204 LXXXVII. BOB.VGI>'ACE.E. 



2. Ehretia aspera, lioxh. Cor. Fl. v. 1 (1795) p. 41, t. 55. A 



slirub ; branches usually glabrous, short, terete. Leaves very variable, 

 ^-2A by =5-l| ill-, elliptic-oblong or obovate, rounded or shortly acumi- 

 nate, sometimes retuse, scabrous, slightly hairy or glabrous above, per- 

 sistently hairy beneath ; petioles |-| in. long. Flowers white, in 

 paniculate cymes which are at first close, corymbose and apparently 

 terminal, afterwards lax and lateral. Calyx ^ in. long, hairy outside ; 

 segments J^ in. long, ovate-oblong, subacute, ciliate. Corolla i-^ in. 

 long ; tube longer than the calyx ; lobes about equalling the tube, 

 oblong, obtuse. Ovary ovoid ; style 4-1 in. long, bifid about I the way 

 down ; stigmas capitate. Drupe depressed-globose, \ in. across; pyrenes 

 usually 4, bony. Bedd. Tor. Man. in Flor. 8ylvat. p. clxvi. Ehretia 

 ohovata, E. Br. "in Salt, Abyss. (1814) App. p. Ixiv (name only). Ehretia 

 oltusifolia, Hochst. ex DC." Prodr. v. 9 (1845) p. 507; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 142 ; Eich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, v. 2 (1851) 

 p. 83 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 245 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, 

 p. 204. Ehretia Icevis var. aspera, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 142.— Flowers : Mar.- May. 



Deccan : Poona, Woodrow, 974!; Bowdhan, Bhiva\; plains about Poona (small 

 shrub 3 ft. h\"'^), Dakell ! Sind : Stocks !, Duhell ! ; iShah-Bilawal, Stocks, 639 ! 

 — DisTRiB. India (Panjab, W. Peninsula); Beluchistan, Abyssinia, 



3. Ehretia buxifolia, Eoxh. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 42, t. 57. A 



small shrub 3-4 ft. high ; branches numerous, slender, divaricate ; bark 

 reddish-brown, cracked. Leaves numerous, subsessile, fascicled on 

 arrested branchlets, f-l by -^5 in., obovate, cuneate, rounded and 

 sometimes with a few crenatures at the apex, rough above with short 

 bristly hairs with a white spot at the base of each when dried, shining 

 and pohshed above, paler and with conspicuous venation beneath. 

 Flowers white, axillary, solitary or 2 together on slender hairy peduncles 

 0-^ in. long. Calyx hairy, -jL in. long ; segments j\ in. long, lanceolate 

 or spathulate-oblong, acute. Corolla i in. long, canipanulate ; lobes 

 -V in. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, spreading or recurved. Stamens 

 exserted. Styles 2, longer than the stamens, undivided, or 1 style 

 2-partite to near the base. Drupe i in. in dinm., globose, apiculate, 

 shining, scarlet; pyrene 1, four-celled. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 144 ; Bedd. 

 For. Man. in Flor.'Sylvat. p. clxvii ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 196 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 245 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 203.— 

 Flowers: Mar. 



Eare. Without locality, Gibson], Bahelll Dfxtan: dry forests, Talbot. S. M. 

 Country : common on tlie stony bills near Dharwar, Talbot.— Djhthib. India (W. 

 Peninsula); Ceylon, Malaya to Formosa and the Philippines. 



3. COLDENIA, Linn. 

 Branched usually diffuse or prostrate herbs. Leaves alternate, small, 

 crisped. Flowers 'white or yellow, axillary, sessile or nearly so, the 

 upper sometimes in a 1-sided kai'y spike. Calyx 4-5-partite ; segments 

 lanceolate or linear. Corolla-tube short, rather broad, naked or with 

 4-5 scales within ; lobes 4-5, spreading, imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 4-5, inserted on the corolla-tube, included; illaments short; anthers 

 ovate. Ovary ovoid, slightly 4-lobed, 2-celled with 2 ovules, or sub- 

 4-celled with'l ovule in each cell; styles 2, distinct from the base or 



