16. Symphorema.] 105, VERBENACE^. 



16. SYMPHOREMA, Boxh. 

 Eamblino- or scandent slirabs with leaves opposite (or floral sub- 

 wlfoSentTre or toothed. Flowers small white nearly regyxlar m 

 Iv^olncv^te capitate cymes; involucre of 6 oblong or foliaceous 

 bvlots Calvx obovoid, 4-8-toothed, somewhat accrescent. Corolla 

 wSlf cyUnlc tube and 6-16 subequal narrowly oblong lobes. 

 Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, exserted, anthers ovate with 

 mrSlel eels Ovary of 2, deeply divided, more or less 2-celled 

 IZvT each cell with one apical pendulous almost^ orthotropous 

 ovule! Fiuil nearly dry, included in the calyx, 1-seeded. Embryo 

 fleshy with somewhat concave cotyledons. 



Corolla and stamens 12-16 n.evcm.rU^l^ell^^^^ . • ^^^^^^l^^ 



Corolla and stamens 6-8-merons. FloraU. ianceoiate .... 



1. S. polyandrum, Wight. Badichand, Or. 



A large scandent or subscandent shrub with ovate, sub-orWlar 

 or broadly elliptic leaves mostly 4-5" long, repand or coarsely toothed 

 villoseW tomintose beneath. Easily recognised m flower by its 

 ^seudo whorls of -rey involucral leaves l-l'S" long surrounding the 

 Slctedcpne^f delicate white flowers. Calyx -25-^4" long, 

 l^i^^tvgevmivnit. Corolla 12-16-partite with an equal number 



of exserted stamens. . „ , , , . , r 



Dry Sal forests in Singblmm! Bonai, ^n.r^! Narsingpur! Sambalpur! Angult 



^Ser/^ijSri^^siie^^^ ^L!l?tSS^I^.y ." wit. nsnal^ 



Shoots \eiy Closely lej.ie ^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ Petioles 



^S^^'i^c:i"^rSS!^^c^^^e or obovate. often toothed above. Frmt 



included in the 'o" long calyx. 



2. S. inYolucratum, Roxh. 



Similar to the last in habit, with ovate or rhomboidly-elliptic leaves 

 3-5" lono-, less densely tomentose beneath and sometimes quickly 

 sub-glabi°escent, acute or acuminate. Involucral bracts about 6, 

 2^--9'' lono-, oblanceolate membranous. Calyx -2" long, tubular, 

 about 8-toothed. Corolla and stamens 6-8-merous. 



are usually only •25--4" in flower, enlarging m fruit to 1 or moie. 



17. AYICENNIA, L. 



Shrubs or small trees Avith coriaceous opposite entire leaves and 

 small sessile subregular flowers (yellow in our species) m capitate or 

 crtiacted peduncled cymes, sometimes forming terminal 3-chotomous 

 panicles. Bracts small. Calyx 5-partite, not accrescent, seymente 

 more or less ovate, imbricate. Corolla with short cylindnc or 

 Tampanulate tube and spreading 5-4-lobed limb |t.me- ^' ^^^^^^^^^ 

 corolla-throat, shortly exserted, ovate. Ovary of 2 carpels, 4-celled 

 or 2 celled, bkow with a central 4.angled or "wmged coKunn free 

 above Ovules 4, orthotropous, pendulous from the apex of the 

 cokunn belween the wings. Fruit a compressed somewhat succulent 



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