Vitcx.] 



68. verbenace;e. 



271 



Bengal, Southern and Western India and Ceylon. In the evergreen 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, abundant in the Kumta and 

 Yellapiir taluka forests. Fl. May. Fr. June-July. 



A very large tree. Bark grey, scaly, characteristic, inner bark yellow, 

 fibrous, or -with rings of darker yellow tissue. Wood grey-brownish, 

 hard, close-grained, heavy ; annual rings distinct, marked by a ring of 

 dark hard tissue. Pores medium sized, equally distributed. Medullary 

 rays fine, distinct, short. Weighs 60 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for build- 

 ing purposes, furniture, doors and windows, carts, etc. : an excellent 

 durable timber, and much in demand in parts of North Kanara. 



4 V. alata, Heyne ; Roth. Nov. Sp. 316 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 584 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 155. 



In the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara ; common in the 

 Yelldpur taluka in evergreen forests, not separable in my opinion from 

 V. altissima, L. f. Fl. Apl.-May. Fr. June-July. 



5. V. leueoxylon, Linn. f. Suppl. 293 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 587 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 171; Brandis For. Fl. 370. 

 Gamble Ind. Timbers. 298 ; Hole la'k'ki,senkani, K. ; Songarbi, M. ; SheruSj 

 Vern. 



Western Peninsula and Ceylon. Throughout the Konkan and North 

 Kafnara ghats, along the banks of rivers and nalas, in moist forests, attains 

 a considerable size: stem thick and short. Fl. Feb.-Apl. Fr. May- June. 



A large, deciduous tree. Wood pinkish grey, with a satindike lustre 

 moderately hard, close-grained and durable. Annual rings somewhat 

 distinct. Pores small, more numerous in the spring wood. Medullary rays 

 moderately broad and very fine. Weighs 40 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used 

 for cart-wheels. The fruit is eaten by the Burmese in the An damans. 

 (Gamble). Leaves often 5-foliate, petiole not winged. 



6. CLERODENDRON, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simplej Opposite or whorled. Flowers 

 axillary or terminal. Calyx 5-toothed or lobed, accrescent in frait. 

 Corolla-tube long-, cylindric ; lobes b, equal. Stamens 4, anthers 

 long exserted. Ovary imperfectly 4-celled^ cells l-ovuled; style 

 filiform, shortly bifid. Fruit a drupe, dry or succulent. 



Leaves opposite. Corolla white. 



Inflorescence in, few-flowered, axillary cymes. 



Leaves small, obovate. Calyx in fruit campanulate, 

 slightly lobed or truncate ... ... ... 1. C. inerme* 



Inflorescence in axillary or terminal panicles. 



Leaves ovate, sinuate. Calyx deeply cleft, lobes 

 caudate-acuminate ... ... ... 2. C. jyJilomoides, 



Leaves large, ovate, cordate, tomentose. Calyx in 



fruit much enlarged, red within ... ... B. C. {nforhmahm. 



Inflorescence in lax terminal panicles. 



Leaves long lanceolate. Calyx i in. deeply divided . 4. C. Siphonanihus, 

 Leaves in verticcls of 3. Flowers blue. Calyx \ in. cup- 

 shaped ... ... ... ... 5. C. serratum* 



