JjJ^ca?[ 12. i-AiitiNE^;, 109 



Throughout the Konkan and N'orth Kdnara in evergreen forests, not 

 so common as the next species, from which it scarcely differs. Fl. Dec. 

 Fr. Feb. Mch. Stamens 18-20. 



L. sebifera, Pers. Sjn. II. 4 ; var. 3. tomentosa, FJ. Br. I. o. 158 ; 

 Tetrar/therti lanrifolia, Jacq. Brandis For. Fl. 379. Maidalakri, M. 

 Throughout the Konkan and North Kdnara, in moist forests, common 

 on the southern ghats of the Kumta and Siddapur tdlukas. Fl. May, 

 July. Fr. Jany., Feb. Stamens 9-20. 



L. Stocksii, Hook.f.Pl. Br. I. .5. 176; Telmnlhera lancece/oUa, Grah. 

 Cat. Bomb. PI. 171 (Var. aciUata). Evergreen forests of the Konkan 

 and North Kanara, couiraon on the ghats from Ainahi southwards. 

 Fl. Aug., Nov. Fr. Mch., Apl. Doubtfully distinct from LitscBa laeta, 

 Wall. Var. glaiica ; a Ceylon species. 



L. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2.557; Fl. Br. I. 5.177; Tetrauthera 

 Wlghtiana, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 293 ; Ci/licodaphne Wightiana, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 222. On the southern ghats of North Kdnara in 

 evergreen forests, common in the forests near the Falls of Gairsoppah. 

 Fl. Oct., Nov. Fr. Apl., May. A large tree. 



L. zeylanica, C. & Fr. Nees in Araoen. Bot. Bonn. Fasc. 1. 58 

 Brandis For. Fl. 382; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 223 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t.< 

 294:. Kanvel. chirehira, M. Throughout the Konkan and North 

 Kanara moist forests, common. Fl. Oct., Jany. Fr. Jany., Feb. 



Cassytha filiformis, Linn., a slender twining parasite, is common 

 throughout the presidency, often growing on Ipomoea hiloha, near the 

 sea -coast. 



Order 73. THYMELACE^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, entire. Flowers 

 2-sexual, regular. Inflorescence various. Perianth tubular or 

 canipanulate, 4-5-Iobed ; throat with or without scales. Stamens 

 usually as many or twice as many as the perianth segments. Ovary 

 free, I- celled (in Thymelece proper), with a single pendulous ovule ; 

 style simple or 0, stigma capitate. Fruit indehiscent. Seed pen- 

 dulous or lateral ; albumen fleshy or 0. 



LASIOSIPHON, Fresen. 

 Small trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or scattered. Flowers 

 bisexual, in bracteate heads. Perianth-tube circumciss above the 

 ovary ; lobes o, spreading ; scales above the stamens, 5-10. Stamens 10. 

 Ovary sessile, 1-celled ; style filiform, stigma capitate. Fruit small 

 dry; pericarp membranous. Albumen scanty or 0. 



L. eriocephalus, Dcue. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 1-48 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 197 ; Bedd, 

 Fl. Sylv. 179; L. speciostis, Dene. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 221. Rami, 

 ramita, M. Woolly-headed gnidia. Throughout the Konkan and North 

 Kanara, common on the Sup.t ghats, indeciduois forests. Fi. Nov.. 

 Feb. Fr. Mch., Apl. 

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