2 1. RANUNCULACE^. [Clematis. 



C. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 4G74 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 5 ; Wight Ic. t. 935 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 1. Hills of the Deccan ; Korikan, Mali^ba- 

 lesbvar. Fl. Jan, Fr. H.S. 



NARAVELIA, DC. 

 ClimLiug shrubs. Peduncles 1-flowered axillary. Leaves trifo- 

 liate ; terminal leaflet transformed into a tendril. Sepals 4-5. 

 Petals 6-12, linear, longer than calyx. Akenes with long bearded 

 styles. 



N. zeylanica, D. C. Syst. 1. 167 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 7 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 1 ; Atragcne zeylanica, Linn. Throughont the presidency, common 

 in the moist forests of North Kanara. Fl. Oct. Fr. Nov. Dec. 



Order 2. DILLENIACEJE. 



Shrubs, herbs or trees with large peuniveined leaves, distinctly 

 alternate Sepals imbricate persistent. Petals 5-4. Stamens in- 

 definite. Seeds with or without an aril. 



DILLENIA, Linn. 

 Trees. Leaves serrate. Flowers solitary or fascicled, yellow or 

 white. Sepals 5. Petals 4-5 deciduou-s. Stamens numerous in 

 many series^ anthers linear dehiscing longitudinally or by terminal 

 pores. Carpels 5-20, styles as many as ovaries. Fruit globoso 

 enclosed in the thickened calyx. Seeds exarillate. 



Leaves persistent. Flowers large white ... ... D, indica. 



Flowers nuich snifiller yellow. Leaves decicluons ... D.j^entagi/na. 



D. indica, Linn. ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 36; Brandis For. Fl. 1 ; D. speciosa, 

 •Tbnnb. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb.Fl, 2. Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. t. 103. Mofa karmal, 

 M, ; clialta, H. Konkan (Savantvadi) ; Kolaba (Alibag) ; Belgaum. Fl. 

 June, Fr. Feb. 



D. pentagyna, Roxb. Cor. PI. 1. t. 20; Fl. Br, 1,1. 38; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 2 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 104 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 2. Kar- 

 mal, karambel, knncfiil. AJ. ; Icanagola, K. Throughout the presidency iu 

 deciduous forests, common. Fl. Mcli., Apl. Fr. May. 



Order 3. MAGNOLIACEJE. 



Trees or shrubs with convulute stipules. Sepals and petals tri- 

 merous, imbricated. Stamens many, free on torus. Ovaries nume- 

 rou.s, of ten spirally on torus. Seeds albuminous. Embryo minute. 



MICHELIA, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves simple, alternate. Filaments flat. Gynophore 

 stalked. Carpels numerous, each with 8 or more ovules. Fruit a 

 spike of 2-valved, ]-12-seeded carpels. Seeds with a fleshy testa. 



M. Champaca, Linn. ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 42 ; Brandis For. Fl. 3. Knd cham- 

 pa, M. ; kola sampUjc, K. ; Vern. clannpa. An evergreen tree commonly 

 cultivated near temples ; throughout the presidency. Flowers at various 

 seasons. Jiipe fruit in the cold season. 



