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50. ilUBlACE^. 



Flowers in terminal corymbose or paoicled, rarely 

 capitate cymes. 



Corolla-lobes valvate in budc 



Corolla-tube short, straight. Drupe of 2 



pyrenes not concave ... ... 18. Psychotria. 



Corolla-tube long, curved. Drupe with 2 

 dorsally compressed, ventrally concave 

 pyrenes ... ... ... 19. Chasalia. 



Flowers in axillary, bracteate clusters or axillary 

 and terminal, solitary or few. 

 Corolla-lobes valv^ate in bud. 



Style arms or stigmas 3-9. Drupes with 



1-seeded, triquetrous pyrenes ... 20. Lasianthtts. 



Style filiform with 2 short arras. Fruit 

 with 1-2, crustaeeous pyrenes ... 21. Sapeosma. 



Flowers in trichotomous panicles. 



Corolla-lobes valvate in bud. Style 5-fid. 



Fruit a capsule 5-valved at top, 5-seeded .. 22. Hamiltonia. 



1. ANTHOCEPHALTJS, A. Rich. 



A large tree. Leaves opposite, coriaceous ; interpetiolar stipules 

 caducous. Flowers in large globose heads. Calyx- tubes confluent, 

 limb 5-lobed. Corolla-tube long, funnel-shaped. Stamens 5, on 

 throat of corolla. Ovary 2-celled below, 4 -celled above; ovules 

 many on the 2, bifid placentas. Fruit a fleshy globose mass of few- 

 seeded pyrenes. Seeds minute, embryo clavate^, albumen fleshy. 



A. Cadamba,Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 135; Fl. Br. 1.3. 23; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 261 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 127. t. 35. Kaddam, nliyu, Yern. ; Kad- 

 ical^ K. 



Northem and Eastern Bengal, Pegu and the Western Peninsula, cul- 

 tivated in iSTorthern India. North Kanara, in evergreen forests, rare. Fl. 

 Dec-Mch. Fr. R. S. A large deciduous tree. Bark grey, fissured. Wood 

 white, soft, eveugrained, brittle. Pores large and subdivided. Med. rays 

 fine, numerous and close. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cab. ft. Used for 

 building purposes and tea boxes. 



2. ADIITA, Salisb. 



Trees. Leaves opposite with large interpetiolar stipules. Flowers 

 bracteate, in solitary or panicled globose heads. Receptacle pilose. 

 Calyx- tube angled, lobes 5. Corolla-tube elongate, lobes 5. Sta- 

 mens 5^ on mouth of corolla, filaments short. Capsule of 2, dehi- 

 scent cocci, many-seeded. Seeds with a winged testa. 



A. cordifolia, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. II. 30 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 24 ; Bratidis 

 For. Fl. 268. Naiidea cordifolia, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 83 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 118. Beddij honangi, hedu, M, ; Yettagal, arun saniigi, K, ; 

 Haladwan, Guz. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3000 ft. 

 altitude. Throughout India, Burma and Ceylon, common throughout 

 the presidency in deciduous forests. Fl, June-July. Fr. Dec-Mch. 



