and consequently Glossanthus Notoniana of Mr. Brown, and 
Klugia Notoniana of De Candolle, whose name we here adopt. 
It is abundant in the Neilgherry hills, and flowers in the stove 
in September. 
Descr. Annual, herbaceous, succulent. Whole plant more or 
less hairy: on the stems the hairs are chiefly confined to a line 
on one side, most distinct in the ends of the branches. Leaves 
alternate, petiolated, entire or slightly serrated, semicordate, 
acuminate, very unequal at the base, strongly penninerved. Ra- 
cemes opposite the leaves, many-flowered ; the flowers secund and 
all pointing downwards, each pedicel bearing a small linear brac- 
tea. Calyx ovate, acuminate, five-cleft, five-angled, the angle 
more or less winged, upper angle generally most so and crested. 
Corolla large, very unequally bilabiate, rich, very deep blue, 
yellow near the base. Upper lip small, bidentate, /ower broad 
and elliptical, entire, waved, with two cavities near the base, more 
than an inch long. Stamens four. Ovary immersed in a fleshy 
cup. W.J.H. 
Cur. A soft-stemmed tropical plant, of low decumbent habit, 
and producing roots from the under side of the stem. It is at this 
time growing and flowering freely in a warm stove. A mixture 
of light loam and peat-soil suits it, and it appears to love moisture ; 
it is, however, liable to suffer by an excess of moisture in the 
atmosphere of the house in the winter, and more particularly 
towards the spring, as by that time its powers have become ex- 
hausted and it is apt to damp off. J. S. 
Fig. 1. Pistil and hypogynous cup. 2. Calyx :—magnified. 
