200 



50. RUBTACEiE. 



[Bamiltonia. 



shaped ; tube long, lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 5^ inserted in tbe 

 throat of the corolla. Ovary 5-celled and furrowed ; style filiform, 

 arms 6, linear. Capsule 1-celled, 5-seeded. Seeds triquetrous, 

 outer coat of testa reticulate, S-valved at the base ; inner thick ; 

 cotyledons foliaceous, cordate, radicle inferior. 



H. suaveolens, Roxb. Hori Beng. 15 ; Fl. Ind. 1. 554 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 

 197 ; Brandis For. Fl. 278 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134. 12. H. m.ysorensis, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 115. Qidesa, Vem. 



Tropical and sub-tropical Himalaya, alt. 2 — 5000 ft. from Kashmir to 

 Bhotan, Central and Western India, Behar to Mysore. On the higher 

 ghats of the Konkan, also in North Kanara on the highest hills of the 

 Supa taluka. Fl. Oct. -Feb. A small shrub. 



Order 51. COMPOSIT-aJ. 



Herbs or shrubs, rarely trees. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite or 

 whorled ; stipules 0. Inflorescence capitate, bracteate on the receptacle 

 which is either naked or clothed with hairs, scales or bristles between 

 the flowers. Flowers all tubular (head discoid), or the outer or all 

 ligulate (head rayed), all 2-sexual, or the inner 2-sexual or male, 

 the outer female or neuter, sometimes dioecious. Calyx superior; 

 limb 0, or of hairs (pappus) or scales. Corolla of two forms : 1st, 

 tubular or campanulate, 4-5-lobed, lobes valvate j 2ndly, ligulate, 

 lobes elongate and connate. Disk epigynous. Stamens 4-5, filaments 

 usually free : anthers connate ; connective produced ; cells simple or 

 tailed at the base. Ovary 1- celled ; style slender 2-fid,- ovule soli- 

 tary, basal, erect. Fruit a dry achene usually crowned with the 

 calyx (pappus) ; albumen 



VEENONIA, Schreb. 



Herbs, shrubs, climbers or small trees. Leaves alternate. Heads 

 homogamous, solitary, cymose or panicled. Involucre equalling or 

 shorter than the flowers ; bracts in many series. Corollas equal, 

 tubular, slender* Anther bases obtuse. Style-arms subulate. 

 Achenes usually ribbed or angled ; pappus of many hairs, often with 

 an outer row of flattened shorter hairs. 



V. arborea* Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc; Fl. Br. I. 3. 239. 7. javanica^ 

 DC. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 135, 



Assam, Silhet, Burma, Tenasserim, Malacca, Western Peninsula from 

 the Konkan southwards, Ceylon ascending to 5000 ft. On the ghafcs 

 from the Konkan southwards. (Fl. Br. I.) I have not met with this tree 

 in the North Kanara or Konkan forests ; it is cultivated in gardens near 

 Bombay. (Graham.) F. divergens, Benth. {Bundar, M.) and F. indica^ 

 C. B.C.J are common under-shrubs in the Konkan and North Kanara moist 

 forests. Fl. Fr. C. S. 



