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A tall, nearly glabrous, climbing shrub. Shoots and petioles 

 sometimes pubescent ; old stems with tubercled bark ; branches 

 pendulous. Leaves 3-5 by l-ljin., opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 obtusely acuminate. Petiole |-iin. Flowers white or pink, 

 fragrant. Cymes loosely panicled ; peduncles very slender, 

 l-3in., stout, angular, trichotomously branched. Bracts, minute, 

 lanceolate. Pedicels slender. The cymes in upper axils ; long- 

 peduncled. Sepals H"*,, the length of the Corolla-tubes, ovate 

 or lanceolate. Corolla salver-shaped, twisted in bud, tube 

 slender, with the throat hi™. ; lobes at the base and mouth 

 pubescent, obcuneate, obliquely truncate. Anthers spurred at 

 base, included. Disc-glands quadrate. Ovary glabrous, acute. 

 Follicles 4-9 by i'm., incurved and converging, cylindric, acu- 

 minate, narrowed at the base. Pericarp thinly coriaceous, 

 smooth, pale. Seeds fin. long, slender, compressed, obtuse at 

 both ends, pale smooth, coma as long, white (J. D. Hooker, 

 Duthie and Kanjilal). 



Use :— - According to Atkinson (Gazetteer of the Himlayan 

 Districts, Vol. T, p. 726), it is said to possess properties similar 

 to those of Alstonia scholaris, for which it is used as a substitute 

 in Kumaon. 



766. Anodendron paniculatum, A. Dc., h.f.b.i., 

 in. 668. 



Syn. :— Echites paniculata, Roxb. 247. 



Vern. : — Kavali (M.). Lamtani (Bomb.). 



Habitat .-—From Sylhet to Martaban, Deccan Peninsula ; on 

 the Western Ghats, from the Concan southwards. 



A very large, woody climber. Stems reaching 3 or more in. 

 in diam., much dichotomously branched. Bark greyish-brown, 

 young parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, 4-8 by lj-3in., elliptic 

 or oblong or oval-oblong, rounded at base, shortly and suddenly 

 acuminate, obtuse, glabrous and shining on both sides, thinly 

 coriaceous; lateral veins numerous, 12-15 pairs, prominent 

 beneath. Petiole Jin. Flowers very small, pale, dull, orange or 

 yellowish white, on slender, glabrous pedicels, numerous. Cymes 

 large, lax, trichotomous ; bracts small, ovate, deciduous. Calyx- 



