Tabermvmonfana] LXXIII. APOCYXACE.E 461 



woody er(-^ep('r. 3'omige^t sbo(jth and yoimg 1. plll)f*^cpnt, mature 1. glabrous, coria- 

 cpuus", elliptic, caiidate-a( uminate, blade 4-7, pet. \-l in. long, sec. n. 9-11 pair, promi- 

 nent. Fl. small, wbite, in large pubebcent tricboton^oiib terminal ijanicles, the lower 

 bracts leaf-like, the upper membranous, lanceolate, l-nerved. Sepals bairy, ellipfcic- 

 ublong, glandular. Corolla ^V i^^- "^^"^'4,- hairy, lobes short, valvate, stamens inserted 

 at the base oC the ( orolla, dibc eupular, ovaries truncate, hir&nte. Follicles, 3-5 in., 

 acuminate, narrowed into a stalk \ in. long. Seeds villous, tip bearded with persistent 

 brown hairs and croi\ned with a long while decidu<m& coma. Yields Caoiitcboue of a 

 good quality. The Eangoon bpecimena, called U, luekla, Benth, j^robably belong to 



thlto bp. 



9. WRIGHTIA, R. Br, : Fl. Brit, Inrl. ill 652. 



Trees or shrubs, wood moderately hard, clnse-grained. FL in terminal 

 compound corymhiform cymes, 5-lU scales on the inside o£ the calyx at its 

 base. Corolla-tube cylindrical, very short, usually a number of flesliy scales in 

 the throat, lobes long, in bud overlapping to the left. Stamens in the inouth 

 of the tube, filaments short broad, prolonged into a broad connective, hairy on 

 the back, anthers exserted, conniving around and adhering to stigma, cells 

 with solid spurs at the base. I'ollicles linear, connate or distinct. Seeds 

 linear, a deciduous tuft of hairs at the lower end, cotyledons convolute, radicle 

 short, superior. Species about lU, tropical Asia and Australia, one in Natal. 



A. Corolla-tube (when the fl. opens) as long as or longer than sepals. 



1. W. tinctoria, R. Br. : Wight le. t. 444 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 241. Vern. 

 Khlrni, Dudhi, Hind. ; Kala Kiula, Mar. ; Repala^ Jedda Fala^ Tel. ; Yepcda^ 

 Hale^ Kan. ; Nila Falelj Tarn. 



A small deciduous tree, glabrous or pubescent, 1. membranous, elliptic-oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, blade B-4, petiole ^~J in. long. Fl. J-| in. across, white 

 or pale yellow, in lax spreading coryml3s, ramifications slender. Corona of 

 numerous linear scales, varying in" length, anthers prominent. Follicles 

 slender, 10-25 in. long, as a rule two, cohering at the tip. 



Deciduous forests of Eaiputana, Central Provinces and the Western Peninsula. FL 

 March-July. The 1. yield indigo. 2. W. reUgiosa, Benth. Tenasserim (Kurz), Siam. 

 A small glabrous shrub, L lanceolate 1-3 in. long, fl. white | in. across, in few-fid. 

 cymes on long filiform pedicels, eoroUa-tuhe J in., much longer than sepals, filaments 

 distinct, no scales in the mouth of corolla. 



3. W. tomentosa, Roem, & Schultes ; Wight Ic. t. 443, III. t. 154.— 

 Syn. TF. molUssima, Wall. PL Rar. t. 146. ; TH Wallichii, A. DC. ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 1296, Yern. Diidhij Seeds: Indarjau, Hind.; Thella pala, 

 Tel. : Pcda^ Tarn. ; Lettdldhein, Burm. 



Asmall deciduous tree, branohlets and leaves softly tomentose. L. elliptic 

 or obovate, acuminate, blade 3-5, petiole |-| in. Fl. with an unpleasant 

 smell, 1 in. across, pale yellow or yellowish-brown, turning into a dull purple, 

 in shortly pedunculate, stiff, erect, tomentose corymbs, corona orange of 5-10 

 oblong often laciniate scales. Fr. cylindric, 6-12 in. long, ^ in. diam., rough, 

 with numerous white elevated specks, two shallow^ furrows at the junction of 

 carpels. 



Subhimalayan tract, ascending to 4,000 ft., rare west of the Bias. Bajputana. 

 Behar. Assam. Chittagong. Burma, Upper and hower. Western Peninsula. PL 

 January- June. Ceylon. 



B. Corolla rotate, tube shorter than sepals. 



4. W. coccinea, Sims, Sikkim, outer hills to 4,000 ft. W. Buars. Khasi hills. A 

 small tree, 1. with a few scattered minute hairs, other%vise glabrous. PL bright 

 scarlet, in few-fid. nearly sessile terminal cymes, sepals round, J in. diam. Corolla 

 IJ in. across, tube J in. long, scales in the throat 5, round, entire, i in, diam. 



Parameria glandulifera» Benth. Borders of tidal forests, Andamans, Tenasserim. 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. A large glabrous evergreen scandent shrub, L sometimes 

 ternate, coriaceous, shining, 2-8 in.long. PL small^ in pyramidal terminal and axillary 



