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hairy ; leaves opposite, short-petioled, elliptic or rounded-ovate 

 or subcordate, acuminated at ends, coarsely serrate-crenate, much 

 wrinkled, scabrous above, hoary and villous beneath ; peduncles 

 axillary, spreading, thickened upwards; heads of flowers hemi- 

 spherical, lioht-purple ; throat yellow, scentless ; fruit dark-violet, of 

 the size of a pea. About Dharwar, and other parts of Deccan, thinly 

 scattered. Syn. L indica, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 89 ; L dubia, Royle 

 Illust. Him. PI, t. 73, /. 3 ; L collina, DeCaisne in Jacq. voy. t. 141. 



4. SYMPHOREMA, Roxb. 



1. INVOLUCRATUM, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 262. Stem woody, 

 climbing ; branches, inflorescence, and underside of the leaf covered 

 with soft tomentum ; leaves opposite, short-petioled, oval or round- 

 ed-elliptic> obtuse at the base, 3-nerved, with a short, obtuse, 

 acumen, the margin almost entire, or irregularly repand-toothed or 

 serrate ; inflorescence terminal panicled, consisting of long-peduncled 

 bifid cymes ; involucre 6 to 8/seeded, 7 to 9-flowered ; flowers 

 white. The Concans, between Nagotna and Alibaug. 



5. TECTONA, Linn/Fil. 



1. GRA.NDIS, Linn. Fil. Suppl. p 151. The Teak tree ; branches 

 quadrangular ; leaves opposite, large, ovate or subelliptic-acumi- 

 nated, short-petioled, shining above ; cymes axillary, dichotomous, 

 or collected in a terminal panicle ; flowers numerous, small, white ; 

 drupes enclosed in the inflated calyx ; nut 4-celled, one-seed in 

 each ; seeds thick, oily. Endlicher states that the flowers are 

 diuretics ; that the foliage supplies a red dye, which is true. The 

 timber has no rival for durability ; it abounds in oil and silex. The 

 Tunuj (Dalbergia oojeinensis) is, perhaps, superior to Teak. 



6. PREMNA, Linn. 



1. CORDIFOLIA, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 78. A thick, bushy 

 shrub, erect, 3 to 6 feet high ; branches twiggy, villous ; leaves 

 short-petioled, cordate or cordate-ovate acuminated, quite entire, 

 shining above; panicle of flowers small, terminal, in a close 

 corymb; flowers greenish-white; drupe like a pea; nuts rough; 

 flowers appear in April and May. Kandalla. The leaves smell 

 like Colts-foot, Graham. 



2. SCAN DENS, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 82. A large, climbing 

 shrub ; branches and cymes pubescent ; leaves ovate-oblong or 

 subcordate, cuspidate-acuminate, quite entire, glabrous, shining 

 above ; panicle terminal ; corymbose rather large ; flowers very 

 small, greenish-white ; drupe like a pea, black, smooth. Kandalla. 



