Bt/menodictiyon!\ 50. RUBiACEiE. 



187 



A modei-ate-sized tree. Bark grey, shining, scaly, brown within ; inner 

 bark white with yellowish bands of soft tissue. Wood grey, soft. Annual 

 rings indistinct. Pores small, often in pairs. Medullary rays fine, short 

 and not close together. Weighs about 36 lbs. to the cub. ft. Bark bitter, 

 contains alkaloids like quinine. 



6. WENDLANDIA, Bartl. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or temately whorled ; sti- 

 pules entire or 2-fid. Flowers small^, white or rose-coloured in terminal 

 panicled cymes^ 2-3 bractoolate. Calyx-lobes 4-5, sub-equal, small. 

 Corolla-lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 4-5, between the corolla- 

 lobes ; filaments 0. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform. Capsule small^ 

 dehiscent^ many-seeded. Seeds obscurely winged. 



Leaves opposite ... «.. ... 1. TF, exserta. 



Leaves whorled in threes ... ... 2. W, Notoniana. 



1. W. exserta, DO. Prod. IV. 411 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 37 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 2G8; Bedd. Fl. Syl. 130. 



Dry forests of the tropical Himalaya, Orissa and Central India, in the 

 deciduous forests of North Deccan and Konkan. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. 

 May-June. A small deciduous tree with brown, rough bark. Wood 

 reddish-brown, hard, close-grained. Used for building purposes and 

 agricultural implements. 



2. W. Notoniana, Wall., in W. & A. Prod. 403; Fl. Br. I. 3. 40; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. 117 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 224. Showla, talung, parwi, M. ; 

 Taligi, thilge, K. 



Western and Southern India and Ceylon. In the moist forests of the 

 Konkan and North Kanara, very common on the Supa ghats, growing 

 on laterite. Fl. Jan. -Feb. Fr. Apl. A small tree with an ornamental 

 and scented inflorescence. Wood reddish. Annual rings visible. Pores 

 small, numerous. Med. rays fine and moderately broad, numerous. Weighs 

 about 44 lbs. to the cub. ft. Similar in structure to that of W. exserta. 



7. MUSS^NDA, L. 



Shrubs. Leaves simple^ sessile or petioled. Flowers yellow in 

 terminal cymes. Calyx-lobes 5^ 1 frequently developed into a white 

 or coloured leaf. Corolla tubular with a villous throat; lobes 5, 

 valvate in bad. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled, ovules numerous on 

 flashy placentas. Berry fleshy, areolate at the top, many-seeded. 

 Seeds minute, testa pitted. 



M. frondosa. Linn. DC. Prod. lY. 370 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 89 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. Ill ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 131. Bhutkes, lavasat, sheriood,M.; 

 Behana,'YeYQ. ; Bslloothi, patliri, hasthy gidda^ K. ; Baspathry, Kon. 



North-east Himalayas, Bengal, Southern and Western India and Ceylon, 

 often cultivated in gardens. Throughout the moist forests of Norih 

 Kanara and the Konkan where there is a heavy rainfall. Fl. Fr. Aug.- 

 Scpt.-Oct. 



