Symphorema.\ 



C8. verbenace;e. 



273 



7. SYMPHOREMA, Roxb. 



Scandent shrubs. Leaves entire or toothed. Flowers 7-flowered, 

 capitate cymes. Invohicre of 6, obovate bracts, accres nt in fruit. 

 Calyx 4-8-toothed. Corolla small, white. Stamens 6-16; anthers 

 exserted. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2-ovuled ; style filiform, shortly bifid. 

 Fruit dry, 1 -seeded. Seed erect ; cotyledons fleshy. 



Leaves thin, entire or slightly toothed. Flowers small, i 

 inch. Bracts linear, spathulate, membranous. Stamens 

 few .V. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1. jS*. involucratum. 



Leaves leathery, deeply rcpand or toothed. Flowers 1-inch. 



Bracts obovate, broad. Stamens many 2. S. jpolyandrum. 



L S. involucratum, Roxb. Cor. PI. II. 46. t. 186 ; PL Br. L 4. 699 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 199. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon. 



Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara in moist forests, common 

 in the forests near Tellapur. Fl Mch.-Apl. Fr. May-June. A large 

 climber. 



2. S. polyandrum, Wight Ic. t. 363 ; Fl. Br. T. 4. 599. 



South Deccan peninsula in the hills, extending north to Belgaum. 



In the Belgaum aud Dharwar districts in open situations, also in dry 

 deciduous forests. Bare of leaves when in flo;p?er. Flowers profusely 

 daring Feb.-Mch, Fr. May. Takes the place of S. involucratum^m. the 

 dry zone. A climbing or spreading shrub, 



8, TECTONA, Lmn. f. 



Trees stellately tomentose. Leaves large^ petioled entire. 

 Cymes in large terminal panicles. Bracts small, narrow. Calyx 

 6-6-lobod, in fruit enlarged, urceolate. Corolla small^, tube short, 

 equally 5-6-lobed. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla, on 

 the corolla-tube ; anthers exserted. Ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; 

 style linear, tip shortly bifid. Drupe densely hairy^ 4-celled; 

 endocarp bony. Seeds erect, oblong. 



T. grandis, Linn. f. Suppl. 151; Fl. Br. L 4. 570; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 Bomb. Fl. 199; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 250; Brandis For. Fl. 354. Sdgwan, 

 sa'g, M. ; Tegina, K. The Teak Tree. 



Western Deccan peninsula, Central and Southern India, Burma, found 

 as far north as Jhansi. Throughout the presidency in deciduous forests, 

 grows to a large size along the well-drained slopes of the Kalanadi in 

 North Kanara, the underlying rock being usually metamorphic schist. 

 Fl. June- Aug. Fr. ripe Nov. -Jan. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark grey, with shallow furrows, exfoliating 

 in long, thin strips. 



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