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60» ASCLEPIADE^. 



[Frerea^ 



F. indica, Dalz. in Jonr. Linn. Soc. VIII. 10. t. 3; Fl. Br. I. 4. 76. 



The Konkan, near Hewra, 3000 feet, alt., Dalz. 



Cultivated in the garden of the Pooua Coll. of Science in 1898 by 

 Mr. Woodrow. Fl. R. S. 



OederGI. LOGANIACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs often climbing, or herbs. Leaves opposite, simple, 

 generally connected by interpetiolar stipules or a raised line. In- 

 florescence cymose. Flowers regular. Calyx ioferior, 4-5-toothed. 

 Corolla 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4-5, on the corolla tube and alternate 

 with its lobes. Ovary free 2-celled, style simple, stigma often 

 2-lobed, ovules 1 or more in each cell. Fruit a capsule or berry, 

 1 to many seeded. Albumen copious. 



Corolla imbricate. Capsule 2-valved ... ... 1. BuDDLEii^ 



Corolla contorted. Fruit indehiscent ... ... 2. Fage^a. 



Corolla Talvate. Fruit indehiscent •.. ... 3. Strychkos. 



1. BUDDLEIA, Linn. 



Small trees or shrubs, often mealy or woolly tomentose. Leaves 

 opposite, simple, united by a stipulary line. Flowers axillary or in 

 terminal panicles, tetramerous. Calyx campanula te, 4-merous. 

 Corolla-lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, anthers nearly sessile. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style linear; ovules many in each cell. Capsule 

 septicidally 2-valved, leaving a free dissepiment in the centre. 

 Seeds small, many, testa usually loose or expanded into a wing or 

 tail ; albumen fleshy. 



B. asiatica, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 72 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 180 ; Fl. 

 Br. L 4. 82 ; Brandis For. Fl. 318; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 163; Gamble Ind. 

 Timbers, 266. 



Throughout India, ascending to 7000 ft., China and Indian Archipelago, 

 not known in Ceylon. Throughout the presidency ; common along the 

 banks of nalas and ravines, also in deciduous forests. Fl. Jany.-Apl. 

 Fr. June. 



A large evergreen shrub. Bark thin, grey. Wood grey, moderately 

 hard. Annual rings marked by a belt of closely-packed pores. Pores 

 small, scanty. Medullary rays fine, numerous. Weighs 44 lbs. to the 

 cub. ft. An ornamental garden plant with white fragrant flowers. 



2. PAGR-^A, Thunb. 



Trees or scandent sbrubs, often epiphytic. Leaves entire ; petioles 

 dilated at the base, or united by a stipulary sheath. Flowers white, 

 bracteate, large or small, in axillary or terminal cymes. Calyx- 

 lobes thick, broad, imbricate. Corolla with a long tube ; lobes f>, 

 twisted to the left. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, 

 stigma capitate, ovules many in each cell. Berry with many seeds 

 immersed in pulp. Albumen horny. 



