Wendlandia.] 49. RUBlACPiE. 107 



imbricate iu buJ. Capsule small, dehiscent, many seeded. Seeds 



obscurely wiuged. 



Leaves opposite ... ... ... ...W. exseria, 



Le.ives whoilcil in 3s If. Notoniana. 



W. exserta, DC. Prod. IV. 41 1 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 37 ; Brandis For. Fl. 268 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130. In the deciduous forests of North Deccan and 

 Konkan. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. May, June. 



W. Notoniana, Wall, in W. & A. Prod. 408 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 40 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. 117; Bedd. Fl. Sy\v. t. 224. Shoivla, M. In the moist forests of 

 the Konkan and North Kanai-a, very common on the Supa ghdts, growing 

 on laterite, Fl. Feb. Fr. Apl. 



MUSSiENDA, L. 



Shi-ubs. Leaves simple, sessile or petioled. Flowers yellow in 

 terminal cymes. Calyx-lobes 5, 1 frequently developed into a white 

 or coloured leaf. Corolla tubular with a villous throat ; lobes 5, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled, ovules numerous 

 on fleshy placentas. Berry fleshy, areolate at the top, many seeded. 

 Seeds minute, testa pitted. 



M. frondosa, Linn. DC. Prod. IV. 370; Fl. Br. I. 3. 89; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 111. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 131. BhiUkes, lavasat, sheruod, 

 M. ; bebana, Yern. Throughout the*moist forests of North Kanara and 

 the Konkan where there is a heavy rainfall. Fl. Fr. Aug. -Sept. -Oct. 



WEBERA, Schreb. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire glabrous, stipules deciduous. 

 Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes. Corolla-tube cylindrical, 

 lobes 5, spreading or reflexed, imbricate and usually twisted in 

 bud. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 or more in each cell on fleshy 

 peltate placentas. Berry globose 2-celled, cells 1 many seeded. 



W. corymbosa, Willd.; Boxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 696 ; Fl. Br. L 3. 102. 



W. asiatiea, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 133 ; Shjlocoryne Webera, A. Rich ., Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 119. Kdr6, M. South Konkan and North Kanara, 

 in moist forests on the ghats, common in the evergreen forests near the 

 Ainshi ghat of North Kanara. Fl. at different times from December to 

 July. Fr. R S. 



RANDIA, L. 



Small trees or shrubs, usually spinous. Leaves entire, stipules 

 free or connate. Flowers large or small, in axillary cymes or 

 clusters, white or yellowish. Calyx-tube various. Corolla from 

 salver-shaped to nearly rotate, limb 5.1obed, lobes twisted in bud. 

 Stamens 5, anthers subsessile. Ovary 2-celled, ovules many, attached 

 to a fleshy peltate placenta. Berry globose, 2-celled, many seeded, 

 usually crowned by the calyx-limb. 



Soinous ti-oes. 



Flowers solitarj', large, white. Berry ellipsoid, smooth, 

 yellow, 2 in. long. 



