes o, 

 twisted and slightly overlapping to the right in bud. Stamens 5; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers oblong or ovate with parallel cells. Ovary 

 2-celled throughout or 1-celled in the upper part; ovules » in each 

 cell ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Berry 1-2-celled. Seeds 

 numerous, immersed in pulp ; testa crustaceous ; albumen horny ; 

 embryo small, straight. — Distrib, India, Malaya, China, Japan, 

 Australia, Pacific Islands ; species 30. 



1. Fagrsea obovata, Wall, in lloxh. Fl. lad. ed. Careij, v. 2 (1824) 

 p. 33. A climbing epiphyte throwing out branched roots like a Ficus at 

 intervals on the stem of the host, which is often TerniinaUa jpaniculata 

 (Talbot); bark smooth, dark-grey, lenticellate. Leaves at the ends of 

 the branches, somewhat fiesby, 4-6 by 2-3 in., obovate-oblong or 

 elliptic, shortly and abruptly acuminate, glabrous above, velvety- 

 tomentose beneath, base narrowed ; petioles |~i- in. long ; stipules often 

 partly free within the petiole, embracing the branch. Flowers white or 

 cream-colored, in 1-5-flowered terminal cymes; peduncles usual'y 

 3 together, |-1 in. long, stout ; pedicels very short ; bracts ovate. 

 Calyx I in. long ; lobes 5 in. long, oblong, obtuse. Corolla 2-3 in. long ; 

 tube 1-1| in. long, the upper half campanulate ; lobes 1-1| in. long, 

 elliptic, obtuse. Berry Ik by 1 in., ellipsoid, pointed, glabrous, filled 

 with a fleshy pulp. Seeds about j-L in. in dinni., subglobose, slightly 

 pitted. FL *B. I. V. 4, p. 83; Wall. Cat. (1828) 1595; But. Mug. 



