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2. CALYCOPTEEIS. 



C. floribunda (Getonia f. D.). A shrub with elliptic or oval 

 opposite leaves, flowers in panicles greenish- white, downy out- 

 side ; calyx divided nearly to the base, stamens small in the 

 mouth of the calyx. Uksi, bdguli. 



This would generally be called a climber, though H. says it is not. 

 From the great abundance of its light flowers it is conspicuous in 

 hedges. H. has 2 varieties. 



Very common in the Konkan and Ghauts. 

 3. ANOGEISSUS. 



A. latifolia (Conocarpus I. D.). A small tree with light 

 bark and oval smooth leaves, flowers small greenish, the heads 

 long- stalked, fruit very small, roundish, beaked. Dhdura, 

 dabria, dindaga. 



Deccan and Konkan hills j common in some places. The wood is 

 reckoned one of the best in India (H.}. 



A. pendula differs from this by very small leaves of a beautiful 

 reddish-brown when the tree is in fruit. N. Guzerat and Satpuras 

 (Brandis). Karddhi. 



4. LUMNITZERA. 



L. racemosa. A pretty shrub or small tree with sessile obo- 

 vate slightly crenated leaves, flowers in spikes, white, strong- 

 smelling, calyx thick with 2 bracts, the petals inserted in the 

 tube ; drupe oval. 



Creeks in S. Konkan, growing with mangroves. 



5. COMBRETUM. 



1. (7. ovalifolium. A large climber with oval entire leaves 

 and short spikes of very small yellowish flowers ; calyx filled 

 with the hairy disk, the tube not longer than the ovary, fruit 

 smooth, red, with 4 oval or semicircular wings. Yelosi, mddh- 

 vel, vededhaus, piloka. 



Common in the Konkan and Ghauts. 



C. extensum (C. WigJitianum, D.) is of the same habit, the calyx 

 tube much longer than the ovary, the fruit much larger, red and 

 handsome; piloka. Vingorla. Hilly parts of the Konkan (D.). 



Quisqualis Tndica, so named on account of its doubtful affinities,. 

 Idl chdmeli, Rangoon cha vel, bdrmdsi, is one of the commonest garden 

 bushes, and often found growing luxuriantly " where once a garden 

 smiled ; " the long, drooping spikes of long-tubed flowers vary from 

 white to orange and red. I have not heard of its fruiting in W. 

 India. " It is the most profuse of bloomers, and in the Sulu Archi* 



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