482 LXXV. BOEACtIRACE.E [Ehretia 



tube 3 times the length of calyx. Drupe subglobose, J-J in. diam., longitudinally 

 ribbed, pyrenes 4, 1-seeded, compressed. 



Rhabdia lycioides, Mart. — Syn. H. viininea, Dalz. ; Ehretia cuneata, Wight Ic. t. 1385. 

 In rocky and shingly stream beds, submerged during the rains. Outer Himalaya from 

 Kumaon eastwards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills. Burma. Singbhum. 

 Central Provinces and Peninsula.— Ceylon. Tropics of both Hemispheres. A 

 gregarious prostrate creeping or ascending shrub, branches rooting, branchlets and 

 young 1. silky-pubescent, rarely glabrous. P. often fasciculate on arrested branchlets, 

 J-l in. long, spathulate, entire, narrowed into a short petiole. Fl. 5- rarely 6-merous, 

 reddish-lilac, in 2-3-fld. shortly pedunculate cymes at the ends of branchlets, calyx 

 pubescent, lobes lanceolate, corolla glabrous, tube very short, lobes large, obtuse, stigma 

 minutely 2-lobed. Pr. crimson, glossy, fleshy, with four one-seeded pyrenes. 



3. TOURNEFORTIA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 145. 



Shrubs, rarely small trees, mostly rambling, 1. alternate, entire. Fl. white 

 or greenish-yellow, numerous, sessile or shortly pedicelled, 4- or 5-merous, in 

 terminal dichotomous cymes, consisting of dense unilateral scorpioid spikes or 

 racemes. Sepals hairy, corolla-tube cylindric, hairy outside, naked in the 

 throat, lobes short, spreading. Stamens included, inserted near the base of 

 the tube, ovary 4-celled, style short, 1 ovule in each cell. Fr. a dry drupe, 

 with 2 two-seeded pyrenes. Species 100-120, tropical and subtropical regions 

 of both hemispheres. 



A. L. sparsely hairy, more so on the underside: 

 (a) Corolla pentamerous, Western species. 



I. T. Heyneana, Wall., Nilgiris. L. lanceolate, blade 4-5, petiole J-J in. Sepals 

 lanceolate ^ in., cor. ^ in. long. 2. T. Wightii, Clarke, Western Penins. L. ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 3, pet. J in. Sepals one-fourth the length of corolla, corolla $ in. long. 

 3. T. reticosa, Wight Ic. t. 1386, Coorg, Kilgiris. L. lanceolate, blade 5, pet. J in. Fl. 

 pedicellate, sepals ^W in., corolla J in. long. 



(5) Corolla pentamerous, Eastern species. 



4. T. viridiflora, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. P. ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. J in. 

 Sepals half the length of corolla, corolla £ in. 5. T. Hookeri, Clarke, Sikkim to 5,000 ft. 

 L. ovate, acuminate, sec. n. arching, prominent beneath, blade 3-5, pet. ^ in. Cymes 

 long-pedunculate, spreading, sepals lanceolate, J in., corolla ^J in. long. 6. T. Candollei, 

 Clarke, Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong. L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. 

 \ in. PL sessile, in large spreading cymes, corolla ^J in. long. 7. T. Roxburgnii, Clarke, 

 Chittagong. Upper Burma (Sin lamming). L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. ^J in. 

 Sepals -J, corolla J— J in. long. 8. T. Khasiana, Clarke. Assam, Khasi hills, 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 3—4, pet. i in. Fl. green, sessile, sepals lanceolate •£$ in., corolla J in. 

 long. 9. T. ovata, Wall. Pegu, Andamans, China. P. elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 blade 3-6, pet. J— J in. Fl. short, pedicellate, calyx minute, corolla J-J in. long. 



(c) Corolla tetramerous. 



10. T. Walliclhi, DC. ISTicobars, Malay Peninsula. L. ovate, acuminate, blade 2—4, 

 pet. J-J in. Sepals half the length of corolla, corolla J in. long. 



B. Branchlets and leaves densely silky. 



II. T. argentea, Pinn. f. Sea coast of the Andamans, Nicobars, Madagascar, Ceylon, 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Australia, islands of the Pacific. An erect shrub 

 or small tree, branchlets stout, leaf-scars conspicuous. P. crowded at the ends of 

 branchlets, 3-5 in. long, obovate, gradually narrowed into very short petioles. 

 Panicles large, densely silky, terminal or from the upper axils. Fl. sessile, calyx- 

 segments ovate, ciliate, corolla-tube very short. 



