Mretia.] 



62. BORAGINEvE. 



215 



5-divided. Corolla rotate, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, on 

 the corolla-tube ; anthers usually exsertcd. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 terminal, cylindric, bifid or bipartite ; stigmas small, capitate ; cells 

 2-ovuled. Fruit a 1-4-seeded drupe. 



Flowers in axillary and terminal corymbose cymes. 

 Ktyle single, bifid j pyrenes 4, 

 Leave* elliptic, ovate, glabrous. Flowers sessile ; 



corolla slightly exceeding the calyx ... ... 1. E. loams. 



Leaves obovate, oblong, obtuse, hairy. Flowers pedi- 

 cellate ; corolla twice the calyx ... .., 2i, E. ohtusifolia. 



Flowers on axillary 1-few flowered peduncles. Styles 

 2, undivided. Pyrenes 1. 

 Leaves small, fascicled ... ... ... 3. huxifolia. 



1. E. Isevis, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 55 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 141 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 170; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 246; Brandis For. Fl. 310. Adah 

 hagiariy K. ; JJatrang, M. ; Tamholi, Vern. ; Ohambul, Sind. 



Throughout tropical and sub-tropical India. Throughout the Bombay 

 presidency in deciduous forests. The variety canarensis, is common in 

 the Konkan and North Kanara in the ghdt forests. Fl. Jany-July. 

 Fr. ripe March- June. 



A small or moderate tree. Bark grey, thick, smooth, scaly ; inner 

 white, soft, without fibres. Wood greyish-white, hard, tough, durable. 

 Annual rings distinct. Pores small in groups or radial lines. Medullary 

 rays fine or very fine, short, distinct. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 Used for agricultural implements and building purposes. 



2. E. obtusifolia, Hochst. ; A. DO. Prodr. IX. 507 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 142 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 340. 



Sind, Punjab; in the salt range; Rajputana. A shrub, differs from 

 E. Icevis, var. aspera, in the narrowed base of the leaves and the larger 

 flowers in more lax corymbs. Wood similar in structure to that of 

 E. Icevis. 



3. E. buxifolia, Roxb. Cor. PI. 142, t. 57 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 141 ; Bedd, 

 Fl. Sylv. 167. Pala, M. 



In the dry forests of the Deccan ; common on the stony hills near Dhar- 

 wdr. Fl. Mch. Fr. ripe June- July. A small shrub. 



3. RHABDIA, Mart. 



Shrubs. Leaves small, alternate or clustered. Flowers small^ in 

 few-flowered racemes. Calyx 5-divided. Corolla pink^ tube short, 

 limb 5-lobed, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, on the corolla-tube» 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style undivided. Fruit a drupe with 4, 1 -seeded 

 pyrenes. Seeds albuminous. 



R. lycioides. Mart. Nov. Gen. & Sp. II. 137. t. 195. B. viminea, Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 170 ; Brandis For. Fl. 341. 



India from Kumaon and Assam to Ceylon and Temiaserim, on gravelly 

 banks flooded by rapid streams. Fl. Br. I. 



