Lxx. nuniACR.!;. 583 



lobes .,\, ill. long, acute. Corolla ^ in. lonpf, pubescent outside; tube 

 sliMKler ; limb broadly oanipanulate with short acute lobes. Styles very 

 long. Capsules ^ in. long, elli|)S()id, on stout decurved pedicels -i— .^ in. 

 long. Fl. B. 1. V. 3, p. 35; Grab. Cat. p. 87; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 117; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 79 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 186 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (18i)8) p. 644; AV^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. ;}17. 

 — Flowers : June-Aug. Vebn. Kula-Kaddn • Bhorsal. 



Along (be Gb:its, Graham, DalzdlS^ Gibson. Konkan : Law ! ; Gluits near Bombay, 

 DaheU\; Matheran (Porcupine Point), //. M. Birdwood. DK(rAN: Kartriz Ghat, 

 Woodrow ! Gujakat : Pancli Mahals, Talbot. S. M. Country : hills near Belgauin, 

 liifchic, 289 ! — Distkib; India (base of the Himalayas, W. Peninsula, Birnia) ; Java. 



The inner coat of the bai-k is bitter and has been used as a febrifuge. The wood is 

 fine and close-grained and is employed for making agricultural implements, scabbards, 

 palanquins, toys, &c. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. I.e. 



2. Hymenodictyon obovatum, Wall, in lloxh. Fl. Ltd. ed. Caretf, 

 V. 2 (1824) p. 153. A large tree reaching 50 ft. high. Leaves 4-0 by 

 l|-3 in., elliptic or obovate, abruptly-acuminate, glabrous above, more 

 or less pubescent beneath, narrowed into the petiole ; main nerves 0-8 

 pairs ; petioles 1-2 in. long ; stipules obovate-oblong with glandular 

 margins. Flowers small, inconspicuous, greenish, with a pungent odor, 

 in sessile clusters along the rhachis of dense cylindric pubescent panicled 

 spikes; floral leaves buUate, white or cream-colored, with petioles 1|- 

 2 in. long. Calyx broadly campanulate, jV in. long, pubescent outside; 

 teeth triangular, acute, 3L in. long. Corolla jL in. long, pubescent 

 outside ; tube very short ; limb broadly campanulate, jV in. long, the 

 lobes ovate-oblong, acute. Capsules ^ in. long, ellipsoid, on very short 

 erect pedicels. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 30 ; Grab. Cat. p. 88 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 117; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 219 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 180 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 644; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 319. — Flowers : July-Sept. Veun. Kadvd-sirid. 



KoNK.vN : moist forests, Talbot; Matheran, Woodrow; island of Karanja, i)«^.rc// ^ 

 Gibson. S. M. Country : Ramghat, Law, Balsell Sf Gibson, Bitchie, 1048 ! Kanara : 

 Talbot. — DisTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



Mr. Talbot distinguishes 2 varieties of this tree, one with large obovate pubescent 

 leaves and capsules 1 in. long, the other with small ovate nearly glabrous leaves 

 and capsules ^ in. long. The erect capsules serve to distinguish this species from 

 H. flaccid um, which it otherwise much resembles. 



7. WENDLANDIA, Bartl. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or ternately whorled, sub- 

 sessile or petiolate, ovate or oblong, subcoriaceous ; stipules entire or 

 2-fid. Flowers rosy or white, in terminal dense thyrsoid or panicled 

 cymes, 2-3-bracteate. Calyx-tube subglobose ; lobes 4-5, subequal, 

 persistent. Corolla tubular, salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, throat 

 glabrous or hairy ; lobes 4-5, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4-5, inserted 

 between the corolla-lobes ; filaments or elongate ; anthers versatile, 

 exserted. Ovary 2 (rarely 3) -celled ; ovules numerous, on small sub- 

 globose placentas adnate to the septum; style slender ; stigma entire, 

 2-fid or 2-partite. Capsule small, globose, crustaceous, loculioidally 

 (rarely septicidally) 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds minute, horizontal, 

 compressed; testa membranous, not winged; albumen fleshy; embryo 

 short, cylindric. — Distrib. Tropical and subtropical Asia ; species 10. 



