. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 312 LXI. RUBIACEiE \_Hymenoclictyon less than twice tlie length of calyx-lobes. Capsules ^ in., refiexpd, on pedicels I in. long. 3. H. obovatum, Wall.; Wight Ic. ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 219. Karwai, Mar.; Telia Mala Kai, Tan-^. Western Ghats, from Bombay sonthwardb. L. ellii^tio or obovate, fl. nearly sessile in slender spikes which are arranged in terminal erect panicles. Calyx hirsute, teeth nearly as long as the short corolla-tube. Caps
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 312 LXI. RUBIACEiE \_Hymenoclictyon less than twice tlie length of calyx-lobes. Capsules ^ in., refiexpd, on pedicels I in. long. 3. H. obovatum, Wall.; Wight Ic. ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 219. Karwai, Mar.; Telia Mala Kai, Tan-^. Western Ghats, from Bombay sonthwardb. L. ellii^tio or obovate, fl. nearly sessile in slender spikes which are arranged in terminal erect panicles. Calyx hirsute, teeth nearly as long as the short corolla-tube. Capsules Pic. 155.—Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall. Fr. PI. J. Hymenopog'oii parasiticus, Wall. PL As. Bar. t. 227. Outer Himalaya from Garhwal eastwards 5-8,000 ft. Khasi hills. Pegu Yoma at 3,000 ft. (Kurz). Yunnan. A small epiphytic shrub, 1. oblanceolate, blade narrowed into pet. J-l in long, sec. n. 15-18 pair. PL corymbose with large leafy reticulated white bracts, corolla white, iJ-2 in. long, capsule crowned with the linear calyx-lobes. 2. H. assamicus, Hook. f. Assam, sec, n. 30-40 pair, corolla | in» 9. CINCHONA, Linn.; Brandis T. M. 264 Evergreen siirulbs or trees, bark bitter, coppicing ireely, stipules deciduous. M. pentamerouSj scented^ in terminal panicles, calyx pubescent, limb 5-dentate, persistent. Corolla tubular, pubescent outside, lobes valvate in bud, edge fringed with soft hairs. Ovary 2-celled, style slender with 2 short obtuse brancbes, papillose inside. Capsule 2-celled 2-valved, dehiscing septicidally from the base, seeds numerous peltate, the broad wings with irregularly lacerated edge, albumen fleshy. Species 80-40; Andes of America from Venezuela (10^ ) to Bolivia {19^ ). Of the numerous species and varieties cultivated iu India it must suffice to mention the following:- 1, C. officinalis, Linn. (0. Condccmineay Humb. et BonpL). Ecuador on the east side of the Andes 6-9,000 ft. Cultivated chiefly on the Nilgiiis, does not thrive
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