410 BUBIACEJE. [Dentblla. 



Cinchona excelsa, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i, 529. C, thyrsiflora* Roxh. Fl. Ind. i, 

 530. — Vem. Bhaulan, kuhurlcdt, lamlcana (Mevwa.ra,). 



A large deciduous tree. Bark of trunk furrowed and rough, that of 

 branches smooth. Leaves 4-10 in. long by 3-5 in. wide, ovate-elliptic 

 or sub-orbicular, obtuse or abruptly acumioate, narrowed into a 

 petiole 1-3 in., membraaous, finely pubescent on both surfaces ; lateral 

 nerves 7-10 pair ; stipules oblong, broad-based, recurved, usually 

 glandular- serrate, caducous. Floral leaves 3-5 in. long, on long 

 petioles, strongly nerved. Flowers many, on the spicate branches of 

 large often drooping pubescent bracteate panicles, small, white or 

 greenish, fragrant; pedicels short ; brads large, persistent. Calyx 

 ^% in., pubescent. Corolla ^ in., hairy outside, broadly campanulate, 

 with short acute lobes. iStyies exserted. Capsules on thick decurved 

 pedicels, | in. long, ellipsoid. Seeds small, many. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range, chiefly in sal forests, and in the Sub- 

 Himalayan tracts east to Gorakhpur ; also in Merwara. Flowers 

 during June and July. ^ Distrib. Along the base of the Punjab 

 Himalaya west to the Bavi ascending to .^,000 ft. and from Nepal east- 

 ward to Chittagong and Burma, and southward to Central and S. 

 India ; also in Java. The wood, which is very light and soft, is utilized 

 for the manufacture of toys, scabbards and other small articles. 

 The bark is used as a febrifuge as well as for tanning, and the leaves 

 afford fodder for cattle. 



6. DENTELLA, Forst. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 42. 



A small weak prostrate annual or perennial-rooted herb. Leaves 

 small; stipules connate, scarious. Flowers minute, solitary axillary 

 and in the forks of the branches, sessile or pedicelled,^ white. Calyx' 

 tube globose ; limb tnbular, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped, hairy 

 within ; lobes five, 2-3-toothed, induplicate-valvate. Stamens 5, in 

 the middle of the corolla-tube, ^^ctme^^* short, anthers Wneav., Ovary 

 2-celled, style shovt, stigma filiform ; ovules numerous, on hemispheric 

 placentas. Fruit small, dry, globose, 2-celled, indehiscent, many- 

 seeded.. Seeds minute, angled, testa dotted.— A single species, 



D. repens, Forst Char. Gen. 26, t 13 ; Boxl. Fl. Ind. i, 532 ; W. ^ A. 

 Prod. 405 ; F. B. I. iii, 42 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, i, 585. 



A straggling weed, the stems usually rooting at the joints. Leaves sub" 

 sessile, about 4 in. long, obovate spathulate or elliptic, l-nerved, 

 ciliate or glabrous ; stipules truncate. Flowers tV in. long. Calyx- 

 teeth acute or acuminate. Corolla'lobes ovate, acute, with a tooth on 

 each side. Filaments very short. Style cleft nearly to the base. 

 Capsule I'o in. in diam., often hispid or villous, crowned by the persis*^ 

 tent calyx limb. 



