Cleroileti.lron.] G7. VERBENACEiE. 163 



C. Siphonanthus, Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew ed. 2. IV. 65 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 



595; Bnvndis For. Fl. 3G4 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. G9. Barangi, 

 Vera. Cultivated in gardens and near villages throughout the presi- 

 dency, sometimes a garden escape. Fl. June-Oct. Tube of white corolla 

 very long, 4 inches. 



SYMPHOREMA, Eoxb. 



Scandent shrubs. Loaves entire or toothed. Flowers in 7-flowered > 

 capitate cymes. Involucre of 6, obovate bracts, accrescent in 

 fruit. Calyx 4-8-toothed. Corolla small, white. Stamens 6-16 ; 

 anthers exserted. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2-ovuIed. Fruit dry, 

 1-seeded. 



Leaves thin, entire or slightly toothed. Flowers small, ^ 

 inch. Bracts linear, spathulate, membranous. Stamens 

 few S.involucratum. 



Leaves leathery, deeply repand or toothed. Flowers 1-inch. 

 Bracts obovate, broad. Stamens many S. pohjandrum. 



S. involucratum, Roxb. Cor. PI. II. 46. t. 186 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 599; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 199. Throughout the Konkan and North 

 Kanara in moist forests, common in the forests near Yellapur. Fl. 

 Mch., Apl. Fr. May, June. 



S. polyandrum, Wight Ic t. 363; Fl. Br. I. 4. 599. In the 

 Belgaum and Dharwar districts in open situations, also in dry deciduous 

 forests. Bare of leaves when in flower. Flowers profusely during Feb., 

 Mch. Fr. May, takes the place of S. involucratum in the dry zone. 



AVICENNIA, Linn. 



A small tree. Leaves coriaceous, entire. Flowers sessile, yellow 

 in peduncled heads. Sepals 5. Bracts and bracteoles small. 

 Corolla 4-divided ; divisions equal. Stamens 4, on the throat of the 

 corolla. Capsule compressed, ovate, mucronate, 1-seeded ; cotyle- 

 dons thick, fleshy, folded; radicle villous. 



A. offlcinalis, Linn. Schauer in DC. Prod. XI. 700 ; Fl, Br I 4 

 604; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 174 ; Brandis For. Fl. 371. White mangrove.' 

 Tivar, M. Common in salt marshes and along the banks of tidal rivers 

 and creeks, throughout the Konkan and North Kanara. Leaves glaucous 

 beneath. Fruit tomentose without. Fl. Mch. -Apl., May. Fr. ripe Julv 

 Aug. 



Order 68. LABIATE. 



Herbs rarely shrubs, usually with many oil-glands. Stem qua- 

 drangular. Leaves opposite or whorled, stipules 0. Flowers irregular. 

 Calyx 4-5-cleft or 2-lipped. Corolla monopetalous, limb ° 4-5- 

 lobed or 2-lipped, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens on the corolla- 

 tube, 4, didynamous, or the 2 upper imperfect. Disc prominent. 

 Ovary 4-lobed and celled, ovule solitary erect, 1 in each cell. Fruit 

 of 4, smallj 1-seeded nuts, enclosed in the calyx. 



