Epithema. | CVI. GESNERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 369 
scarcely 4 in. Capsule broadly oblong, subobtuse, early dehiscent fro:u the apex into 
4 obtuse vavles, very nearly as in Bæica. 
XIX. EPITHEMA, Blume. 
Small, succulent, pubescent’ herbs. Leaves few or solitary, lower alter- 
nate, upper often opposite. Peduncles 1 or several, in the upper axils, free 
or confluent with the petiole or leaf-base; bract large, solitary, 1-sided, 
hooded or subspathaceous ; flowers in a dense scorpioid raceme; bracteoles 
small, narrow. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, acute, valvate in bud. Corolla 
small, tubular, 2-lipped, blue or white; lobes 5, not very unequal. Stamens 
2 perfect; anthers cohering, 2-celled; cells short, divaricate, early con- 
fluent. Ovary ovoid; disc 1-sided; style filiform, stigma small subcapitate ; 
placentz stalked, peltate, bearing ovules on all sides. Capsule globose, 
membranous, included, circumsciss. Seeds oblong or ellipsoid, subacute at 
both ends, smooth; cells of the testa elongate, often spiral.—Species 5 (or 1), 
from India to the Philippines, with 1 at Fernando Po. 
E. carnosum, Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 57; lower leaf petioled 
upper opposite nearly sessile sinuate-crenate thinly pubescent, bract rarely 
hooded, ovary densely pubescent at the apex, seeds narrowly oblong, cells of 
the testa nearly straight. DC. Prodr. ix. 278; Clarke Comm. & Cyrt. 
Beng. t. 90. Aikinia carnosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 665.—Epithema ?, 
Wall. Cat. 9080. 
E. SUBTROPICAL Himataya, alt.'1-5000 ft., from Nepal to Bhotan, common ; 
Wallich, &c. Kuasta Mas., alt. 500-4000 ft., frequent ; H. f. & T., &c. 
Stem i-l4in. Leaves À-8 in., ovate-cordate, sparsely laxly villous above, paler 
nearly glabrous beneath except on the nerves; petiole of the alternate leaf often 
2-4 in. of the subsessile leaves rarely } in. Peduncles j—4 in., free or racemosely 
(not fasciculately) confluent with the petiole or leaf-base; bract j-$ in., truncate ; 
pedicels 0-1 in.; raceme subincluded in the bract or not; bracteoles minute, linear. 
Calyx 4-4 in., hairy ; lobes lanceolate or triangular with a linear point. Corolla 
1-3 in., with a ring of hairs within ; lobes of the upper lip lanceolate, acute. Capsule 
72 in. diam, 
Var. dentata ; leaves denticulate or sometimes subacutely doubly serrate.—Pegu 
and Tenasserim ; Attaran, Brandis; Moulmein, Parish, &c. 
VAR. hispida; leaves serrulate almost hispid above, seeds broadly oblong. E. 
ceylanicum, Wight Til. t. 159 bis, fig. 3, and Ze. t. 1354; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
195 —8. Deccan Peninsula; Courtallum, Wight; Nilgherries, Thomson; Concan, 
alz-ll, &c. 
Var. zeylanica; calyx larger, seeds twice as heavy as those of E. carnosum type. 
E. zeylanica, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 492. E. carnosum, Thwaites 
Enum. 208.—Ceylon; in the Central Province up to 4000 ft., common ; Gardner, 
Le. 
_ VAR. pusilla; small, nearly glabrous, calyx and ovary nearly glabrous, seeds 
spirally marked by the long ceils of the testa.—Bombay ? ; Stocks, 
XX. MONOPHYLLEA, Pr. 
Succulent herbs; stem simple, having one leaf and several peduncles 
at the apex. Leaf large, sessile, cordate-ovate, entire. Racemes lax or 
dense, simple or divided ; bract 0; bracteoles minute. Sepals small, round- 
ovate, imbricate in bud. Corolla small; tube cylindric or short; limb 
2-lipped, lobes 5. Stamens 4, perfect, filaments short; anthers adherent. 
tse annular. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style short, linear, stigma sub- 
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