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liiu>;ir. Ovary 2-(.'('lltMl ; ovules very iiuincrdiis in each cell, on jx-ltalo 

 fleshy placentas ; style tiiirorin ; stigmas 2, linear. Fruit a tleshy berry, 

 areuhite at the ai)ex, many-seeded. 8eeds minute; testa pitted ; embryo 

 minute in dense fleshy albumen. — Disthib. Asia, Africa, and tlio 

 Pacific Islands ; species about -iO. 



1. Mussaenda frondosa, Linn. Sp. PI. (175;!) j). 177. A rambling 

 shrub, clind)ing by its long flexuose divaricate branches which are 

 cylindi-ic and appressedly hairy (rarely glabrous). Leaves 3-5 by 2-3^ 

 in., broadly elliptic, shortly acuminate, more or less pubescent (rarely 

 glabrous) above, pubescent on the nerves and on the numerous reticulate 

 veins beneath, base rounded or often tapering into the petiole ; main 

 nerves 8-12 pairs conspicuous on both surfaces, curving upwards ; 

 petioles ^-1 in. long, more or less ai)pressedly hairy; stipules twin, 

 5 in. long and about yL in. broad at the base, linear-lanceolate, very 

 acute, hairy. Flowers in terminal somewhat open cymes ; peduncles 

 stout, coarsely hairy; pedicels short, hairy; buds densely hairy, clavate, 

 5-angled ; bracteoles subulate. Calyx-teeth reaching | in. long, linear- 

 subulate, hairy, the enlarged segments (only developed on the outer side 

 of a few flowers) leaf-like, creamy-white, persistent, 2|-4| by 1J-2J in., 

 broadly ovate or elliptic, acuminate, usually tapering at the base, more 

 or less velvety when young, w hen older nearly glabrous or with a few 

 scattered hairs, strongly 5-7-nerved from the base and reticulately 

 veined between the nerves, the stalk about ^-1 in. long. Corolla lg-1^ 

 in. long, of a deep golden-yellow ; tube slender, very hairy outside and 

 with a dense lining of yellowish hairs completely blocking the mouth ; 

 lobes \ in. long, broadly ovate or elliptic, apiculate, pubescent on the 

 back. Berries |-| in., subglobose or obovoid, glabrous. This is the 

 var. (jlalrata of Hook. f. Fl. B. I. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 89 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 88 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 121 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cxxxi, 

 t. 16, fig. 3 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 187 ; "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1898) p. G45.— Flowers : July-Oct. Veei^. Sarvad ; Bhutlces. 



IvoNKAN : Law \ ; bills, Dahcll S; Gibson ; Matheran, Coo^r ! ; near Simpson's Lake, 

 H. M. Birdwood ; Vingorln, Kan it /car ! Deccan : Khandala, Woodnvi: ! ; Koina valley, 

 Cookel Kanara: moist forests where there is a heavy rainfall, TaUiot ; N. Kanara, 

 Wood row. ~T>\?.nuK. India (Tropical Himalaya, Assam, Andamans, W. I'eniusula) ; 

 Ceylon, Malay Islands. 



15. TARENNA, Gtcrtn. 

 Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, petiolate; stipules usually deciduous. 

 I'lowers in terminal many-flowered corymbiform cymes. Calyx-tube 

 obovoid or turbinate; limb small, shortly tubular, 5-fid or 5-partite 

 (very rarely 4- or 0-fid or -partite), deciduous or subpersistent. Corolla 

 infundibuliform or hypocrateriform ; tube short or long, the throat 

 glabrous or villous ; lobes 5, spreading or reflexed, t\\ isted in bud. 

 (Stamens 5, inserted on the mouth of the corolla ; filaments short, or ; 

 anthers narrow, often acute. Ovary 2-ielled ; ovules few in each cell, 

 immersed or ^.-immersed in fleshy peltate placentas ; style stout, usually 

 pubescent ; stigma fusiform, grooved, usually much exserted. Fruit a 

 hard 2-celled berry. Seeds few. — Disxkib. Tropical Asia and Africa. 



The genus should properly be called Chomelia, Linn., wbicii dates from 1737 (Gen. 

 ri. ed. 1, p. o5), but the name has been retained for anulher (American) genus of the 



