1 88 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



corolla bell-shaped, corona annular 5-lobed. * C. jimbriata, stems 

 and branches 4-angled and toothed, flowers drooping, yellow-green 

 and purple mixed, divisions of corolla fringed, Mdkarsing, Deccan 

 (Z>.) : has something the habit of a diminutive cactus (G.). Lisboa 

 calls the flowers white and pink. 



The following also belong to this order 



Asclepias Curassavica, "Negro ipecacuanha" of the W. Indies, 

 " gayest and commonest of weeds" (Kingsley) ; an erect herb with 

 reddish orange flowers and leafy corona. Common in gardens. 



The beautiful bridal Stephanotis, also found in Bombay gardens. 



Pergularia minor (P.- odoratissima, D.) in gardens; a climber with 

 roundish or ovate leaves and very fragrant yellow or green flowers, 

 with double coronal scales. 



The three next orders have simple leaves, and flowers of the 

 ordinary 4. or o-divided type. 



OKDER 77. LOGANIACE^E. 



Leaves opposite undivided, flowers regular, calyx inferior, 

 small, 4 or 5-lobed, as is the corona, stamens 4 or 5 on the tube, 

 fruit a capsule or berry. 



This tropical order is most like Eubiacese, but has a superior 

 ovary, and the leaves instead of stipules have generally connecting 

 lines. It is also closely connected with Genfcianeae, but its proper- 

 ties are very different, many of its species producing deadly poisons. 



1. BUDDLEIA. Shrubs with small flowers densely crowded 

 together, lobes of calyx and corolla and stamens 4 ; stipulary 

 line very distinct, capsule 2-valved. 



2. STRYCHNOS. Climbing shrubs with short tendrils, or trees, 

 flowers white or yellowish, stamens 5, berry round or oblong. 



1. BDDDLEIA. 



* Note. This genus was by some authorities put in Scrophularinese. 



B. Asiatica. A shrub or small tree, leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, hairy beneath ; flowers in long dense spikes, white, 

 corolla tube much longer than the bell-shaped calyx, capsule 

 and seeds oval. 



Throughout India, very common (H.) ; but D. has only " hills near 

 Penn," and G. has 'not got it. Dr. T. Cooke, however, has had it at 

 Mahableshwar. 



B. globosa is a shrub of old-fashioned English gardens, with dense 

 balls of very small orange-coloured flowers, very fragrant, sometimes 

 called " Honey-ball." 



