Tas. 4620. 
KLUGIA Norontana. 
East Indian Klugia. 
Nat. Ord. CyrTanDRACE#.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyz \axe tubulosus, basi inzequalis, nunc superne gibbus, penta- 
ptero-pentagonus, 5-fidus, lobis xstivatione valvata, alis seu plicis tubi cum lobis 
alternantibus. Corolla personata, tubo subcylindrico, fauce clausa, labio su- 
periore abbreviato bilobo, inferiore producto indiviso vel semitrilobo (ex Schlecht.) 
indiviso (Br.). Stamina corollz tubo inserta, inclusa, 4 fertilia, didynama, absque 
rudimento quinti; anthere biloculares, reniformes, in coronulam cohzerentes. 
Ovarium disco annulari completo cinctum, uniloculare, placentis 2 parietalibus 
bilobis utrinque multiovulatis. Stigma depresso-capitatum, simplex. Capsula 
ovata, calyce inclusa, valvis 2 medio placentiferis. Semina 00, elliptico-ob- 
longa, sulcata, transversim rugulosa.—Herbe annua, in Asia tropica et Mexico ob- 
servate, habitu, foliis e¢ inflorescentia Rhynchoglossi, a guo differunt solum antheris 
4. Folia tenerrima, alterna, valde inequalia, oblongo-ovata, acuminata, subintegra 
vel repando-denticulata, pube minuta subgrumosa subtus crebre punctulata. Flores 
racemosi, subsecundi, cerulet. . 
Kiver1a Notoniana; caule carnosulo hine linea dense villosa notato, foliis basi 
dimidiato-cordatis, calyce 5-angulato, angulo superiore prope basin cristato. 
Kuivera Notoniana. De Cand. Prodr. v. 9.p. 276. Gard. in Cale. Journ. of Se— 
Wight, Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. v. 4. t. 1353. 
Wotrenta Notoniana. Wail. Tent. Fl. Nepal. in MS. p. 46. Cat. n. 409. 
GLossantuus Notoniana. Br. in Horsf. Fl. Jav. p. 121. (without descr.) 
GuiossantTuus Malabarica. Klein, in Benth. Scroph. Ind.p.57. Wall. Cat. n, 6394.» 
GLossantuvs Zeylanica. Br. in Horsf. 1. c.? (without descr.) 
The genus A/ugia of Schlechtendal in ‘ Linnea’ (1833), the 
same with Glossanthus of Klein (1835) and of Brown, was 
founded on a Mexican plant; but a congener, if not congeners, 
are found in India: the present is one of them, remarkable for 
the great obliquity of the base of the leaf, and the brilliant colour 
of the blue flowers. Our living plants were received from Ceylon, 
through the kindness of our valued friend Mr. Thwaites, of the 
Botanic Gardens, Peradenia. Hence we suspect it may be the 
Glossanthus Zeylanica of Mr. Brown, |. c., without description. 
It is, however, certainly the Wulfenia Notoniana of Dr. Wallich, 
DECEMBER Ist, 1851, 
