512 LXXXII. VERBENACE^E [Callicarpa 



A tree, attaining 40 ft., branches, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence 

 densely grey tomentose, with short soft stellate hairs. L. ovate or elongate- 

 elliptic, acuminate, glabrous above, blade 6-12, pet. 1— 2g in. long, sec. n. 8-12 

 pair. PI. lilac or pale purple, with an unpleasant smell, cymes large, spreading, 

 peduncle 1-2 in. long, calyx stellately pubescent. 



Kumaon, Oudh forests. Nepal. Singbhuni in valleys, not common. Sikkim, foot 

 of the hills and ascending to 3,000 ft. (common in clearings). Western Duars. Khasi 

 hills, Manipur. Burma, Upper and Lower to 4,500 ft., common on deserted Taungvas. 

 Fl. April-June. 2. C. vestita, Wall. Nepal. Sikkim 1-6,000 ft. Khasi hills. Similar 

 to 1., underside of 1. white, densely matted with long silky hairs, peduncles 2 in. long, 

 calvx in fl. nearlv glabrous. 3. C. lanata, Linn. — Syn. C. Wallicliiana. Walp. ; Bedd. 

 Manual t. 21 £g~. 6. ; Wight 111. t. 173b, fig. 5, Ic. t. 1480. Vern. Khanphulia, Mar. ; 

 Yettalai patta, Tarn. ; Thin perivellum, Mai. West side of the Peninsula from Bombay 

 southwards, common on grass lands on the Tinnevelli ghats. — Ceylon. A large shrub 

 or middle-sized tree, branches, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely tomen- 

 tose. L. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base often rounded, blade 6-15, pet. 1-3 in., peduncle, 

 J-l in. long, bracts and corolla pale purple or red, calyx stellate-tomentose. 



B. Petiole long, 1. broad, cordate, lobed. 



4. C. lobata, Clarke. Sikkim 10-11,000 ft. L. 12-15 in. diam., palmately o-7-uerved. 



C. Petiole short, under 1 in., 1. sharply serrate. 



5. C. maerophylla, Vail. Daya, Hind. Subhimalayan tract, from Hazara east- 

 wards, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam. Abundant in the plains of Bengal. Singblmm, 

 Upper and Lower Burma. A tall shrub, branches, petioles, underside of leaves and 

 inflorescence clothed with tawn3' or grey stellate tomentum. L. from an acute base 

 elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-10, pet. J-l in. long, sec. n. 12-16 pair. Cymes much 

 branched, globose, 1-3 in. diam., peduncles i-1 in. long, fl. numerous, pink, berry white. 

 6. C. rubella, Lindley. Sikkim 2-3,000 ft., Khasi hills, Manipur. Hills between Sitang 

 and Salween. L. oblong or oblanceolate 5 by 1J in., base cordate, pet. very short, 

 peduncle slender. J— J in. 



7. C. longifolia, Lam. Assam (Nambar Forest, D. B. March 1879). Khasi hills. 

 Chittagong. Nicobars. Tenasserim (Attaran, D. B. Aug. 1858). Malay Penins. and 

 Archip. North Australia. L. thinly membranous, lanceolate, blade 5-7, narrowed 

 into pet. J-l in. long, upperside glabrous, underside thinly stellate pubescent, calyx 

 white stellate-tomentose, fr. white. 8. C. psilocalyx, Clarke. Khasi hills. Manipur. 

 A small tree, branchlets stellate tomentose, 1. thinly membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 4-8, pet. J in. long, calyx glandular, not hairy, fr. white. 



Glossocarya mollis, Wall. Tenasserim. A climbing shrub, branchlets and underside 

 of 1. softly pubescent, fl. in ample terminal corymbiform compound softly grey villous 

 cymes, capsule cylindric, 4-valved, J in. long, clothed with long patent hairs, nearly 

 twice the length of the campanulate 5-toothed calyx. 



8. CARYOPTERIS, Bunge : Fl. Brit. Ind.iv. 597. 



Sbrubs, 1. opposite, more or less toothed, on both surfaces with minute yellow 

 glistening glands (globose trichonies, consisting of several cells filled with 

 essential oil). Calyx deeply 5- sometimes 6- or 7-fid, slightly enlarged in 

 fruit, corol.la-tube short, cylindric, limb spreading, lobes 5, imbricate in bud, 

 4 equal, the 5th interior larger. Stamens exserted, anther-cells divergent at 

 base. Ovary imperfectly 4-celled, 4-ovuled, style filiform, shortly 2-fid. 

 Capsule dividing into 4 valves with incurved margins, holding the 4 one- 

 seeded slightly winged pyrenes. Species 10, India, Mongolia, China, Japan. 



A. Corolla i in. long. 



1. C. Wallichiana, Schauer; Collett Simla Fl. 381, fig. 121. Vern. Chingari, Karui. 

 Dehra Dun. Subhimalayan tract and outer ranges, ascending to 7,000 ft. Punjab 

 Salt range. Oudh forests. A shrub with 4-sided glabrous branches, young shoots 

 pubescent. L. lanceolate, serrate, blade 2-A, pet. J in. long. Fl. sweet-scented, blue 

 and purple, in compact bracteate cymes, forming cylindrical axillary and terminal 

 thyrsi, 3-5 in. long. Calyx-segments lanceolate with a distinct midrib, erect in fruit. 



B. Corolla - 1 - in. long and less. 



2. C. grata, Benth. Outer Himalaya, Jaunsar to Nepal, to 6,000 ft. Branches and 

 1. pubescent, cymes lax, axillary, segments of fruiting calyx triangular patent. 3. C. 



