Namiltonm.'] 49. rubiace^. 115 



HAMILTONIA, Roxb, 



Shrubs. Leaves petioled, inany-nervod. Flowers in large triclio- 

 tomous panicles. Calyx-tube ovoid, lin)b 5-divided. Corolla funnel- 

 sliapod ; tube long-, lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 5, inserted in the 

 thruat of the coi'oUa. Ovary 5-celled and furrowed. Ciipsule 1- 

 celled, 5-seeded. Seeds triquetrous, outer coat oi" testa reliculato. 

 Cotyledons foliaceous, cordate. 



H. siiaveolens, Roxb. Hort. Bong. 15; ¥1. Ind, 1. 554; Fl. Br. I. 3. 

 197; Brandis For. Fl. 2/8; Bcdd, Fb Sylv. 134-12. U. mysorensis^ 

 J)alz. & Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 110. Gulesn^Ycm. On the higher j^liuts of 

 the Koukan, also in No^th Kanara on the highest hills of tli<3 Supa 

 taluka. Fb Oct., Feb. 



Order 50. COMPOSITE. 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves alternate or opposite. 

 Stipules 0. Inflorescence capitate, bracteato, on the receptacle 

 which is either naked or with hairs, scales or bristles between the 

 flowers. Flowers all tubular (head discoid), or the outer or all 

 ligulate (head rayed), all 2-sexual, or the inner 2-sexual or male 

 the outer female or neuter, sometimes dioecious. Calyx superior • 

 limb 0, or of hairs (pappus) or scales. Corolla of two forms : 1st 

 tubular or campanulate, 4-5-lobed, lobes valvate ; 2ndly, ligulate 

 lobes elongate and connate. Disc epigyuous. Stamens 4-5, filaments 

 usually free : anthers connate ; connective produced; cells simple or 

 tailed at the base. Ovary 1-celled ; style slender 2-fid; ovule soli- 

 tary, basalj erect. Fruit a dry achene usually crowned with the 

 calyx (pappus) ; albumen 0. 



VERNONIA, Schreb. 



Herbs, shrubs, climbers or small trees. Leaves alternate. Heads 

 liomogamous, solitary, cymose or pauicled. Involucre equallino- q-^- 

 shorter than the flowers ; bracts in many series. Corollas equal, 

 tubular, slender. Anther bases obtuse. Style-arms subulate. 

 Achenes usually ribbed or angled ; pappus of many hairs, often with 

 an outer row of flattened shorter hairs. 



V. arborea, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Fl. Br. I. 3. 239. V.jnvanica 

 DC. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 135. On the ghats from the Konkan southwards. 

 Fl. Br. I. I have not seen this tree in the North Kanara or Konkan 

 forests; it is cultivated io gardens near Bombay. Gi'aham. V. diver nens 

 Benth. {hundar, M.) and V. indica, C.B.C., are common undershrubs in 

 the Konkan and North Kanara moist forests. Fl. Fr. C S. 



Okder 51. GOODENOVIE^. 



Slirubs or herbs. Leaves alternate ; stipules 0. Flowers axillary 

 or terminal, racemed or panicled, irregular or regular. Calyx-tubo 



