5S-i LXX. liUBIACE.?:. 



Leaves opposite; corolla-tube ^\ in. long, glabrous inside; fila- 

 ments exserted 1 . W. exserta. 



Leaves usually teruately whorled ; corolla-tube l-\ in. long, 

 hairy inside ; filanaents not exserted 2. W. Notoniana. 



1. Wendlandia exserta, DC. Prod. v. 4 (1830) p. 411. A small 

 deciduous pubescent or tomentose crooked tree with brown rough bark ; 

 branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, opposite, 3-7 by 1^-3^ in., lanceo- 

 late or ovate-lanceolate, entire, acute, more or less pubescent above, 

 prey-tomentose or grey-pubescent beneath, base acute, often inequi- 

 lateral ; main nerves 10-18 pairs, arched ; petioles g-1 in. long, downy ; 

 stipules interpotiolar, ovate, acute, softly downy, the upper part re- 

 curved. Flowers subsessile, fragrant, in sessile tomentose pyramidal 

 panicles 6-10 in. long and as broad as long ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 

 hairj-. Caly.x; hairy, yL. in. long ; tube subglobose ; lobes 5, obtusely 

 triangular, -^ in. long. Corolla white ; tube -^-^ in. long, glabrous in- 

 side ; lobes yij in. long, ovate-oblong, subacute, reflexed, veined with 

 dark conspicuous veins. Filaments exserted, as long as the anthers. 

 Style 2-fid nearly 4-way down, the lobes oblong-spathulate, flattened on 

 the inside. Capsules globose, yV in. in diam., pubescent. Seeds minute, 

 black. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 37 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. exxx ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 187; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 644; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 302.— Flowers : 

 Mar.-Apr. 



Riitlier rare. Konkan : Law\, Gihso?i \ Deccan : N. Deecan, Talbot. — Distiub. 

 India (Tropical Himalaya, Orissa, Central India, W. Peninsula). 



2. "Vl^endlandia Notoniana, Wall Cat. (1828) 6273; Wight 

 4' Am. I'rod)'. (1834) p. 403. A shrub or small tree ; young branches 

 pubescent, often reddish. Leaves usually ternately w'horled (rarely 

 opposite), 3-4| by 1-2 in,, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous or 

 nearly so above, pubescent beneath, base much tapering ; main nerves 

 8-10 pairs, prominent, pink on the young leaves ; petioles ^-^ in. long; 

 stipules variable, about | in. long, oblong and rounded at the apex, or 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, sometimes 2-fid. Flowers fragrant, having some- 

 what the odor of newly mown hay, in dense pyramidal hirsute panicles 

 6-12 in. long. Calyx yL in. long ; tube globose, pubescent ; teeth as long 

 as the tube, lanceolate, acute, more or less pubescent. Ccrolla white ; tube 

 cylindric, -1—^ in. long, hairy inside ; lobes J^ in, long, oblong-orbicular, 

 obtuse, not veined with dark veius. Filaments not exserted. Style 

 2-fid at the apex. Capsules globose, y^^- in. in diam., pubescent, crowned 

 with the calyx-teeth. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 40 ; Grab. Cat. p. 89 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 117; Wight, Icon. t. 1033 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 224; Trim. 

 Fl. Cevl. V. 2, p. 297 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 187 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ.'Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 644; Watt, Diet, Ecou. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 4, p. 302.— Flowers : Feb.-Mar. 



KosKAN : Wari jungles, Sfoct^ \ Deccan: Koina river han\s, Bahell ^' Gibson; 

 banks of the Yenna river below Linginala, Mahablcshwar, Graham, Dahell <^- Gihso^i, 

 H. M. Birdwood, Cooke \ S. M. Covxtry : Castlerock, Woodrow; Londa, Cooke\, 

 Woodrow\: R.-imgbat, Balzell cf- Gihson; Belgaum Ghats, Bitchie, 3.50! Kanaka: 

 Snpa Gliiits of N. Kanara, Ta^W.— Distrib. India (hills of the W. Peninsula); 

 Cfylon. 



