300 VEKBENACEJ5. [Avicentiia. 



are often in short radial or oblique lines ; the outer irregular narrower 

 portion of each layer consists of soft tissue, with a few larger pores. 

 Medullary rays fine, numerous, prominent in the inner layer of each 

 ring. 



Salt marshes, coast and tidal forests of India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands. 

 Weight, 58 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood very brittle, used only for firewood. Major 

 Ford says it is used for mills for husking paddy, rice-pounders, and oil-mills in the 



Andamans. 



Ibs. 



E 398. Sundarbans - . 58 



B 2284. Andaman Islands . . 58 



ORDER LXXXI. LABIATE. 



Contains a large number of herbaceous gerera, a few only reaching the size of small 

 shrubs or trees. There are about 7 Indian genera with woody species belonging to 

 5 tribes : 



Tribe I. Ocimoidese ..... Plectranthus. 



II. Satureineae Colelrookia&n&Elsholtzia. 



III. MonardesB ...... Meriandra. 



IV. Stachydese ...... Colquhounia and Koylea. 



V. Ajugoidese ...... Teucrium. 



Colquhounia elegans, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 278, is a scandent shrub of the hill forests of 

 Martaban at 4,OGO to 5,000 feet. C. coccinea, Wall., and C. vestita, Wall., are scandent 

 shrubs of Nepal and the Eastern Himalaya. 



"Wood light-coloured, hard. Pores small or very small, generally in 

 groups. Medullary rays moderately broad, distant. 



1. PLECTRANTHUS, L'Her. 



1. P. rugOSUS, Wall. Vern. Khwangere, Trans-Indus; Itoit, Salt 

 Range ; Bui, Jhelam ; Solei, Kashmir ; Piumar, chugu, Chenab ; Kot, 

 siringri) Ravi ; Pek, roslang, chichri, Sutlej. 



A small shrub with brown bark. Wood grey, hard. Pores small and 

 very small. Medullary rays moderately broad. Annual rings marked by 

 a narrow belt of more numerous pores. 



Common on dry hill-sides and rocks in the North- West Himalaya and Salt Range 

 above 3,000 feet. 



H 2840. Simla, 7,000 feet. 



2. COLEBROOKIA, Sm. 



C. ternifolia, Roxb., is a shrub of the hills of the Carnatic. 



1. C. oppositifolia, Sm.; Kurzii. 277 ; Gamble 63. Vern. Shakardana, 

 Trans-Indus ; Phis bekkar, Salt Range ; Duss, sampni, Jhelam ; Sudli, 

 Chenab ; DUSS, Ravi ; Briali, basuti, Beas ; Barmera, Sutlej ; Dulshat, 

 Kumaun ; Dosul, Nep. 



A shrub with grey bark. Wood greyish white, moderately hard, 

 close-grained. Pores very small, in groups. Medullary rays moderately 

 broad; the distance between the rays several times larger than the 

 transverse diameter of the pores. 



