194 



50. rubiace.t:. 



[Txora, 



eels I in. densely hairy. Fl. Mcb. Fr. ripe Nov*- Feb. A small orna- 

 mental shrub. Fruit not known to Sir J. Hooker when writing the 

 Rubiaceffi for the Fl. of Br. I. 



0. I. elongata, Heyne. in Wall. Oat. 6131 ; Fl. Br. T. 3. 141 ; L pe- 

 dunctilafa, Dalz. & Giba, Bomb. FL 113. 



The Kookan and Kdnara ; from Bombay to Kurg, Fl. Br. I. Konkan 

 and North Kanara on the ghats. Fl. Feb. Fr. H. S. A small shrub 



4. I. brachiata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. F. 381 ; FJ. Br. L 3. 142. Gorbale, 



K. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. From the Konkan 

 southwards in evergreen forests, common on the North Kanara ghats. 

 Fl. 0. S. Fr. Apl.-May. 



A small tree. Bark smooth, grey with a thin hard corky layer ; inner 

 bark '25 iu. thick, dark purple, with a few white veins. Wood reddish 

 grey, hard, smooth, compact. Annnal rings indistinct. Pores small,^ 

 fiumerous; equally distribnted. Medullary rays fine and very fine, the 

 latter indistinct. Weighs 52 lbs. to the cub. ft. Flowers- very smallj 

 buds globose. The black succulent pulp of the fruit hag a sweet taste. 



5. T. parviflora, VahL Symb. III. 11. t. 52 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 142; Bedd 

 FL Sylv. t. 222 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 113 ; Brandis For. FL 275.' 

 The Torch Tree. Kurat, hiira, M. ; Hennnu, garvi, K. ; Makrichijhar, Hind. 



Western Bengal, Behar, Burma, Yfestern, Central and Southern India 

 from the Satpuras southwards, Ceylon. Throughout the presidency, in 

 deciduous forests. FL Mch.-ApL Fr. May- June. Small evergreen tree. 

 Bark dark coloured, covered with raised dots, inner bark brown. 

 Wood light-brown, smooth, very hard and close-grained. Annual rings 

 visible but not distinct. Medullary rays fine. Suitable for tnrning. Used 

 for furniture and building purposes in Madras. One of my specimens is 

 yellow in colour with the annual rings distinct and weighs 72 lbs. to the 

 cub. ft. 



6. I. coccinea, Linn. Roxb. FL Ind. I. 375 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 145 ; Dalz 

 & Gibs Bomb. FL 112 ; Brandis For. Fl. 275; Bedd. FL Sjlv. I34I7.* 

 The Flame Tree of the Woods. Bahora, joendgul, M. ; Gudde dasal, K. • 

 Patkaliy Kon. 



Western Peninsula from Bombay southwards, often cultivated. Yery 

 common in the Konkan and North Kanara moist forests near the 

 sea coast, also on the ghats along river banks. FL and Fr. tiffouo-hont 

 the year. Seeds rough, scaly. 



' An 'ornamental shrub. Wood grey, smooth, rather soft, pores small, 

 unequally distributed in radial lines. Medullary rays fine, very nn- 

 merous and cloBe together, crossed by close, fine, waVy lines of li^ht 

 coloured tissue. Weighs 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Flowers sacred*' to 

 -Siva and Vishnu. Used in native medicine for ophthalmia, 



