WENDLANDIA. NOTONIANA. (Nat. order Eubiaceee ) 



WeNDLANDIA. Bartl— GEN. CHAR, Calyx tube short rather globose, limb of 5 small persistent teeth, corol funnel-Bhaped the tube 

 long and slightly wider towards the top, the limb spreading 5 lobed the lobes imbricate in aestivation, stamens 5, the filaments short arising from the apes 

 of the tube between the lobes and attached to the centre of the anther, anthers oblong exserted, dish fleshy crowning the apex of the ovary, style filiform 

 exserted, stigma 2-cleft divisions oval large. Ovary 2-celled, ovules numerous iu each cell attached to a large placenta which rises from the centre of the 

 axis. Capsule globose crowned with the limb of the calyx 2-celled splitting at the apex loculicidally. Seeds minute numerous. Trees or large shrubs, 

 leaves in verticels of threes, or opposite, stipules large prominent, panicles terminal thyrsoid many flowered, flowers white small. 



WeNDLANDIA ^NOTONIANA. (Wall.) A small or rarely a middliug sized tree, young shoots hirsute, leaves 

 generally verticelled in threes sometimes simply opposite lanceolate, or rarely obovate lanceolate acute at the apex, upper side glabrous 

 or sub-glabrous except the costa, underside minutely pubescent, 3-5 inches long by about 1^-1J broad, petioles 2-3 lines long, stipules 

 large more or less hirsute ovate from a broad base sometimes bifid at the apex, branches of the panicle hirsute somewhat erect, flowers 

 small white more or less crowded and forming interrupted spikes, calyx and bracts hirsute. Calyciue teeth triangular acute ciliate, 

 corol glabrous 6-8 times longer than the calyx, the tube widened at the mouth, lobes oval obtuse recurved, anthers with very short 

 filaments. Wall. ;—WA. Prod. p. 403. W. bicuspidata, W A. I. c. 



This small tree is common in most of our alpine and subalpme jungles from 2000 to 7000 feet elevation. The timber is strong and used 

 for various purposes by the natives. 



A nalysis. 



1. A magnified portion of a branch showing the verticel of 3 leaves and the 3 stipules. 



2. Under surface of a leaf showing pubescence. 



3. Magnified portion of a panicle. 



4. A flower bud showing the lobes imbricate. 



5. A full flower. 



6. Corol removed and opened out, showing the insertion of the stamens between its lobes. 



7. Anthers front and back view, showing the short filament. 



8. A flower with the corol removed, showing the style and stigma. 



9. Ovary cut vertically, showing the numerous ovules. 

 10. The same cut transversely. 



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