16. Vanoueeia. ] 84. BUBIACEJB. [ 18. Moeinda. 



few 6" by 3" (only 1|-2|" at time of flowering), small green 

 sub-globose flowers in dense axillary cymes, and globose 

 fruits 1-1!" diam., marked with a large apical areola. 



Singbhnm, valleys, not very common ; frequent in both Manbhnm and 

 Hazaribagh, often on the hills; Ranchi; Santal Parganahs. Fls. April-May 

 with the, new leaves. Fr. Aug.-Oct. Deo. March-April. L. turn yellow 

 Jany. 



Twigs nearly glabrous and leaves hairy or pubescent. L. often 

 fascicled. Fl.-buds ovoid-oblong constricted, crowned with the cusps of 

 the petals. Calyx-tube very short, teoth 5 linear, spreading. Corolla-tube 

 it'' both ways, lobes triangular cuspidate, throat villous with white jointed 

 hairs. Anthers introrse sub-sessile on the throat. Ovary 5 -celled, freo 

 above. Style exsert. Stigma large globose. Drupe ( £-1'' diam, /. 

 Brandis) with 1-5 woody pyrenes. 



The young leaves are eaten as a vegetable, the fruit is also eaten. 



A form nearly resembling the glabrous type is found in the Santal 

 Parganahs ; the ordinary Chota Nagpur plant belongs to the var. mollis 

 (F.B.I.^ and is very pubescent and sometimes unarmed. Some spinous 

 forms closely resemble the large-leaved variety of Randia dumetorum, 

 and the fruit is sometimes said to kill fish, possibly through confusion 

 with the Randia. 



17. Lasianthus, Jack. 



1. L. lancifolius, Hook. f. 



A shrub 4-6 ft. somewhat resembling Hyptianthera, with 

 appressed shortly-pubescent branchlets, lanceolate acuminate 

 leaves about 5| v by 1J* and axillary fascicles of sessile 

 inconspicuous white flowers. Fruit blue succulent ovoid 

 downy surmounted by the calyx- tube, with 5-4 1-seeded 

 pyrenes. 



Deep shady valleys in the Tholokabad forest, Singbhum. Very rare. 



F1-, Fr. April-May. 



L. often undulate and variegated yellow, pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath, narrowed .both ends, with 7-9-prs. of oblique arched sec. n. 

 strong beneath and numerous sub-parallel cross nervules. Petiole $4". 

 Calyx. 3-toothed or truncate in fruit. Corolla tubular, densely pubescent 

 within with 5 sessile anthers, sometimes calyptrate. Overy 4-5-celled. 

 Ovule basal erect. 



18. Morinda, L. 



Trees or shrubs. Fls. in peduncled heads more or less 

 coherent. Calyx- tube short truncate or with one foliaceous 



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