248 Tke Flowering Plants of Western India. 



3. C. serratum. A tall and handsome shrub, stem square 

 and furrowed, leaves often in threes, obovate oblong, remotely 

 serrated, papery, flowers in panicles, rather large, light-blue, 

 stamens long and arched. Blidrangi, borsangi. 



The petals in this are almost papilionaceous. The Konkan and 

 Ghauts. Widely spread in India ; very common in Bengal (-H.). 



* C. infortunatum, undershrnb, leaves from round ovate to broad 

 oblong, flowers white or tinged red in large erect panicles, calyx 

 enlarging and turning red, with black drupe inside. S. Konkan and 

 Belgaum (D.). * C. siphonanthus, shrubby, leaves linear lanceolate, 

 flowers with white long fleshy tubes. In gardens, and said to be 

 wild on hills E. of Ahmednuggur. C. , a very common pot 



plant, in gardens, with creamy flowers and bright-red calyx. Also 

 in English conservatories. 



8. AviCENNIA. 



A. officinalis. White mangrove. A small tree with thick, 

 nearly veinless leaves, oval pointed entire, shining above, 

 whitish below, peduncles long and thick, one from each axil, 

 flowers small, dull-yellow, rather crowded, capsule oval-pointed, 

 seed nearly heart-shaped. Titcar, cheria. 



Not in D. The wood is called baTcol. 



Very common in salt marshes ; on black rocks covered by every 

 tide it grows as a stunted shrub, and is said to grow in the same way 

 on the coasts of the Red Sea, Africa, Australia, and S. America. 



(c) Stamens as many as the corolla lobes. 



9. TECTONA. 



T. grandis. The teak tree. Leaves ovate pointed, short- 

 petioled, downy beneath, flowers small, whitish, in large termi- 

 nal cross-armed panicles, which are brownish and hoary, bracts 

 2, small and narrow, drupe more or less 4-lobed, very hard, 

 covered with furry down. Sag, sagiuan. 



Common in most jungly parts, but seldom attaining any par- 

 ticular size in this Presidency except in Canara. The size of the 

 leaves is remarkable, especially in young plants ; they are really 

 " broad as amazonian targe." 



10. SYMPHOBEMA. 



S. involucratum. A woody climber with oval blunt-pointed 

 irregularly serrated downy leaves, involucre large, greenish, 

 yellow, spreading horizontally, flowers several together, small, 

 white, petals narrow, curled back, filaments curved, rising from 

 the top of the tube, petals and stamens generally 7 or 8. 



