82. VEBBENACEM. [1. Callicabfa. 



FIb. as in Lantana but fruit dry . . .10. Lippia. 



Fls in involucrate 3 9'flWered capitate cymes . 11. Bymphorema, 



Fls. in elongate spikes. St. 2 12. Btachytarpheta. 



III. Fls. in pendulous racemes. Ovary 8- celled . 13. Duranta. 



1. Callicarpa, L. 



Trees or shrubs with the young parts stellately tomentose. 

 Fls. small often glandular in axillary usually corymbose 

 peduncled cymes. Calyx very small, 4-lobed. Corolla sub- 

 regular, tubular with 4 (-5) lobes, purple or red. St. 4-5 

 exserted. Ovary imperfectly 2-celled. Style long, stigma 

 capitate sub-entire or 2-lobed. Drupe small, with 1-4 free 

 pyrenes. 



1. C- • arbor ea, Roxb. Bomud, Bodudn, K. ; Dam 

 Kotokoi, S.; Bagodi, Kharw. ; Sakrela, Mai Pah. 



A small or mod.-sized tree with compressed 4-angled 

 tpmentose brnnchlets, large ovate to ovate-lanceolate or ovate- 

 oblong acute or sub-acuminate entire leaves, tomentose 

 beneath (both sides when young), and small lilac-purple 

 flowers in 2-chotomous corymbous cymes 3-5" diam. on 

 peduncles 1J-2" long. Drupe purple. 



Valleys in Singbhum, bnt rare. Dhadka (Manbhum), Wood. Common 

 on the northern slopes of the Paras nath range (Hazaribagh and 

 Manbhum). Palamau, esp. on the ghats. Eajmehal hills, frequent. 



Fls. May-June. Fr. Aug -Nov., rarely Dec.-Jany. Evergreen. 



L. h\" by 2f " to 12" by 5|" usually about 9 by 4", rarely slightly toothed 

 base rounded. Sec. n. 8-12 prs. with strong cross tertiaries. Petiole 

 f-l£". Cor. £'' diam. Fr. tVs" purple or black seated on the T y-broad 

 calyx. 



2. C' macrophylla, Vahl. Bundudn, K.; Buddhi 



ghassic', S.; Mathara, Beng. 



A stout shrub with the branched leaves beneath and 

 inflorescence densely woolly. L. large elliptic rarely ovate- 

 lanceolate long-acuminate crenate or crenate-dentate. Fls. 



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