Ehreiia.] LVI. BOKAGINE^. 341 



longer. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Corolla campanulate, twice the length 

 of calyx, lobes ovate, as long as tube. Drupe ^ in. across, with four 

 1 -seeded pyrenes. 



Sindh. , Salt range, Panjab. Abyssinia. Fl. March, April. 



3. BHABDIA, Martins. 



Shrubs with alternate leaves. Calyx d,eeply divided into 5 segments, 

 persistent. CoroUa^tube short, limb 5-lobed. Ovary 2-celled, style un- 

 divided. Fruit a dry berry with 4 pyrenes ; seeds albuminous, radicle 

 superior. 



1. R. viminea, Dalzell in Hooker Ic. Plant, ix. t. 823. — Syn. Ehretia 

 viminea, "Wall. ; E. cuneata, Wight Ic. t. 1385. 



A small much-branched shrub, branches twiggy. Leaves spathulate, 

 entire, narrowed into a short petiole, about 1 in. long, more or less hairy 

 with stiff adpressed white hairs, at times densely hispid oi nearly glabrous. 

 Flowers pink, on short pedicels, 2 or 3 at the ends of short lateral branch- 

 lets. Calyx hispid, longer than corolla-tube, somewhat enlarged in fruit, 

 which is the size of a small pea, and orange-red when ripe. 



Rocky, sandy and shingly beds of streams, Kamaon, ascending to 2500 ft., 

 East Bengal, Banda, Konkan, Mysore, Burma. Fl. Oct., Nov. ; branches frequently 

 creeping and rooting. 



Oeder LVII. CONVOLVULACEiE. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, often twining. Leaves alternate, without stipules. 

 Flowers regular, pentamerous, bisexual, usually large and showy. Calyx 

 free, persistent, often enlarged in fruit, of 5 distinct sepals, much imbri- 

 cate in bud. Corolla generally campanulate or funnel-shaped, the limb 

 usually spreading, 5-angled or 5-lobed, folded in the bud, rarely imbricate. 

 Stamens 5, often of unequal length, inserted in the corolla-tube or at its 

 base, and alternating with the lobes or angles of the limb ; anthers with 

 2 parallel cells dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary free, 2- 3- or 4-ceUed, 

 1 or 2 ovules in each cell, or 1-celled with 2 or 4 ovules. Fruit a capsule 

 or succulent and indehiscent. Seeds witn scanty mucilaginous albumen. 

 — Eoyle lU. 307 ; "Wight lU. ii. 200. 



Style filiform ; limb of corolla 5-angled or S-lobed. 

 Flowers small, ovary 1 -celled ; sepals much enlarged in fruit, 

 forming long, veined membranous wings; fruit a 1 -seeded 



capsule 1. PoRANA. 



Flowers large, ovary 2- or 4-celled ; sepals enlarged, but not 



membranous in fruit ; fruit a dry or succulent berry . 2. Akgyeeia. 

 Stigma'sessile ; limb of corolla of 5 deeply 2-lobed divisions ; 

 fruit a berry, supported by the slightly increased calyx ; 

 leaves coriaceous, evergreen 3. Eeycibe. 



1. POBANA, Linn. 



Large twiners. Leaves entire. Flowers usually small, paniculate in the 

 Indian species. Sepals enlarged after -flowering into long membranous 



