7. Gmblina.] 82. VEBBENACE&, [8. Hoimskioldia. 



and yellow irregular flowers 1-1 J* long in lateral or 

 terminal panicles. Fruit a snccnlent drnpe 1" diam. with 

 a usually 2-celled stone. 



Throughout the area, esp. on the cool sides of hills. Fls. Fely, -April 

 when more or leas leafless. Fr. May •June. 



L. in the type_ stellately-hairy beneath, base 3-5 -nerved and usually 

 cuneate on the petiole, some or all with glands at the base between the 

 primary nerves. See. n. 4-6 prs. above the basal, tertiaries more or less 



{mrallel. Panicles 3-4/' (or attaining 12 7 fide F.B.I.), Bracts £-£'' linear- 

 anceolate. Calyx £•£'' campanulate with small teeth. Corolla tubular 

 below, ventricose ; anteiior lobe shovel-shaped yellow. 



The seedlings have oblong fleshy cotyledons, and the first leaves 

 are strongly toothed. The wood is largely used for making drums, it is 

 white, easily worked and does not warp or shrink. Cattle and deer are 

 very fond of the fruit. 



' Var. o. glaucescens, F.B.I. L. large 6-10" glabrous and glavcous beneath 

 the glaucous appearance being due to dense microscopic glands or scales 

 (these however are present also in the pubescent forms). Tertiary nerves 

 not much raised or only slightly raised. Panicle usually large, Commoner 

 t han the type. In all districts. 



Var. P. canesoens, L. 3-6'' sub-coriaceous, grey-pubescent beneath 

 with simple not stellate hairs. Tertiary- nerves strongly raised beneath. 

 Panicle 3-4'' strict. Santal Parganahs. 



8. Hoimskioldia, Retz. 



1. H- sanguines Bets, Jhimbria, S. 



A large climbing shrub with angular drooping branches, 

 ovate crenate- serrate or sub-entire leaves 2-6" by 1J-3|" very 

 handsome in flower. Fls. with a scarletitubular curved corolla 

 f-1" long and an orange or scarlet patelliform calyx 1" diam. 

 which is persistent in fruit, arranged in short racemes §-1* 

 long from the leaf axils and running out into terminal pani- 

 cles. 



Bocky ravinos in Bandgaon and Porahat ; Pitorea East hill (Eanchi), 

 Wood ; Manbhum ; Camp. ; Tatkora, 2,500 ft. Gamble ; Chorparan ghats 

 (Hazaribagh) ; Parasnath, Camp. Fls. Nov.-Jany. 



L. slightly pubescent acuminate with 4-5 prs. oblique sec. n. PetioU 

 t-2". Drupe obo void 4-i 7 , with 4 spreading lobes. 



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