142 60. longaniaoEyE. [Buddleia 



BUDDLEIA, Linn. 



Small trees or shrubs, often mealy or woolly tomeatose. Leaves 

 opposite, simple, united by a stipulary line. Flowers axillary or in 

 terminal pa.nicles, tetramerous. Corolla-lobes imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens 4, anthei'S nearly sessile. Ovary 2-celled ; style linear; 

 ovules many in eacli cell. Capsule septicidally 2-valved, leaving a 

 free dissepiment in the centre. Seeds small, many. 



B. asiatiea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 72 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. FI. 180 ; 

 Fl, Br. I. 4. 82; Brandis For. Fl. 318 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 163. Through- 

 out the presidency ; common along the banks of ndlas and ravines, also 

 in deciduous forests. Fl. Jany. Apl. Fr. June. 



PAGRiEA, Thunb. 

 Trees or scandent shrubs. Leaves entire ; petioles dilated at the 

 base. Flowers bracteate, large or small, in axillary or terminal 

 cymes. Calyx-lobes thick, broad, imbricate. Corolla with a long 

 tube ; lobes 5, twisted to the left. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled 

 ovules many in each cell. Berry with mauy seeds immersed in pulp. 

 Albumen horny. 



P. otoovata, Wall. Cat. 1.595 ; Fl, Br. I. 4. 83 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 164. 

 F. coromandeliana, Bedd. FI. Sylv. t. 244. In the evergreen forests of 

 the Kumta taluka of North Kanara. Scandent. Fruit smooth, size of a 

 pigeon's egg. Fl. Kr.S. Fr. C.S. 



STRYCHNOS, Linn. 



Trees or scandent shrubs with short tendrils. Leaves entire, 

 3-5-nerved. Flowers axillary or terminal, pentamerous. Corolla- 

 lobes valvate. Stamens in the throat of the corolla. Style filiform, 

 stigma capitate; ovules manj'' on fleshy placentas. Fruit a berry, 

 seeds compressed, immersed in pulp. Embryo eccentric, albumen 

 cartilaginous. 



Scandent, climbing shrubs. 



Ovary hairy above. Fruit ovoid, small ... ... S. colubrina. 



Ovary glabrous. Fruit large ... ... ... S, DalzeUii, 



Trees. 



Fruit black, 1-seeded, fin. diam. ... ... S, potatorum. 



Fruit orange, many-seeded, 2-4-in. in diam. ... ^S*. Nux-vomica, 



S. colubrina, Linn. Sp. PI. 271 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 87 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 15.5 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 163. Kanal, hijer hel, M. In the 

 evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara gh^ts, common in 

 the forests near the Tinai ghat. FJ. Oct. Fr. Jan., Feb. 



S. Dalzellii, C. B. C. Fl. Br. I. 4-87 ; S. axillaris, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 155. Konkan gh4ts, Dalz. 



' S. Nux-vomica, Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 261. 

 in. Br. I. 4. 90 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 155 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 243 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 317. Kasarkana, 'K.;lcaro, M.;1cajra, Vern. Through- 

 out the presidency in moist forests, very common in the Konkan and 

 North Kanara. Fl. Mch. Apl.Fr. ripe at various times throughout they ear. 



