47G LXXV. LOGANIACE.E [BiidcUeia 



spikfs. CoroUa-ttLbe -J in. long, woolly oiithido. Capsule viiloub, \ in. long, reflexecl 

 ■\ving-like testa of seeds 8-6 timeh as long as nnclens. 



B. M, large. 



4. B. Colvillei, Hook. f. Sikkini 9-12,000 ft. A large shrub or small tree, 1. elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate serrate, glabrous above, stellate-rusty-tomentose or nearl3^ 

 glabrous beneatli, bla'de 6-7 in., narrowed into a sliort petiole. Masses of crim»on fl. 

 in terminal droojain^ racemes, pedicels I in. long with a few small setaceous bracteoles. 

 Calyx broad-campanulate, \ in. long, lobeb hairy, corolla funnel-shaped, 1 in. long, 

 anthers on short filaments. Capsule lanceolate, tomentose, \-J in. long. 



Gelsemium elegans, Bentli. Manipur. Hookhoom ^-alle^- (Griffith). Hills east of 

 Bhamo 4,000 ft. Mogok, Euby Mineb dibtrict 4,000 ft, Katha district, in Taungya 

 ponzo, 3,200 ft. Southern Shan States. — China. Tern. Pctlaung 6e, Burm. *, Lashi, 

 Kachin. A climbing glabrous evergreen shrub, bark corky, wood porous, vessels 

 numerous, uniformly distributed. L. ovate to ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. } in. 

 long. Fl. bright yellow in terminal compound trichotomous cymes. Sepals ovate, 

 ^, in., margin minutely ciliate, corolla funnel-shax3ed I in, long, lobes imbricate in bud. 

 Ovules numerous in each cell, style filiform, at the apex with 4 short stigmatic 

 branches. Capsule inflated, I in. long, seeds numerous, surrounded by a broad lacerate 

 wing. Hoots and leaves very poisonous, a decoction of the root or leaves kills instantly. 

 G. semp^ri'irens, Hook.f . (G. nitklum^ Michaux), of the Southern States of North America 

 and of Mexico contains two poisonous alkaloids, Gelsemine and Gelseminine. w^hich, in 

 small doses, are used medicinally. 



3. FAGRi^A, Thunb. ; M. Brit. Incl. iv. 82. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrouSj evergreen, sometimes scandent, often epiphytic, 

 branchlets with prominent leaf-scars. L. usually entire, petioles dilated at 

 base, auriculate or united by a short stipnlary sheath.. PL supported by a 

 pair of bracteoles, in bracteate cymes, rarely solitary, calyx deeply 5-fid, 

 lobes thick, broad, m.uch imbricate, persistent in fr. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 lobes 5j twisted in bud, the rigbt hand edge overlapping. Stamens 5, fila- 

 ments filiform. Ovary 2-celled throughout, or 1-celled in the npper portion, 

 style filiform, stigma capitate, ovules oo. Seeds numerous, immersed in pnlp, 

 testa crustaceons, embr3^o straight, small, in horny albumen. Species 30, 

 Indo-Malayan region, China, Japan, Australia, Pacific Islands 



A. Fl. large, more than 1 in. long. 



1. F. obovata, Wall. ; .Kurz, P. PL ii. 205. — Syn. F, malaharica, Blume ; 

 "Wight Ic. t. 1317 ; F. coromandeliana, Wight Ic. t. 1316, Bedd. PL Sylv. 

 t. 244. Vern. Yerrimushti^ TeL ; Thagijdlet tva, Burm. 



A shrub or small tree, often epiphytic on Teak, Terminalia and other trees, 

 germinating on the branches, and then clasping the stem with its interlacing 

 aerial roots, 1. obovate, sometimes elongate-elliptic, blade 3-7, narrowed into 

 petiole l-l in. long, stipules thick, more or less adnate to petiole, sec. n. oblique, 

 scarcely visible. PL white or cream coloured, scented, in terminal cymes, 

 calyx-lobes blunt, as long as tube, corolla-tube 1-1^ in. long, upper half cam- 

 panula te, lobes obtuse, 1-1 1 in. long. Berry glossy green, black when ripe, 

 1~1| in. long. 



West side of the Peninsula, from the coast to 6,000 ft. Nilgiris. Western Duars. 

 K.hasi hills, Gaehar, Manipur, Chittagong, Upper and Lower Burma. PL March-Oct. 

 — Ceylon. Malay Peninsula. 2. F. camosa, Jack, Tenasserim. An epiphytic shrub, 

 1. thickly coriaceous, ohovate, mucronate, blade 3-4, narrowed into pet. J in. long. PL 

 solitary, terminal, yellowish-white, corolla-tube cylindric, 4-5 in. long. 3. F. zeylanica, 

 Thunb. Western Peninsula, Ceylon. Similar, corolla white, yellowish-green outside , 

 tube 2-3 in. long. 4. F. aimculata, Jack (R auricularia, Benth.). Tenasserim, Malay 

 Penins. A large shrub, 1. coriaceous, obovate and oblanceolate, blade 6-11, narrowed 

 into pet. J in., stipules adnate to petiole, broad, reflexed. Fl. white, turning yellow, 

 terminal, solitary or in few-fid. cymes, calyx 1^-2 in., cor. funnel-shaped, tube 2--3 in. 

 long, 2 in. wide at the mouth, lobes 2-8 in. long, anthers elliptic, J-J in. long. 5. F, 

 Khasiana, Benth., Khasi hills, Assam, a middle-sized tree, 1. elongate-elliptic, acuminate, 

 blade 5-6, pet. 1 in. long, stipules adnate. PL in compound terminal cymes, calyx 

 J-J in., cleft J way down, corolla funnel-shaped, tube | in. long, width at top J in., 

 lobes J in. long. 



