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LXI. EUBIACE^ 



[Hymenodictyon 



less than twice the length of calvx-lobes. Capsules i in., reflexed, on pedicels ^ in. 

 long. 3. H. obovatum, Wall. ; Wight Ic. 1. 1159 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 219. Karivai, Mar. ; 

 Yella Mala Kai, Tam. Western Ghats, from Bombay southwards. L. elliptic or 

 obovate, fl. nearly sessile in slender spikes which are arranged in terminal erect panicles. 

 Calyx hirsute, teeth nearly as long as the short corolla-tube. Capsules erect. 



Pig. 155. — Hymenodictyon exeelsum, Wall. Fr. Fl. J. 



Hymenopogon parasiticus, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 227. Outer Himalaya from Garhwal 

 eastwards 5-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. Pegu Yoma at 8,000 ft. (Kurz). Yunnan. A 

 small epiphytic shrub, 1. oblanceolate, blade narrowed into pet. £—1 in. long, sec. n. 

 15-18 pair. Fl. corymbose with large leafy reticulated white bracts, corolla white, 

 1J-2 in. long, capsule crowned with the linear calyx-lobes. 2. H. assamicus, Hook. f. 

 Assam, sec. n. 30-40 pair, corolla J in. 



9. CINCHONA, Linn.; Brandis F. Fl. 264. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, bark bitter, coppicing freely, stipules deciduous. 

 Fl. pentamerous, scented, in terminal panicles, calyx pubescent, limb 5-dentate, 

 persistent. Corolla tubular, pubescent outside, lobes valvate in bud, edge 

 fringed with soft hairs. Ovary 2-celled, style slender with 2 short obtuse 

 branches, papillose inside. Capsule 2-celled 2-valved, dehiscing septicidally 

 from the base, seeds numerous peltate, the broad wings with irregularly 

 lacerated edge, albumen fleshy. Species 30-40 ; Andes of South America 

 from Venezuela (10° N.L.) to Bolivia (19° S.L.). Of the numerous species and 

 varieties cultivated in India it must suffice to mention the following : — 



1. C. officinalis, Linn. (C. Condaminea, Humb. et Bonpl.). Ecuador on the east side 

 of the Andes 6-9,000 ft. Cultivated chiefly on the Nilgiris, does not thrive in Sikkim. 

 L. glabrous, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, blade 3-6, pet. 

 1-li in. long, sec. n. 8-10 pair, hairy pits in their axils. Fl. red, in short corymbiform 

 compound cymes, terminal and axillary, corolla-tube densely silky with white appressed 

 hairs, slightly pentagonal, i-| in. long, capsules ovoid-oblong, -|-j in. long. The bark 

 of stems contains from l - 75 to 10'6 % of Quinine. (M. N. Eeimers, Les Quinquinas de 



