482 LXXY. BOEAG-INxlCEaE [Ehretla 



tvJoQ 3 times tlie Ifiigtli of calyx. Drupe submit )1)o^ef \~\ in. cllam., loiigitiidiiially 

 ribbed, pyrenes 4, l-seeded, compressed. 



KtiaMia lycioides, Mart. — Syn. J?. rhainp(f. Balz. ] Ehrpfia ciweafcf, AViglit Ic. t. 1385. 

 In rocky and slnngly htream laeds, submerged duiiiig the rains. Oiiter Himalaya from 

 Kumaon east-v\ aids, ascending to 6,000 ft. Assam, Kliasi bills. Burma. Singbbmn. 

 Central Provinces and Peninsula.— Ceylon. Tropics of both Hemisphere-^?. A 

 gregarioute prostrate cieeping or ascending blirub, branches rooting, branchlets and 

 3'oung 1. silky -pubescent, larely glabrous. L. often fabciculate on arrested bianchletb, 

 l-l in. long,"spathulatej entire, narrowed into a short ])etiole. PL 5- rarely 6-inprous. 

 reddish-lilacj in 2-3-fld. shoitly pedunculate cymes at the ends of branchlets, calyx 

 pubescent, lobes lanceolate, corolla glabious, tube very short, lobes large, obtuse, stigma 

 minutely 2-lobed. Pr. crimson, glossy, flesliy, with four one-seeded pyrenes. 



3. TOURNEFORTIA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. iv. 145. 



Sbriibs, rarely small trees, mostly rambling, 1. alternate, entire. El. "white 

 or greenisb-yellow, numerous, sessile or shortly pedicelled, 4- or 5-meroiis, in 

 terminal dicbotomous cymes, consisting of dense unilateral scorpioid spikes or 

 racemes. Sepals hairy, coi'olla-tube cjdindric, hairy outside, naked in the 

 throat, lobes short, spreading. Stamens included, inserted near the base of 

 the tube, ovary 4~celled, style short, 1 ovule in each cell. Fr. a dry drupe, 

 with 2 two-seeded pyi-enes. Species 100-120, tropical and subtropical regions 

 ol both hemispheres. 



A. L. sparsely hairy, more so on the underside. 



(a) Corolla pentamerous. Western species. 



1. T. Heyueajia, Wall., l^ilgiris. L. lanceolate, blade 4-5, petiole J-J in. Sepals 

 lanceolate ^, in., cor. I in. long. 2. T. WigMii, Clarke, "Western Peiiins. L. ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 3, pet. I in. Sepals one-fourth the length of corolla, corolla J in. long. 

 8. T. reticosa, Wight Ic. t. 1886, Coorg, ISTilgiris. L. lanceolate, blade 5, pet. -J in. PI. 



pedicellate, sepals f^ in., corolla } in. long. 



{!)) Corolla pentamerous, Eastern species. 



4. T. viridiflora, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. ■§ in. 

 Sepals half the length of corolla, corolla J in. 5. T. Hookeri, Clarke, Sikkim to 5,000 ft. 

 L. ovate, acuminate, sec. n. arching, prominent beneath, blade 8-5, pet. | in. Cymes 

 long-pedunculate, spreading, sepals lanceolate, I in., corolla J-^ in. long. 6 T. Candollei, 

 Clarke, Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong. L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 2-5, pet. 

 J 111. PL sessile, in large spreading cymes, corolla J- J in. long. 7. T. RoxburgMi, Clarke, 

 Chittagong. Upper Burma (/SV>j lammnuj). L. ovate-lanceolate, blade 3-4, pet. i-f? in 

 Sepals J, corolla J-^ in. long. 8. T. Kliasiana, Clarke. Assam, lOiasi hills,!, ovate- 

 lanceolate, blade 3-4" pet. I in. PL green, sessile, sepals lanceolate f-^. in., corolla \ in. 

 long. 9. T. ovata, Wall. Pegu, Andamans, China. L. elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 blade 3-6, pet. ^\ in. PI. short, pedicellate, calyx minute, corolla \-\ in long. 



(c) Corolla tetramerous. 



10. T- Wallicliii, DC. Kicobars, Malay Peninsula. L. ovate, acuminate, blade 2-4, 

 pet. J-J in. Sepals half the length of corolla, corolla J in. long. 



B. Branchlets and leaves densely silky. 



11. T, argeatea, Linn, f . Sea coast of the Andamans, Nicobars, Madagascar, Ceylon, 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Australia, islands of the Pacific. An erect shrub 

 or small tree, branchlets stout, leaf-scars conspicuous. L. crowded at the ends of 

 branchlets, 3-5 in. long, obovate, gradually narrowed into very short petioles. 

 Panicles large, densely silky, terminal or from the upper axils. PL sessile, calyx- 

 segments ovate, ciliate, coroUa-tubc very short. 



