WooDTOEDiA.] LYTSBACE^. 351 



Cymes peduncled, compound 5 hracteoles minute, linear. Calyx- campa« 

 nulate, with i-8 green lines "becoming indistinct in fruit ; teeth 4, broadly 

 triangular. Fetals or caducous. Stamens 6 or S. Capsule -f^ in. in 

 diam., globose, exceeding the calyx-tube, red when ripe. Seeds half 

 ellipsoid, excayated on the plane face. 

 Banks of the Gumti in Eohilkhand (Duthie). Distbib. Punjab Plain 

 and up to 5,000 ft. on the W. Himalaya ; also in Afghanistan, Persia, 

 Egypt, Trop. Africa and Australia. 



9. A. multiflora, Roxb.HoH.Beng. 11 ; Fl.Brit. hid. i, 426; W. Sf A. 



Trod. S05 ; D. Sf Q. Bomb. Fl. 97 ; F. B. I. ii, 570. 



Flowers and capsules smaller than those of A. senegalensis, hardly distin- 

 guishable otherwise ; yet, as Mr. Clarke observes, the two forms do not 

 pass into each other in India. 



Common within the area. Distkib. Throughout the plains of India ; 

 also in Afghanistan, Persia and Australia. 



2. WOODFORDIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 572. 



Shrubs. Leaves opposite, subsessile, entire, lanceolate, pale beneath 

 and gland-dotted. J^lowers in short pauicled cymes on axillary 

 peduncles, rarely solitary, scarlet ; pedicels 2-bracteate at their base. 

 Calyx long-tubular, slightly curved, mouth oblique ; teeth 6, short, 

 with 6 minute accessory teeth. Fetals 6, small or 0, inserted at the 

 top of the calys-tube. Stamens 12, declinate, inserted on the calyx- 

 tute beJow its middle. Ovary at the bcttom of the calyx-tnbe, free, 

 sessile, oblong, 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma small ; ovules very 

 many, placentas axile. Capsule ellipsoid, membranous, included in 

 the calyx. Seeds very many, narrowly cuneate-obovate, quite smooth, 

 without hairs or papillaB. — Species 2, one in Abyssinia, and the other 

 Indian extending to Trop. Africa and China. 



W. floribunda, Salish. ; Brand. For. F1.23S ; F. B. I. ii, 572 ; Wati 



E. D. Grislea tomentosa, Eoxl.; Fl. Ind. ii, 283; W. 4- A. Prod. 308; 

 V. 4- G. Bomb. Fl. 97. G. punctata, BucJi.-Ham. ; W. ^ A. I.e.— Yexn. 

 Bhaura, dhau, dhenti (Oudh), 



A large shrub with many long arching branches. Barh reddish-brown, 

 shredding off in fibres. Leaves opposite, subopp., or in whorls of 3, 

 sessile, 2-iin. long, ovate-lanceolate from a cordate or rounded base, acu- 

 minate, entire, tisually velvety-pubescent beneath ; lateral nerves 6-12 

 pairs, prominent beneath and united within the margin. Flo^.vers 3-mor- 

 phic. Calyx ^-| in. long, bright red. Petals about as long as the calyx- 

 segments, white. Stamens, much-exserted, filaments red, anthers 

 versatile. Capsule f in., inclosed in the persistent calyx-tube, irre- 

 gularly dehiscent. Seeds many, brown, smooth. 



