18. Moeinda. ] 84. RUBI4CEJE. [ 19. Hamiltonia. 



sepal. Corolla salver- shaped, petals 4-7, usually 5. Fil. short. 

 Disc pulvinate. Ovary 2- rarely 4-celled. Style slender. 

 Stigmas 2 narrow. Pseudocarp consisting of the connate 

 succulent fruits of the several flowers each with 2-4 1 -seeded 

 pyrenes or a 2-4-celled putamen. 



1. M. tinctoria, Roxb. Syn. M. citrifolia (Brandis, in 

 "Forest Trees" ?) Chaili, K. y <S.; Sali, Jf.; Al, ach, H. 



A small tree 15-25 ft. with large ovate obovate or broadly 

 elliptic leaves or upper oblanceolate and white flowers in 

 solitary or 2-nate leaf- opposed or terminal stalked heads. 

 Pseudocarp whitish- green. 



Valleys in Singbhum and Santal Parganahs. Near villages in Man- 

 bhum. Fls. May.-Sept. Fr. Jany.-Feby. 



Bark cracked. Twigs light brown, oblong in eeotion. 



L. 6-11'' by 4-6'' shortly suddenly acuminate and base suddenly 

 narrowed into the 1" petiole. Stipules acute or acuminate. Corolla $-1* 

 diam., tube £ — |" long. 



2. M. tinctoria» Roxb. Var. tomentosa. Syn. M. 

 tomentosa, Eeyne ; Chaili, K., 8. 



A lafge shrub or small tree with pubescent branch! eta, 

 elliptic tomentose or pubescent not shining leaves 4-5* by 

 1J-2V* Stipules caudate. 



Valleys in Singbhum, undoubtedly wild. Fls. May- June, 



A very different looking tree from the last, but usually united with it. 



The bark of the roots is collected for dyeing. 



19. n a mil to ma, Roxb. 



1. H. suaveolens, Roxb. Selauli, Sarkapi, K.; Kudia, K. 

 (f. Gamble). 



Shrub, foetid when bruised, sometimes 6 ft. high 

 (15 ft. in Santal Parganahs) with erect branches, stiff leaves 

 4-9'' by If -3" and large terminal tri-chotomous panicles of 

 small sweet-scented 4-5-merous lilac* flowers. Fr. a 5-valved 

 capsule, 1-celled from the absorption of the Septa, with 1-5 

 3-quetrous seeds. 



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