1G4 68. labiate:. [ColehrooJcia. 



COLEBROOKIA, f-mith. 



A woolly shrub. Leaves opposite or in verticels of 3. Flowers 

 small, in panicled spikes of dense whorls. Calyx with long feathery 

 teeth. Corolla very small. Stamens 4. Nutlets hairy, obovoid. 



C. oppositifolia, Smith. Exot. Bot. II. t. Ill; ¥1. Br. 1.4.642; 

 C. tcrnifoUa, Koxb. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Y\. 209. Dussarika jhdr, 

 bhaiuiiii, Vera. Throughout the moist forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara ghats, common. Fl. Dec, Jan. Fr. Mch., Apl. Grahpm says 

 " spikes like a squirrel's tail." The feathery calyx divisions are accres- 

 cent in fruit. 



Several species of Odnmm, OrtJiostphon, Pledranthiis and Porjostemoii 

 are common undershrubs throughout the presidency. 



Order 69. NYCTAGINE-SI. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves usually opposite, simple. Inflo- 

 rescence various, flowers often bracteate-involucrate, or bracts small, 

 deciduous. Perianth petaloid ; monopetalous, tube persistent ; limb 

 3-5~lobed, plaited in bud. Stamens 4-5, rarely more (up to 20), 

 sometimes unilateral, filaments unequal, infloxed in bud. Ovary free, 

 1-celled ; stigma simple or multifid ; ovule 1, erect. Fruit membran- 

 ous, enclosed in the perianth-tube. Seed erect, albumen floury or 

 soft. Embryo curved, folded or convolute. 



PISONIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, often spinous. Leaves opposite or alternate. 

 Flowers in corymbs, usually dioecious. Perianth 5-10-toothed. 

 Stamens 6-10, cxserted. Ovary oblique; stigma capitate. Fruit 

 clavate ; cotyledons crumpled. 



p. aeuleata, Linn.; Fl. Br. I. 4. 711 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 167. South 

 Konkan. Grab. Fl. Jan., Feb. Spines axillary, recurved. 



Okder 70. POLYGONACE^- 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves usually alternate. Stipules scarious, 



sheatbing. Flowers bisexual, jointed on the pedicil. Perianth of 



3-6, free or connate, persistent sepals. Stamens 5-8, opposite the 



sepals. Ovary free, 2 -4-angled; styles 1-3; ovule 1, basal. Fruit 



a hard nut, enclosed in the calyx. Albumen floury or hard horny. 



Stamens 12-18. Styles 4 Callioonum. 



Stamens 8. Styles 3 .. PrERorYRUM. 



CALLIGONUM, Linn. 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, linear or 0. Sheathing stipule short. 

 Flowers 2-scxual. Sepals 5. Ovary 4-angled. Fruit a 4-angled 

 nut, winged, hairy or bristly. 



C. polygoncides, Linn. Meissn. in DC. Prod. XIV. 1. 29; Fl. Bn 



I. 5. 22. Sind. 



