173 



Srlobed : drupe baccate, 1-celled by abortion, 1-seeded : putalDe«^ 

 tbin, sulcately - striated : seed inverse, exalburainoms : cotyledon^ 

 plano-convex, tbick : radicle very sbort, superior. — Glabrous shrubsi 

 or rarely trees, with opposite, simple, entire leaves : peduncles 

 axillary or Jertninalj racfeinOsfe or panfcleld : corerlld white, yelldW or 

 purple. 



(1) L. INTEKMEDIA. (B. W.) 



Um. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



HHgrdv^ Wight 1. c. t. 1245.— Spicil. II. t. 149. 



St-Et. CttAR. Tree : leaves elliptic, acuminate; at both ends, 

 [ong petioled : panicles axillary, diffuse, about asj long as the leaves : 

 flowers aggregated on the points of the branchlets, sessile, often 

 male by abortion : ovules asceiiding ; stigma capitate, 2-lobed : 

 l^tfit oval, 1 -seeded. 



Eicstem slopes of the Neilgberries, flowering in the rainy season. 



(2) L. Malabarica. (Watt.) 



Ident. Dec, prod. VIII. p. 297.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 159. 

 Syn. Chionanthus Malabairicug, ffei/he. Jlerb. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1246. 



Spec Char. Rambling shrub, or small tree : leaves elliptic- 

 pbtuse, attenuated towards the base, Smboth on both sidej : rac^fnes. 

 axillary, much shorter than the leaf, few-flowered ; pedicels bearing 

 1 to 3 sessile flowfers at the top ; pedicels £(nd dalyx pubescent : 

 petals linear-channelled. 



Courtallum. Western slopes of the Neilgtierries. Khftldtlilla. 

 Bam Bhaut. Flowering from Novehibet till March. 



(3:) L. DicHOTOMA. ( ifaU.) 



Ident. Wall. Cat. No. 2825.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 297. 



Sign. Chionanthus dichotdmns, Raid), ft. Ind. I. p. 197. 



fe^^B. GkAB. lidw brdtibhlHg shi'tib, didhdtotrioUk : MUMii'^^ 

 rfctitiiriatefl at botk ends, cimrtedtb at thfe hxii, igt^avLS, WiStir^fed it 

 the apex : racemes axillary, a little shorter than the leaf: brancllT^tS 

 p-flowered at the apex : ftuW ovate, puf|)le : flfowdfi whate« 



Coromandel Coast. 



(4) L. MACROPHyLi.A. (Wall.) 



Ident. Wall. Cat. No. 2826.— Dec. prod. VlII. p. 297. 



Spec. Char. Small tree, glabrous : leaves elliptic, acuminsted 

 at "bb'tti ends, glafefous," stltBsh, tohg-perioled : racemes coinposite, 

 BKflfary, 3 littlfe Ibrif er thasi the petiiile : petals oBltJrtgj otit'ftife. 



Silhet. ' 



