6. Clbbodendbon.] 82. VERBENACE&. 



1. C. phlomoides, X. /. Panjot, &. Urni, H. 

 A large shrub with somewhat hoary pubescent shoots 

 puberulous ovate or sub-rhomboid crenate-serrate or sub-entire 

 leaves about 2 by \\\ and axillary and terminal cymose 

 panicles of white flowers f " diam. Odorous at night. 



Usually in hedges and often introducing itself into gardens, but doubt- 

 fully indigenous. Singhbhum, Palamau, Santal Parganahs. Fls Bevt- 

 Jany. * * ' 



Old leaves nearly glabrous, acute or sub-acuminate. Petiole *-** 

 Cymes 1^-3" 3-12 flowered. Calyx purplish H" lobed half-way down into 

 5 triangular acute lobes. Cor.-tube 1". Fruit nearly dry i-i"# separating 

 into 4 pyrenes. " 



Given to cattle for diarrhoea and worms. 



2. C. infortunatum, Qartn. Knla marsal, Chamgar, 

 Ho.\ Barni, Varni, flf.j Gokhola, Kharto.; Bhant, H., Beng. 



A robust under-shrub or shrub 4-6 ft. with densely 

 fulvous-hairy branches, large ovate usually cordate- leaves 

 i-8" long and broad and large terminal 3-chotomous corym- 

 Dose panicles of white and pinkish flowers 1* diam. Con- 

 spicuous in fruit from its large red calyces and often red- 

 -dening branches. Drupe bluish-black, at first enclosed by the 

 calyx which however opens widely when it is ripe. 



In all the districts, along streams and in shady places and edges of 

 glades. Often gregarious. Fls. Feby.-May. Fr. May -July. 



L. persistently hairy, entire or dentate with very strong Bee. and 

 tertiary nerves. Minute ' glands numerous, Panicle tomentosely-hairy, 

 often leafy. Calyx lobes £-1" long in fruit Cor.-tube §-f'' long. Lobes 

 1 posterior and 4 obliquely spreading. Stamens l£-2" long. 



3. C- Serratum, Spreng. Saram lntur, 8.; Barangi, H, 

 A shrub, usually with tall annual branches 3-6 ft. high 

 from a woody stock, with opp. or 3-uate sub-sessile ell., 

 jbovate or oblanceolate leaves 3-6" by 1-2'' and sub- 

 pyramidal terminal panicles of bine flowers V or more 

 icross. Drupe of 1-3 succulent usually green pyrenes. 



Singbhum, valleys -and snady slopes, not common. Tundi hills 

 common, Camp. ; Palamau, Gamble ! Fls. April Nov. Fruiting shortly 

 after flowering. The stems do not always die down, and it is then an 

 irregularly branched shrub with smaller fleshy leaves. 



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