1. Coedia.] 81. BOBAGINACEJE. 



L. broadly ell. or ovate, not tomentose, usually 

 repand-toothed. Discs visible superficially. 

 Petiole stout not £th blade , . . 2. obliqua. 



L. broadly ovate cordate, often tomentose beneath. 

 Discs not very distinct. Calyx glabrescent 

 below not ribbed 3. Wallichii. 



L. broadly ovate cordate, and twigs densely white 

 felted, sub-rugose above with discs distinct or 

 not. Calyx tomentose, usually ribbed . . 4. Macleodii. 

 B. Shrub. L. under 3" long, scabrid above with white 



discs 5. monoica. 



1. C. Myxa. £•> Hemrum, K. ; Buch, S. ; Bahnap 

 Kharw.; Lahsowra, R. ; Boh&vi,' Beng. 



A small tree, usually with drooping branches, with ashen 

 twigs only hairy when young, orbicular, ell., obloug or obovate 

 but never cordate leaves 2f-5" obtuse rounded or bluntly 

 acuminate, rarely slightly sinuate ; base 3-6-nerved or with 

 3-5 strong nerves from close to base which is cuneate or if 

 rounded always acute on the slender petiole. Fls. in 

 numerous terminal irregular or sub-corymbose cymes 2-4* 

 diam. 



Common in valleys, often along streams. Fls. March-April. Fr. July" 

 Aug. 



L. usually permanently hairy in the axils of the nerves beneath 

 otherwise glabrous, tetiary nerves not very straight, very reticulate 

 between, with raised nervules. Discs often visible in old leaves as small 

 white dotB. Calyx saucer-shaped in frnit J-f" diam. Fruit conical 

 when ycung, old shining yellowish glassy with very viscous pulp 1-seeded. 



The fruit is eaten. 



2. C- obliqua, Willd. ? Included in C. Myxa, X. in 

 «« Indian Trees." 



A small t ree with brown striate pubescent or puberulous 

 twigs, broadly-ovate or ovate, rarely ovate-oblong, leaves 

 3-b" by 5 1" with rounded or sub-cordate base acute or sub- 

 acaminate or blunt, always mucronate, usually sinuate or 

 coarsely dentate ; principal nerves above the base usually 

 with 1-3 prs. below and 2-7 prs. above them. Base usually 

 decurrent on the stout \-\j" petiole on one side only. 



Singbhnm and Hazaribagh, esp. in dry nalaa in the Koderma forest ; 

 Santal Farganahs (Chandna, etc.) I have unfortunately never collected 



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