22. Hamiltonia.] 77. RUBIACEM. 



soon 1-celled by absorption of the septa. Style filiform, arms 5 linear. 

 Ovule 1 basal erect in each cell. Capsule 1-celled, 5-valved at the 

 top, 5-1-seeded, Seeds 3-quetrous. Cotyledons cordate indviplicate. 



1. H. suaveolens, Roxh. Selanli, Sarkapi, K. ; Buddhi Gliassi, S. 



A shrub 4-8 ft. hiofh, or sometimes np to 15 ft., with erect terete 

 branches and opposite ovate, elliptic-lanceolate or -oblong acute leaves 

 4-9" by r5-3", hairy above, more or less pubescent beneath, with 15-20 

 strong sec. n. and reticnlate nervules. Flowers capitate on the 

 branches of the large j^anicle, with glandular-hairy bracts and 

 bracteoles. Sepals 'l" long with gland-tipped hairs. Corolla-tube 

 slender, ^-'C" long, hairy, limb "25" diam. 



Usually in rocky places and on northern aspects of rocky liills, Champaran, iu 

 the bills ! Commou on trap rocks, Santal Parg-anas ! On Quartzite rocks in 

 Singbhum, Ranchi, Manbhuin, Hazaribagh and Palamau, ascending to top of 

 Parasnath ! Gaya ghats 1 Angiil ! Probably also in other Orissa States and 

 districts. Fl, Aug.- Jan. 



Branches glabrous (in our specimens, sometimes hispid-i)ubescent, teste F.B.I.). 

 Petiole •2o-*75." Stii^ules *15-'2 '. Panicle hairy and also sometimes with gland 

 hairs above. 



The root is used in diarrhoea and cholera. The flowers are much frecpiented by 

 Humming-bird Hawk-moths. 



23. PiEDERIA, L. 



Slender twining shrubs, fcetid when bruised. Leaves with intra- 

 petiolar triangular deciduous stipules. Flowers in axillary and 

 terminal 2-3-chotomously branched panicled cymes. Calyx 4-5- 

 toothed persistent. Corolla-tube tubular or funnel-shaped, pubescent, 

 petals 4 5 valvate with inflexed crisped margins. Anthers 4-5 sub- 

 sessile in the tube, linear oblong. Ovary 2-celled, stigmas 2 capillary 

 twisted. Ovules 1, basal, erect, in each cell. Fruit compressed (in 

 our species), ejjicarp thin, fragile shining, separating from 2 orbicular 

 or oblong dorsally compressed membranous or coriaceous pyrenes. 

 Testa adnate to the pyrene. Cotyledons large cordate thin. 



1. P. foetida, L. Gandhali, H. : Ghanda bhadulia, Ben(j. (botli names 

 in allusion to the smell) ; Golalarang, Kharv:. 

 A slender climbing Aviry fcetid shrub with ell. -ovate or oblong-ovate 

 or narrow-ovate acute or acuminate leaves 2-5*5" by "S-S", and nearly 

 sessile dingy purple tubular-funnel-shaped floAvers o" long in axillary 

 and terininal cymose often scorpioid panicles. Fruit ell.-ovate or 

 oblong polished, often red, compressed, -4" long, Avith a thin fragile 

 veined epicarj) separating from the tAvo thin ■35"-long pyrenes which 

 have a broad Aving all round. 



Usually gravelly mixed forest near rivers. Purneah ! Along Koil R.. Palamau T 

 Ranchi-Manbhum Ghats ! Ranchi, near Pitorea, Wood. Fl. Ang.-Oct. Fr. Dec. 



Chmbiiig Ijy means of the twining stems and twisted l-3'5" long petioles. L, 

 glabrous with rounded or sub-cordate base, sec. n. about 7, axils sometimes hairy 

 with glands. Panicles 4-fi'' pubescent. Sepals 4-5 small obtuse or triangular, 

 ciliolate. Petals one-tourth the length of tube, oblong Avith Avhite incurved crisped 

 margins, tube glandular-hairy within. 



The leaves are boiled and made into soup, the odour disappearing. The leaves 

 and root are considered Avholesome and tonic, and the plant is used internally and 

 externally for rheumatism, for which it is considered specific {Nadkami) . 



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