502 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Woodfi 
teeth between the lobes. Petals — 6, inserted at mouth of 
calyx-tube, sometimes she olete, Stamens 12, declinate, inserted 
below the middle of the calyx-tube. Gateas 2, connate in a free, 
sessile, oblong, 2-celled ovary at the base of the calya- taken ovules 
numerous on axial placentas; style filiform ; stigma s rut 
an ellipsoid, membranous capsule, included in the wee Seeds 
aoeivanhing narrowly cuneate, obovate, smooth. 
. Wooprorp1a FLORIBUNDA Salisb.; F. B. I. ii, 572; E. D. 
W. 106. Grislea tomentosa F. I. ii. 233. 
aes, Chota Nagpur; N. Bengal. : ‘ 
A shrub with long, spreading — ches and red flowers. 
Vernac. Dhas, dhani; Kol. and Santal. Icha, ichak’, 
345. Lawsonia Linn. 
A glabrous erect shrub, with terete, sometimes spinoas branches 
leaves opposite, entire, lanceolate. Flowers rather small, in large, 
terminal, panicled cymes; bracts small, deciduous. Sepals 4 
ovate, very shortly connate below. Petals 4, obovate, wrinkled, 
inserted on the short calyx-tube. fae usually 8, inserted in 
pairs between the petals, occasionally not paired, sometimes onl, : 
4. Carpels 4, connate in a completely or partially 4- celled, free 
ovary ; ovules numerous on axial placentas; style long; ip 
capitate. F'rwit a coriaceous, globose, irregularly d 
ultimately 1-celled capsule. Seeds numerous, angular, pyramidal 
smooth, close-set on a central placenta. 
833. LAawsoNIA ALBA Lamk ; F, B..-I.. ii... 578; B.D 12 
L. inermis FT. ii, 258. 
Planted, pee ay in hedges, and chiefly in the wensteee 
provinces, 
" A shrub or small tree. Mehndi, Henna, or Indian Prvet 
346. Crypteronia Bl. 
Trees; leaves opposite, entire, ovate or lanceolate, petioled. 
Flowers minute, white or green, polygamo-dicecious, 1 
with long, slender racemes; bracts at base of pode 
minute. Sepals 5, rarely 4, connate in a small, saucer 
a eubhemispheric tube; lobes persistent, valvate. cils ae 
Stamens 5 or 4, inserted between the calyx-teeth. Carpels yd 
connate in a free, globose, 2-celled ovary; ovules numerous, : 
axial placentas ; style long, stigma sub-2-fid. Fruit a gi” 
iinet’ 
