90 



Ghauts ; pretty common. DC. Prod. 2, 667 ; Syn. R alceaefo- 

 lius, Poir Encycl. Meth. vi, 247 ; DC. loc. cit. ; R reflexus, Kew. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 461; R moluccanus, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 618; R 

 hamiltonianus, Seringe in DC. loc. cit. 



LYI. SAXIFRAGACE^. 



1. VAELIA, Thunb. 



1. "\'^iscosA, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 89. — Herbaceous, pubescent, 

 slightly glutinous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or linear ; flowers in 

 pairs, almost sessile, yellow ; capsules nearly globose ; seeds minute. 

 Island of Caranjah, and Guzerat ; common. Syn. V sessiliflora, 

 DC. Prod. 4, p 64 ; Oldenlaudia digyna, Retz. 6bs. iv, p 23. 



LVII. COM BRET ACE^. 



1. COMBRETUM, Lbffl. 



1. C WiGHTiANUM, Wall., W. and A. Proc?. 1,317.— A scandent 

 shrub ; leaves elliptic-obovate, with a short sudden acumination, 

 coriaceous, shining above ; spikes of flowers axillary, on longish 

 peduncles, elongated, lax ; tube of the calyx 2 to 3 times longer 

 than the ovary ; fruit 4-winged. Wight Ic. t. 227 ; Syn. C laxura, 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 231 ; Rheed. Mai. vii, t. 23. Hilly parts of the 

 Concan, not uncommon ; at Vingorla. Native name " Peeloka." 



2. C OvALiFOLiuM, Roxb. Fl Ind. 2, 226.— A chmber like 

 the last ; leaves ovate or elliptic-obtuse, or sUghtly acute, minutely 

 dotted above; spikes of yellowish-white; flowers axillary and 

 terminal, appear in April and May ; tube of calyx not longer than 

 the ovary; wings of the fruit smooth, semicircular. Jungles in the 

 Concan and Ghauts, common, Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. 

 Suppl. t. 22. Native name "Zelloosey," also " Peelookha." Is 

 much used as hoops for the Motes employed in drawing water 

 from tanks and wells. 



2. LUMNITZERA, Willd. 



1. L Racemosa, Willd. — A shrub; leaves cuneate obovate 

 retuse, attenuated at the base, crenated or entire, thick and vein- 

 less ; spikes of small white flowers, short, axillary; stamens 10, 

 alternately shorter. Salt-water creeks, Southern Concan. Syn, 

 Petaloma alternifolia, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 372; Rheed. Mai. vi, 

 L 37. In fruit in October. 



