576 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Viburmtm, 



brown, tessellated ; wood light red, hard and close-grained. 

 Yern. Tarn. Konakaran ; Badaga, Yelle sunde. 



2. YIBURNUM CORIACEUM, Bl. ; F. B. I. iii. 6. V. capitellatum, 

 W. & A. 388. V. hebanthum Wt. Ic. t. 1023, letterpress 

 1022 (?). 



Deccan, hills of N". Coimbatore ; W. Ghats, about Cooiioor 

 in Nilgiris at 6,000 ft., sometimes higher, more common in 

 Pulneys, 011 the margins of Sholas. 

 A small evergreen tree with whitish flowers. 



3. VIBURNUM HEBANTHUM, W. & A. 388; F. B. I. iii. 6. V. 

 capiteUatum, Wt. Ic. t. 1022, letterpress 1023 (?). 



W. Ghats, in Nilgiri Shola Forests at 6,000-8,000 ft. r 



common about Ootacamund. 



A small tree with bright green foliage and a strong, heavy, 



unpleasant smell, the flowers greenish- white. Bark brown r 



thiiij leiiticellate ; wood light reddish -brown. Yern. Badaga, 



Kadambu. 



4. YIBURNUM ERTJBESOENS, Wall. ; F. B. I. iii. 7. V. Wigliiia- 

 num, W. & A. 388; Wt, Ic. t. 1024. 



W. Ghats, in the higher Sholas of Nilgiris at and above 

 7,000 ft., common, less so in the Pulney Hills. 

 A small tree with drooping thyrsi of white or pinkish 

 flowers on red stalks, the fruit red. Bark thin, grey ; wood 

 soft, reddish. 



2. Lonicera, Linn. 



Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled sessile or 

 sometimes connate, entire or sometimes sinuate ; stipules 0. 

 Flowers of various sizes, usually in peduncled pairs, axillary and 

 solitary or in subterminal heads panicles or clusters ; bracteoles 2. 

 Calyx-tiibe ovoid or globose ; limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular 

 campanulate or funnel-shaped, often irregular ; limb 5-cleft. 

 Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla-tube. Ovary 2-3-celled ; ovules 

 several in each cell in double rows on axile placentas ; style 

 slender; stigma capitate. Fruit a fleshy 2-3-celled berry; 

 the berries in pairs or sometimes more or less united. Seeds few 

 in each cell ; testa crustaceous ; albumen fleshy ; embryo terete. 

 Climbing shrub ; corolla-tube much elongate, 2-lipped ; leaves ovate, 

 acuminate, densely grey-tomentose beneath, up to 3 in. long j berries 

 distinct 1. Leschenaultii. 



