Ixora.] 49, iiUBiACEi-E. Ill 



torch tree. Kurat, kura, M.; hennnn, gnrvi, K.; mnkrichijhar, Hind. 

 Throughout the presidency, in deciduous forests. Fl. Mch., Apl. Fr. 

 Maj-June. 



I. coccinea, Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 375 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 145 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. iJomb. Fl. 112; Brandis For. Fl. 275 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-7. 

 Bakora, pendgul, M. Very common in the Konkan and North Kanara 

 moist forests near the sea-coast, also on the ghats along river banks. 

 Fl. throughout the year. Fruit red ; seeds plano-convex; more or less 

 ventrally concave. 



I. nigricans, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6154; Fl. Br. I. 3. 148 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 113. LokhamH, katkura, M. Common in the evergreen 

 forests of North Kanara, also in tbe Konkan. Fl. apparently throughout 

 the year. Fruit glabrous, size of a pea. Seeds 2, deeply ventrally 

 concave. 



PAVETTA, L. 



Shrubs and small trees. Leaves usually membranous. Flowers 

 in trichotomous corymbs. Corolla-tube slender, lobes 4-5. Ovary 

 2- celled, style long exserted. ; stigma fusiform or 2-dentate ; o\aile 

 1 in each cell. Fruit a 2-eeeded berry. Albumen horny. 



Corolla white, tube | inch ... ... ... ...P. indica. 



Corolla yellowish, tube more than 1 inch. Leaves 

 turning black when dry ... P. hlHpidida. 



P. indica, Linn.; DC. Prod. IV. 490 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 150 ; Var. indica 

 proper; leaves glabrous. Dalz. & Gibs Bomb. Fl. 112; Brandis For. Fl. 

 275. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-7. Var. tomentosa, Roxb. Leaves and cymes 

 tomentoseor villous. Brandis For. Fl. 275 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-7 ; P. 

 Brimonis, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 112. Common throughout the 

 presidency. Fl. Mch., May. Fr. R.S. 



P. hispidula, W. & A. Prod. 431 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 151 ; P. siplwnantha, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 112. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-8. In the evergreen 

 forests of the Supa ghats of North Kanara, rare. Fl. May. Fr. R.S. 



COPFEA, L. 



Shrubs. Leaves simple, stipules broad. Flowers in axillary 

 fascicles or cymes. Corolla-lobes 4-7, spreading, twisted in bud. 

 Ovary 2-celled, ovules 1, peltately attached, in each cell. Fruit 

 with two plano-convex, ventrally grooved seeds. Albumen horny. 



C. arabica, L. Fl. Br. I. 3. 153; Brandis For. Fl. 276. Bedd. FL 

 Sylv. 13-48. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 44. Coffee. Boon, M.; 

 kaiva, Vern. Cultivated throughout the presidency. FL March. Fr. 

 Oct., Jany. 



MORINDA, L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves usually membranous. Flowers sessile 

 on a globose receptacle. Corolla tubular, lobes 4-7, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens inserted in the mouth of the corolla, filaments short. 



