1. Gbbwia] 20. T1LIACJSJB. [ 2. Tbifmjetta. 



Gonopbore distinct, finely tomentose above. Ovary long- 

 villous. Stigma not deeply lobed. Fruit about ¥\ sub- 

 persistently hoary, rarely lobed, ultimately purple. 



Singbhum forests, common ; Palamau ; Santal Parganahs ; Sirguja 

 and Jaspar, Wood ; not reported by Campbell from Manbhum ! Fl. ApriL- 

 Bepl. Fr. June-Oct, Evergreen. 



a. Rothii proper. A shrub with the bright-yellow flowers often borne 

 in great profusion. Twigs purple when old. L. lanceolate to ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, never lobed, 2-3" but attaining 4-5" by 1$'\ acuminate rarely 

 acute. Peduncles £-f ", pedicels £-$''. Sepals J" linear or linear-oblong. 

 Pet. about J" entire oblong, blade li-2 times the claw. 



Distribution as above. 



3. A tree. L. often lobed, ovate-lanceolate to broadly oblong with 

 broad base mostly 5-nerved, attaining 4$ by 2", serrulate or sometimes 

 even coarsely serrate, in one specimen blunt. Peduncles sometimes 6\ 

 and 3-t-fid. Santal Parganas. 



G. Bothii, is one of the woods used by the Kola in producing fire from 

 dry sticks. 



8. Triumfetta, L. 



Herbs, under shrubs or shrubs with simple or iobed serrate 

 leaves, and small yellow flowers in dense cymes or fascicles. 

 Fascicles axillary or running into terminal spikes from the 

 reduction of the upper leaves. Sepals and petals 5. Sta- 

 mens 8-15, on a fleshy lobed glandular torus. Ovary 2-5- 

 celled. Cells 2-ovuisd. Style filiform. Stigma 5-toothed. 

 Fruit bristly or with hooked spines, indehiscent or capsular. 

 Seeds 1-2 in each cell. 



1. T. pilosa, Both, 



A shrub 3-6 feet high with stellately hairy sterna and 

 simple ovate lanceolate subcordate leaves, softly stellately 

 hairy both sides. Oonsnicuous in fruit from the heads of 

 hooked spines. 



Shady moist woods in Singbhum. Pis. Sept. -Nov. Pr. Nov.-Jany. 

 The flowers close in afternoon. 



SteUate km on stem with red bulbous bases. L. attain 6" by 2f* 

 pale and densely hairy beneath. Petiole |"-2" Stipules ±". Sepals & -** 

 linear stellate-hairy apiculat©. Petals hnear-oblong or oblanceolate i* 

 spreading. Stamens 10. Fruit f"-l" diam. including the i"-j" long spinaa 

 Celled 8-eoeded. Spines hairy all round (glabrous one aide, FMJ.^ 



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