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and Mahabaleshwar (May 1870 and Oct. 1881, D.B. ; Ghera, Ghela, Mar.) SigurGhats, 

 (!Xilgiris, Gamble), is similar to 7. R. tomentosa, Blume I Oardt nia dasycarpa, Kurz F. 

 Fl. ii. 12), Pegu, Tenasserim and Shan liills. Y. Burma, a .small deciduous tree, 

 spines straight 1-2 in. long, 1. coriaceous, fr. velvety. 8. E. fasciculata, DC. — Syn. 

 It. rigida, IK'.; Webera fasciculata, Kurz. Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys 

 from Nepal eastwards. Assam. Khasi lulls. Tenasserim. A large straggling shrub 

 armed with straight axillary spines, J-i in. long, branchlets, petioles and underside of 

 leaves slightly |.nIpi-;i-<-iit, I. glaliruus aliove, urate or ovate-lanceolate, blade 1-4. pet. 

 n-J in. long. Fl. white, fragrant, nearly sessile, in few-fid. axillary fascicles, calyx- 

 lobes deciduous, corolla-tube J-1J in. long, lobes oblong. Berry purple, £ in. diam. 



C. Unarmed, calyx-teeth minute. Corolla-tube less than 1 inch long. 



9. R. densiflora, Benth.— Syn. Webera oppositifolia, R.oxb. ; Kurz F. 

 Fl. ii. 47. 



A middle-sized or large evergreen tree, unarmed, wood heavy, very hard. 

 L. lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, glabrous, coriaceous, blade 4-8, pet. | in. long. 

 h'l. white, fragrant, cymes leaf-opposed, or from leafless nodes, sessile or 

 shortly pedunculate, glabrous or pubescent, bracts persistent, small. Calyx 

 usually minutely hairy, teeth minute or 0. Corolla h-f in. diam., lobes oblong, 

 as long as or longer than tube, edges generally ciliate, throat villous. Berry 

 ovoid or Lclobuse, .', in. long, seeds numerous. 



Assam, Manipur, Cachar. Andamans. Pegu Yoma, eastern slopes. Martaban. 

 Tenasserim. Cochin and Travancore in evergreen forest. — Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. North Australia. Hongkong. Jt. Gnn/nn-i, Hunk, f., lnnist region of 

 Cey] with lanceolate Land leaf-opposed cymes agrees with the Travancore speci- 

 mens of It. densiflora. 10. R. Wallichii, Hook. f. Sikkim to 4,000 ft. Khasi liills. 

 Chittagong. Andamans. Pegu, Tenasserim and Upper Burma. A small tree or 

 large rambling shrub, similar to 9 but cymes axillary sessile, bracts caducous, ri. yellow 



(Gamble) | in. diain. Berry J in. diam.. s Is peltate, simxl Ii. 



11. R. Candolleana, W. et A. — Syn. R. deccanensis, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 287. 

 Kuril Mm -inn. Tarn. Deccan, Karnul, Anantapur. Mysore. Karnatik. Javadi liills 



i D. Ii, Jan. 1882). A small tree, young si ta pi] bescent, 1. broadly elliptic, obovate or 



orbicular, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, blade 2-6, pet. J-1J in. long. Cymes 

 sessile, bracts deciduous, calyx glabrous, free portion much wider than ovary, teeth 

 short, triangular, corolla J in. across, tube silks outside. 12. R. rugulosa, lluuk. til. — 

 Syn. It. speciosa, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. '■'•'. Western Chats, mostly in evergreen 



forest, from Matheran southwards. Ceylon, moisl low miry. A large evergreen 



climbing shrubj'w Lth long drooping branches, en1 irely unarmed. L. glabrous, elonj 

 elliptic, blade i; i". ]»'i. 1.-1 in. long. Fl. white, fragrant, iii leaf-opposed cymes with 

 ovate cuspidate bracts. Calyx appressed-pilose, teeth minute, corolla glabrous, J-§ in. 

 : --, i Hi"- shorter I dan tobes. Seeds rugo 



D. Unarmed. Corolla-tube 1 in. or longer. 



lit. R. exaltata, Griff. : Kurz F. PI. ii. 16. Syn. Garde/iia pulcherrima^ Kurz F. PI. 

 i 18, Mergui, Andamans, in Mangrove swamps bul also inland. Penang. A 



middle-sized evergreen tree, 1. glal>lull<. curiae .. elliptic, 1 1 C I U 1 1 i 1 1 a I •'. blade 5 7, 



petiole !, in. long. Cj s subsessUe, few-fid. Cairo tomentose, teeth triangular. 



Corolla white, scented, 8 in. long. Berrj I 1 \ in. diam., pericarp v ly, seeds em- 

 bedded in pulp. II. R. sikldmensis, Hook. f. Sikkim, outer hills, to 1,000 ft. A -Inn l., 

 I. in unequal pa Irs, apperside rough, underside pubescenl calyx-teeth subulate, Con 

 1 in. long, silky outside. I"'. R. hygrophila, Kurz p, Fl. 1 1 Gardenia). Pegu, Sv 

 fore ts and low ground in Savannahs. Asmallevergi u ius shrub, 1. membranous, 

 \i-v\ shining above, Fl. solitary, white, turning black in dr; ;-lobes lini 

 lanceolate, more than half the length of tube, corolla-tube I in. long. J in. wide at 



1 1 1 < 'tit Ii. 



Brachytome Wallichii, Hook. f. Khasi hills. Upper Burma. A glabrous shrub or 



small t ree, nearly allied in some -| M ' " - M| Seot. I ' of l!» ml in, 1. membranous, lai date 



or ohlanceolate, blade 6 9, narrowed Into petiole | in. lung, stipule, persistent. Fl 



white, polygamous, pentamerous, in axillary, or bj abortion of oi f the pair, of I., 



leaf-opposed cymes, calyx-limb 5-toothed persistent, corolla funnel-shaped, tube | in. 

 long, as well as the short lui.es glabrous » it him stigma oi 2 shorl oblong lobes. B 

 ellipsoid, J in. lung, seeds crowded, cuneate, compressed, testa reticu 



