Ehretia] LXXVI. BORAGINACE.E 481 



1. E. acuminata, Rob. Br.— Syu. E. serrata, Roxb.; Wight 111. t. 170 ; 

 Brandis F. PI. 339. Vern. Shawahi, Pushtu: Ponravi, Haz. : Pania, Puna, 



Eind. : lined, As. 



A middle-sized evergreen tree, bark grey with longitudinal fissures, wood 

 brown, even grained, easily worked. Nearly glabrous, young 1. and inflor- 

 escence with scattered short appressed hairs. L. elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 

 sharp-serrate, blade 4-8, pet. £-l| in. long. Fl. numerous, white, fragrant, 

 nearly sessile in large terminal and axillary pyramidal panicles, corolla rotate, 

 drupe orange, red or nearly black when ripe, pyrenes 2, 1- or "2 -seeded. 



Subhimalayan traol and outer hills, ascending to 5,000 ft. West Duars, Assam. 

 Khasi and Chittagong hills. Upper Burma (Pelthin. Smales). Fl. Feb.-April. — China, 

 Formosa, Japan, Australia. 2. E. macrophylla, Wall. Nepal, China, 1. ovate, serra- 

 tures unequal, upper side rough with short stiff hairs on a conical base, blade 1-6, 

 pet. $-§ in. Fl. in short rounded terminal panicles, corolla-tube more than twice 

 bt of calyx. Fr. globose, mucronate | in. diam. 



3. E. tmxifofia, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 57. Vern. Pichika bira, Tel. Western Peninsula, 

 chiefly on the east side, common in the semi-evergreen scrub. Fl. Nov.-June. 

 Ceylon, Malay Aivhinela:. Formosa. A shrub with stiff branches, 1. J-l In., 



fascicular arrested brauchlets, oblani late, apex with a few obtuse teeth, pale 



beneath, upperside rough with short stiff hairs, standing generally on white disks cysto- 

 lith cells). Fl. solitary or n few together,on slender hairy peduncles. Calyx hairy, seg- 

 ments spathulate, longer t ban tube, corolla ;[-J in. across, style 2-fid to near the base, 

 or two distincl styles. Drupe globose, £-$ in. diam., yellow or scarlet when ripe,stone 

 one, 4-cel led. 



B. Leaves quite entire, corolla rotate or broadly campanulate. 



4. E. laevis, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 56 : Wight Ic. t. 1382; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 246; Brandis F. Fl. t. 42.— Syn. E. floribunda, Benth. ; E. aspera, Roxb. 

 Cor.Pl.t.55. Vern. Chamror, Koda, Hind.: Tambolia, Rajputana; Datrang, 

 Mar.; Pogadi, Tel.: Kappura, Kan. ; Chavandi, Mai. ; Gyaung byu, Upper 

 Burma. 



A middle-sized tree, pubescent or glabrous, branches whitish-grey. L. 

 elliptic, sometimes obovate, blade 3-8, petiole .1-1 in. Fl. in loose terminal or 

 axillary cymes, composed of unilateral racemes, calyx hairy, lobes ovate. 

 corolla rotate or broadlj campanulate, lobes as long as or twice the Length of 

 tube. Drupe nearly 2-lobed, somewhat broader than long. \ in. broad, red, 

 afterwards black, a sweet pulp enclosing 3-1 one-seeded pyrenes. 



Sin' I . Trans fndus, ascending on the Suliman range to 2,500 ft. Sub-himalayan 



tract to 2,500 ft. tomcc-th plain. Etajpu a Central Provinces. Singbhum, 



Western Peninsula. Burma, Upper and Lower. Tl Id leaves are nary. 



Febr., new foliage Febr.-A pril. Fl. before or with the young I., so before the 



1. arc shed— Persia. Ceylon, [nd. Archip. China. Australia. I A verj 



variable species, 2 re trl ible varieties in the Western Peninsula are: a. aspera, I. 



small, hairy beneath whe ature, j9. canarentit, glabrous, 1. elonga e-elliptic evenly 



narrowed at both ends. Thefollowii re closely allied to 4: 5. E. ovalifolia, 



Wighl fc. t. L888. Hill- of the Southern Deccan. [nflorescence hairs-. I. glabrous, 

 elliptic, nearly obtuse, n. E. Wightiana, Wall. : Wight let. 1884. Mysore, Karaatik, 

 Courtallam I glabrous, lanceolate, corolla <•■■■■ 7. E. retusa. Wall. 8. e. 



parallela, < lark", both from Upper Burma, Imperfectly known. 



9. E. obtusifofia, Hochst. ; Brandis F. Fl. 840. Vern. Manak, Bal. ; Tambolia, Merwara, 

 \ hanistan, Bal in. slid. Salt range, Punjab. \ n and Merwara. A small 



shrulc hi n rey. I., rough and hairy, obovate or spathulate. blade 1 'J in., 



narrowed into pet. | in. long, Fl. white or blue in las hairy cymes, corolla-! ube twice 

 the lei ilyx, lobes o : ube. 



C. L. quite enl ire, corolla tubular. 



10. e. WaiHchiana. Hook. i. & Thorns. Vern. Bo»i . /'• i, Nep. Ki Lepoha; 

 Kyel mailc, Burm. Sikkim, 2-7,000 ft., often gregarious, forming the second growth 

 on clearances. Bhutan. Khasi bills, Upper Burma, Shan hills and [rawadi valley. 

 Fl. March June, A middle-sized deciduous tree, nearly glabrous, l.elliptic-lanceo 

 acuminate, blade 8-6, sometimes longer, petiole j 1 in. long. Fl. before the leaves, in 

 minutely pubescent compact cymes, mostly at the ends of lateral branohlets, corollo- 



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