Umelina^ 



68. VERBENACEifi. 



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3. GMELINA, Linn* 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or lobed. Cymes panicled ; 

 bracts narrow. Flowers large, yellow, tomentose at least when 

 young. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla-tube ventricose 

 upwards, limb oblique 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anther- 

 cells oblong, pendulous, sub-separate. Ovary 4-eelled, 4-ovuled ; 

 style slender, shortly bifid. Fruit a succulent drupe, endocarp 

 bony j calyx persistent, unaltered. 



Unarmed tree ... ... ... ... » 1. 0-, arhorea, 



Spinescent shrub 2, &. asiatica. 



1. G. arborea, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 84 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 581 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 253 ; Brandis For. Fl. 364 ; 

 Gamble Ind. Timbers 295. Shivani^ K. j Shivan^ M. ; Kasmiri, Vem. 



Throughout the Deccan peninsula, Ooylon and Chittagons:. Through- 

 out the presidency iu deciduous forests. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. May-June. 

 A moderate-sized tree. Bark smooth ; rhytidome thin, corky, grey ; green 

 cells in patches ; inner bark mottled yellow, turning quickly brown on 

 exposure. Wood yellowish-grey with a glossy lustre, soft, lig*ht. Annual 

 rings more or less distinct. Pores large and moderate-sized, numerous in 

 the spring wood. Medullary rays moderately broad and fine. Weighs 

 36 lbs. to the cub. ft. Yields an excellent, strong, ligbt timber, useful 

 for planking, furniture, carriages and ornamental work and does not warp 

 or shrink. The fruit is eaten by the wild tribes of tbe Satpuras ; it is also 

 as well as the root and bark used in native medicine. 



2. G. asiatica, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 87 ; Brandis For. Fl. 365 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 172 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 158. Kal shivani, K. 



Deccan peninsula and Ceylon. Common in gardens near Bombay ; 

 forms an excellent bedg-e plant. Fl. throughout the year. Root and 

 leaves used in native medicine. 



4. CALLICARPA, Linn. 



Stellately tomentose shrubs or trees. Leaves todthed or sub- 

 entire. Cymes axillary. Calyx very small, limb minutely 4-lobed, 

 not accrescent. Corolla small, tubular, purple or reddish. StamenS;, 

 4; anthers exserted, 2-celled, glandular. Ovary imperfectly 2-celled> 

 cells 2-ovuled ; style linear, stigma dilated^ obscurely bifid. Drupe 

 small, globose ; pyrenes 4, one-seeded. 



C. lanata, Linn. Mant. 331 ; FL Br. L 4. 567 ; Brandis For. Fl. 368 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 173. C. carta, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200, not of Linn. 

 Kan phulia, M. ; Eisur, eshwar, Vern. ; Towdatti, mardi, tagdatti, K. 



Throughout the Western Peninsula and Ceylon, ascending to 4000 ft. 

 Common in the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanarak 

 ghdts. Fl. Feb. -May. Fr. H. and R. seasons. 



A small tree, but often only a large shrub. Bark grey, rough, corky. 



