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5. GMELINA, Linn.; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. 581. 



Trees or shrubs, leaves usually entire. Fl. large, corolla-tube slender below, 

 wider upwards, limb oblique, anther-cells oblong, diverging. Ovary 4-celled. 

 style slender, shortly bifid, rarely 4-fid. Drupe succulent, stone bony, 1-4- 

 celled. Seeds oblong, albumen 0. Species 8, Iudo-Malayan region, tropical 

 Australia. 



A. Unarmed trees. 



1. G. arborea, Linn.; Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 246; Wight Ic. t. 1470; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. '253. Vera. Gamhar,' Gambhar, Khamara, Hind. ; Sewan, Rajpu- 

 tana ; Gomari, Ass.; Kasmar, Kol; Shivan, Mar. ; Gummadi, Tel.; Kali, 

 Kan. ; Kumbili, Mai. : Yamane t Yemane, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, bark pale, wood greyish-white, light and strong, 

 bark smooth, young shoots, peti >les, underside of 1. and inflorescence softly 

 tawny-tomentose. Leaves broad-ovate acuminate, often with a cordate base, 

 basal nerves 3-5, blade 4-!*, petiole 3-5 in., with shining glands at the inser- 

 tion of leaf. FJ. yellow, tinged with brown, in a narrow terminal racemiform 

 thyrsus, calyx 5-toothed, as well as corolla softly tomentose, bracts, linear- 

 lauceolate, corolla 1-1 h in. long, ventrico.se. Drupe yellow when ripe, 1 in. 

 long. 



Subhimalayan trad from the Chenab eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Aravalli 

 bills. Central India. Singbhum. Western Peninsula. Burma. Leaves are shed 

 [•Vb.-April, tin' hi'w foliage appears April-May. Fl. Feb.-April, generally before 

 the 1. are out. Coppices well. 2. G. oMongifolia, Roxb. East, Bengal. A tall tree. 1. 

 ovate in oblong, corolla rosy, drupe bright crimson when ripe. 



B. Branchlets frequently spinescent. 



3. G. asiatica, Linn.; Wight 111. t. 171: Brandis F. Fl. 365. Vera. Gumudu, Karu 

 gummadi, Tel.; Ailiri iiumatli, Sribai ikota ami Madras. A common bush on the 

 Coromandel coast, south as far as Tuticorin, also inland in the Deeean and Karnatik. 

 An excellent hedge plant. — Ceylon. A large shrub, 1. ovate or obovate. frequently 

 lobed, pubescent when young, blade J-li in., petiole J in. Fl., yellow, in narrow 

 racemiforni panicles al I lie en. Is of branches, calyx 4- toothed, corolla I h in. long, bracts 

 small caducous. Drupe | in. long, ovoid or obovoid, 1-2-secded. 1. G. villosa, ko\b. 

 it;, asiatica, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 265). Pegu, Martaban, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and 



Archipelago. Young shoots and intlorcscei leusely tawny villous, I. elliptic, ent ire, 



hairy above, densely villous beneath, blade 2— 4, pet. ^-1 in., bracts broadly lanceolate, 

 corolla LJ in., almost tubular, calyx tomentose, minutely 4-toothed, with several large 

 glabrous" glands. 5. G. Hystrix, Kurz. Tenasserim. Siam. Philippines. A large 

 soandenl shrub, I. nearly glabrous, sometimes with a few huge teeth, blade 2—4, pet. 

 !.-:•; in., II. protected by I be large ovate coloured bracts, 1 in., corolla yellow . 2 in. long, 



6. PREMNA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. I. id. iv. 571. 



Trees or shrubs, frequently i limbing or epiphytic, 1. undivided, Fl. 

 greenish- or yellowish-white, in bracteate, trichotomoua compound cynics. 

 Calyx small, corolla short, tubular, throat hairy, limb 2-lipped or subequally 

 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens I, ovary '2 or I celled, ovules I. Vv. a fleshy drupe, 

 stone bard, rugose or tubercled, 2 -4-celled. Seeds oblong, albumen (), radicle 

 inferior. S] ies K)-50, [ndo-Malayan region, 17 in Africa. 



I. Shrubs, trees or climbers. 



A. Inflorescences elongate, narrow, spiciform or I livrsoid. 



1. P. interrupta, Wall.; Outer Himalaya B-8,000 ft. from Knimion to Sikkim. 

 Khasi bill-, d shrub or small tree, usually climbing, youngesl shoots and inflores- 

 cence pubescent. L. obovate, I 8 in. long, narrowed into a very shorl petiole. Fl, 



sessile, in ipnet nearly sessile 03 Bfl .lusters supported i>\ tolit us lam late 



bracts, forming a simple cy I i j i ■ t rica l terminal Bpike, often interrupted near the bi 

 2. P. racemosa, Wall. Assam, Kbasi In IN, Yunnan. I., and spike- smaller, blade 2-8 

 in., petiole j j in., corolla J in. long, tube longer than calyx. 8, P. bracteata, Wall. 



