268 XLV. RUBIACE^E. [Hymenodictyon. 



with a long slender tube, and a broad campanulate mouth. Capsules 

 f in. long, recurved on pedicels half their length or longer. Cinchona 

 thyrsiflora, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 530, fr. Bengal, is probably the same species. 



Forests of the Peninsula and Central India, extending on the west side as far 

 north as the Panch Mehals. Burma, Bengal, Behar, Oudh forests, and sub-Hima- 

 layan tract, west to the Ravi, ascending to 5500 ft. in the outer Himalaya. 

 Leafless from November until May or June. Fl. June, July. Capsules ripen Oct.- 

 Jan., remain long on the tree, conspicuous on the bare branches. A small tree 

 in the C.P., but attains a large size, h. 50 ft., g. 6-8 ft., in Oudh and the north- 

 west, and much larger dimensions in Burma. Very common in the Oudh forests, 

 ^associated with Sal and Haldu, also in the outlying Scrub jungle. Bark 1 in. 

 thick, cinereous or dark brown, smoothish or with elevated corky ridges, peel- 

 ing off in large membranous scales. Middle bark purplish brown, inner bark 

 white, streaked with red and orange. Wood light-coloured, soft, light, but close- 

 grained. Heart and sap not distinct. Used for agricultural implements, scab- 

 bards, grain measures, palanquins, toys, and similar articles. The inner bark is 

 bitter and astringent, and is used as a febrifuge ; the bark is also used for tan- 

 ning, and the leaves as cattle-fodder. 



2. H. flaccidum, Wall. 1. c. 152 j PI. As. rar. t. 188. 



A moderate -sized glabrous tree. Leaves approximate at the ends of 

 branchlets, elliptic, acuminate, 6-10 in. long, main lateral nerves 8-10 

 pair. Stipules deciduous, oblong with narrow base. Flowers white, 

 numerous, sessile, fasciculate in dense cylindrical, pedunculate, drooping, 

 axillary spikes, each spike with one long pedunculate coloured reticulate 

 floral leaf on the peduncle. Capsules J in. long or less, reflexed, on short 



Hills of Eastern Bengal. Nepal, outer Himalaya, as far as the Jumna, ascend- 

 ing to 5000 ft. Fl. June, July. Capsules ripe Oct., and remain long on the tree. 

 Bark cinereous or brown, somewhat rugose. Leaves red before being shed. 



H. obovatum, Wall. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 219, on the hills of the western coast 

 as far north as Bombay, has elliptic or obovate leaves, on long petioles, pubescent 

 beneath, finely reticulate between 6-8 pair of main lateral nerves, flowers sub- 

 sessile, fasciculate in erect spikes, each spike with a coloured floral leaf, forming 

 short terminal panicles. 



6. WENDLANDIA, Bartling. 



Shrubs or small trees, leaves opposite and in whorls of three. Stipules 

 interpetiolar or intrapetiolar. Flowers small, supported by bracteoles in 

 many-flowered terminal panicles. Calyx-tube subglobose, limb with 5 

 nearly equal persistent lobes. Corolla tubular, limb spreading, of 5 im- 

 bricate lobes. Anthers versatile, exserted. Ovary 2- rarely 3-celled, style 

 slender, stigma bifid, but lobes often cohering. Capsule globose, crus- 

 taceous, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds compressed horizontal, testa mem- 

 branous, sometimes narrow-winged, embryo short in a fleshy albumen. 



Grey-tomentose ; stipules recurved ; corolla- tube short ; filaments 



as long as anthers . . . . . . . . 1. W. exserta. 



Nearly glabrous ; stipules adpressed ; corolla-tube long ; filaments 



shorter than anthera 2. W. tinctoria. 



1. W. exserta, DC; W. & A. Prodr. 402. Syn. Rondeldia exserta, 



