S8 LXXT. EU^iACEj;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Wendlandia^ 



or subulate, corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. Wall. Cat. 6370. W. scabra,. 

 Kwz in Joarn. As. Soo, Beng. 1877, ii. 310. W, appendiculata. Wall. mss. 



Dry forests of the Teopical Himalaya from Gurwhal to Nipal, alt. 0-4000 ft.,. 

 WaUich, &c. Ava, Kurg. 



Habit of W. exserta, but with smaller (4-6 by 2-3 in.) nearly glabrous eUiptio 

 leaves, which are more membranous, with fewer (10-12 pair) of nerves, and longer- 

 calyx- tubes often smaller panicles and nearly glabrous capsules ; stipules very 

 variable. 



3. W. Walllcbii, W. ^ A. Prodr. 402^ in note ; branches glabrous or- 

 puberulous, leaves opposite elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate at both ends- 

 glabrous or puberulous on the nerves beneath, stipules very caducous broad 

 rounded, panicle pubescent, calyx glabrous teeth short triangular, corolla-tube 

 a little longer than the lobes. Wall. Cat. 6269 B., in part {tinctoria). 



SiKKiM HiMALATA, alt. 2000 ft., J. D. H. Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft. ; De Silm, 

 &a., Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2834). 



An erect nearly glabrous shrub ; branches swollen at the nodes when dry. Leaves 

 S-7 by 1 J-2J in., rather coriaceous ; nerves 10-12 pair, prominent beneath ; petiole 

 ^— f in. ; stipules so deciduous that I found only one in ten specimens, it is imper-- 

 feet, broad, and apparently acute. Panicle moderate. Flowers like those of W. 



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Corolla-lobes rounded or shortly ohlong, much shortei- than the usualli/- 

 slender tube; anthers included or exsei-ted. /Stipules more or less jjcrsistent , 



t Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. 



4. W. tinctoria, DC. Prodr. iv. 411 ; leaves opposite elliptic ovate or 

 obovate acuminate glabrous or pubescent beneath, stipules erect large with. 

 a subulate point or a laterally flattened rigid appendage, calyx-teeth ovate^ 

 Brand. Foi: Fl. 269 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 74; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 130. Kondeletia 

 tihetoria, Boxb. Sort. Bene/. 15 ; Fl. Ind. i. 522. 



Tbopicai Himalaya, from Garwhal and from Benoal and Oudh, to the Khasia 

 Mts., Assam, Chittagong, Pegu, and Tenasseeim. — Distek. Java? Ava. 



A small tree. Leaves 4^8 by 2-4 in., always narrowed into the petiole, glabrous- 

 and often shining above, paler rarely glabrous beneath, oftener pubescent on the- 

 nerves, sometimes tomentose all over; nerves 10-12 pair; petiole ^-f in. Stiptdes 

 variable in length, always with erect points. Panicles large, spreading, pubescent 

 pilose or tomentose; flowers sessile, fascicled, white,^ in. long; corolla-tube usually 

 slender, the lobes forming a capitate not ovoid head ; antliers shortly exserted. Stigmas- 

 oblong. — There are two principal forms. 



Vae. 1. normalis; leaves 3-5 by 2-2 J in. elliptic more or less pubescent beneath,- 

 petiole J in., panicle tomentose. Wall. Cat. 6267 ; {exserta) F. in part, 6269 D., 

 6269 D. 3. W. proxima, DC. Prodr. iv. 411 . Eondeletia proxima, Don Prodr. 139. ' 



Var. 2. grandis ; leaves 5-7 by 2-3i in. eUiptio perfectly glabrous, petiole i-f ' 

 in., panicle tomentose. Wall. Cat. 6266 B. A. (panimdaia), the lower specimen only ' 

 6269 A. W. budleoides, Wall. mss. in W. # A. Prodr. i. 402.— Khasia and Jyntea. 

 hills, WaUich, &e.; Naga hills, Griffith; Sikkim, Herb. Griff.; Assam, Jenkins. 



6. W. uitens, Wall. Cat. 6271; robust, leaves opposite elliptic-oblong 

 obtuse coriaceous shining above glabrous or puberulous on the nerves beneath, 

 stipules erect very short triangular or broadly reniform apiculate, panicle pubes- 

 cent, flowers in glomerules, calyx hairy, teeth short triangular. 



Tenassbeim, Attran river, WaUich, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 2380). 



Branches robust, glabrous. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-2 in., rarely obovate or subacute, 

 nerves 6-8 in Heifer's specimen, 8-12 in Wallich's. Panicle robust. Corolla slender, 

 lobes very small.— This may be a form of W. tinctoria, with which it is perhaps- 



