T.VllI. I,VI IIKACIC.K. 511 



micropelaht, TToc-list. & vSloiul.) ; Trim. FI. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 220 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. t(l. 2, p. 174; Wiitt, Diet. Kcoii. Prod. v. 0, part 4, ]). 312. 

 O'risha (omeutosa, Koxb. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1705) p. 2i», t. 31 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 07 ; Ualz. & Gibs. p. 97. Woo(//unlia iomentosa, Bedtl. For. Man. ia 

 Flor. iSylvat. p. cxvii, t. 14, iij?. 4. — Flowers : Dec-May. Veen. 

 JJhaun ; Dhdyati. The plant is trimorphic like Ly thrum Sulicaria. 



Dhctan : Decam bills widely, IVnodrow; Poona, Kushril; Pooiia near the river 

 CooAcl; Khandi'sli, abundant, Graham. Kanaka: N. Kanara near the sea-cjidt 

 Talhot. — DisTKin. Tiiroii;,'lioiit India; d'ylou, Beluchistan, Tropical Africa, Mad* 

 gascar, China, <lapan, iSuinutra, Java. 



Tho ieavt's supply an excellent and largely used tanning material. The (lowers also 

 contMin much Umniu and are used througiiuut iudia as a dye. See Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. 1. c. 



GrLtka unijlora, Rich, (in union with Grislea multijlora, Rich.), has been made a 

 separate species, viz. Woodfordia iiniflura, Ivcehue (Monogr. Lytiir. in Eii;;l. Jahrb. v. 1 

 (1881) p. y;>4), with which, according to Kixhne (/. c), Grislea mkropclala, Hochst. & 

 Steud., is synonymous. 



3. LAWSONIA, Linn. 



A glabrous shrub ; younger branches sometimes 4-gonous, the older 

 terete, often spinescent. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate- 

 lauceolale, entire. Flowers in terminal panicled cymes. Calyx-lube 

 short ; lobes 4, spreading, broadly o\ate ; accessory teeth 0. I'etals 4, 

 very shortly clawed, inserted at the top of the calyx-tube. Stamens 8 

 (rarely 4), inserted at the base of the calyx-tube in pairs opposite the 

 calyx-lobes ; anthers broadly oblong, the connective thick. Ovary sub- 

 globose, 2-4-eelled ; ovules many, placentas axile ; style thick, slightly 

 longer than the stamens ; stigma capitate. Capsule globose, stalked in 

 the base of the calyx-tube, coriaceous, irregularly breaking up, ultimately 

 1-celled. Seeds closely packed on a central placenta, angular, pyramidal. 

 — UiSTiiiB. Asia (probably) ; cultivated in many tropical and subtropical 

 countries; species 1. 



1. Iiawsonia inermis, Linn. S2). PI. (1753) p. 349 {charac. arnjd.). 

 A glabrous much-branched shrub ; lateral branches 4-gonous, often 

 ending in a spinous point. Leaves g-lj by ^^ in., elliptic or broadly 

 lanceolate, acute or obtuse, often mucronulate, base tapering; petioles 

 very short or 0. Flowers numerous, less than 4 in. across, fragrant, 

 "vrliite or rose-colored, in large terminal pyramidal panicled cymes ; 

 pedicels short, slender. Calyx g-i in. long, broadly campanulate ; lobes 

 yL-A ill, long, ovate, acute. Petals g in. long, as broad as long, sub- 

 orbicular or subreniform, undulate. Stamens 8, inserted in pairs on 

 the calyx-tube. Capsule 5 in. iu diam., globose, slightly veined outside, 

 supported by the persistent calyx and tipped with the style. Seeds 

 trigono-pyramidal, about -j^ in. long, externally subtubercidate. Ka?hne, 

 in Fiigl. Bot. Jahrb. v. 4 (1883) p. 36, & in "Engl. & Prantl, Ptlanzenf. 

 V. 3, part 7, p. 15, tig. 6. Lawmnia sj}i)iosa, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 349 

 {partly). Lawsonla alba, Laink. Encyc. Method, v. 3 (1789) p. 1U(>; 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 573 ; Grab. Cat. p. t>7 ; Dak. & Gibs. p. 97 : Trim 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 2, p. 228; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 175; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 638; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 597. — .Flowers : Apr.-July. Veek. Mendhi. 



