Gongromfxa.] ASC LFP IABAC EM. 55 



Dehra Dun (P. W. Mackinnon), Khe reo Pass in the Siwalik Range 

 (Falconer), Gorakhpar (Vioary). Flowers during the rainy season, 

 fruiting in Nov. and Dec. Distrib. : Trop. Himalaya from Kumaon 

 to Sikkim, Assam and Lower Bengal, also in S. India and Burma, 

 extending to China. Regarding the indigo-like dye said to bo 

 yielded by the leaves of this plant see Roxburgh 1. c. 54. 



11. GoNGRONEMA, Dene. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 33. 



Twining shrubs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves opposite. "Flowers 

 small, in unibelliform or racemose axillary cymes. Calyx 5-partite, 

 glandular or not within, lobes ovate. Corolla urceolate subrotate 

 or broadly campanulate, lobes slightly overlapping to the right. 

 Corona of 5 short scales adnate to the bases of the anthers, or none. 

 Stamens attached to the base of the corolla-tube, filaments connate 

 in a short column ; anthers erect, with inflexed membranous tips 

 concealing the stigma ; pollen-masses solitary in each cell, erect 

 ovoid, waxy. Stigma convex clavate or conical. Follicles acumi- 

 nate. Seeds comose. — Species about 10, in Asia, Africa and 

 Aiutralia. 



G. nepalense, Dene, in DC. Prod, viii, 624 ; F. B. I. iv, 33 ; Kanjilal 

 For. Fl. 241 ; Train Beng. PI. 694 (var. sagittatum). 



An extensive twining shrub ; young parts and inflorescence rusty-puberul- 

 ous. Leaves membranous, 3-8 in. long, broadly oblong-elliptic or 

 ovate, acuminate, usually rounded at the base, glabrous above, puberal - 

 ous on the veins beneath ; main lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, arcuate ; 

 petiole slender, 1-2 in. long. Peduncles 2-ti in. long, branching into 

 three divaricate arms, each bearing three many-flowered umbelliform 

 clusters; pedicels slender, up to -f in. long. Cah/j-lobes ovate. Corolla 

 yellow, | in. in diam., lobes about as long as the tube. Follicles slender, 

 2-3 in. long. Seeds about £ in. long, ovate, flat, margined, coma 1 in. 

 long. 



Dehra Dun, in shady ravines. Distrib.: Subtropical Himalaya east- 

 wards from Kumaon to Sikkim, up to 4,000 ft. ; also in Assam, on the 

 Khasia Hills and in C'hittagong, extending to China. 



12. MARSDENIA, R. Br. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 34.. 



Twining, rarely erect, shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 medium-sized or small, in simple or branched, umbellate or corym- 

 bose, terminal or axillary cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla campa- 

 nulate urceolato or rotate, lobes overlapping to the right. Corona 

 of 5 erect fleshy sraVs, annate fco the base of the staminal-column, 



