Cobdia.] BORAGINACEJE. 85 



ing, as long as the tube. Drupe J,-§ in. long, ellipsoid, acute, supported 

 by the saucer-shaped or campanulato strongly ribbed accrescent calyx. 



Sub-Himalayan forests from Dehra Dun and the Siwalik range eastwards 

 to the Sarda Kiver in N. Oudh. Flowers in March and April with the 

 young leaves, and the fruit ripens in October. Distrib. Punjab, 

 westwards as far as Jhelum, but not common. The wood is strong and 

 hard and is used for wheels and well-work, and also for furniture. The 

 gelatinous fruit is eaten, and is regarded as superior to that of C. Myra. 



5. C. Rothii, Ecem. and Sch. Syst. iv, 793 ; Brandie For. Fl. 338 ; Ind. 

 Trees 4S0 ; F. B- I. iv, 138 ; Watt E. D. ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 501 ; 

 Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 202. C. augustifolia, tiotcb. Fl. Ind. i, 595; lloyle III. 

 306.— Vern. Gondi, gondni. 



A small tree, about 30 ft. high, with greyish deeply furrowed bark. Leaves 

 nearly or quite opposite. 2^-4- in. long, cuneate-oblong, entire, apex, 

 rounded, rough above and more or less pubescent beneath ; nerves 

 pinnate, 4-6 pairs, rather obscure ; petioles -k in. Flowers small, white, 

 usually 4-androus, arrangod in lax terminal or axillary pedunculate 

 cymes ; peduncles f-1 in. long, pedicels short. Calyx i in. long, minutely 

 pubescent outside, silky within ; lobes obtuse, small. Corolla. £ in. 

 long ; lobes usually 4, as long as the tube, oblong, obtuse, reflexed. 

 Filaments glabrous. Drupe about i in. long, usually 1-seeded, ovoid, 

 mucronate, striate, yellow or reddish-brown when ripe. 



Found wild in the Merwara and Bundelkhand districts, planted or self- 

 sown in other places within the area. Flowers April— Juno and the 

 fruit ripens during the following cold season. Distrib. In the 

 drier parts of India from the Punjab, Sind and Eajputana to (-"ujarat 

 and the Deccan, also in the dry region of Ceylon, extending to Arabia 

 and Abyssinia. The wood is valued for building and for agricultural 

 implements, the bark yields a gum, the inner bark is made into ropes, 

 and the pulp of the fruit is eaten. 



. EHRETIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv., 141. 



Shrubs or trees, scabrous or glabrous. Leaves alternate. Flowers 

 small, usually white, in terminal or axillary corymbose or paniclcd 

 cymes, larely on 1 -flowered axillary peduncles. Calyx small, 5- 

 partite. Corolla with a i-hort cylindrical tube ; lobes 5, spreading or 

 reflexed, imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube ; anthers 

 usually exserted. Oiary 2-oelled, ovules 2 in each cell ; style 

 terminal, cylir.drio, bifid or bipartito or stylos 2 ; stigmas small, 

 capitate. Fruit a small subglobose drupe, with 4 or (by suppression) 

 3-1 seeds ; endooarp hard, consisting of one 4-colled or two 2-celled 

 or four 1-celled pyrenes. Seeds straight, albumen scanty.— Species 

 about 55, in tropical and subtropical regions chiefly of the Old World 



