OrobanchacetB.I cbtlon plants. 



221 



Hab. In similar situations with the preceding species, but not so 



common. 



3. C. humiftisa, Wall. (Benth. I. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 2888. 

 Hab. South of the island. 



17. PEDICULARIS, Linn. 



c.p. 229. 



Wight 



Abundant 



more elevated parts of the Central Province. 



CXVI. OROBANCHACE^. 



1. -EGINETIA. Linn. 



Caly. 



igulariter fissusque. Antlwra 



w.irtJieuLes; supenores uniloculares ; mferiores biloculares, uno loculo 

 sterdi, oblongo, apiculato. 



TO^\^V"*\^^*' ^^^- (I^euter in DO. Prod. xi. p. 43, cum syn.: 

 VVight, Ic. t. 895.)— C.P. 1778. 



-Hab. Hantani, Macrae. 



2^ -ffi. acaulis, Walp. (Eeut. 1. c. cum syn. .P) 



l^'^'^Ro^"^^^^ spathaceo, ramis placentce parce irregulariter lobatia. 



i^W'^' ^ ' ^^\^^ treviore, tubuloso, 2-5-dentato, ramis placentm non 

 lobatis.— c.p. 2972. 



V. o' y^^\"' Below Hapootelle, amongst Andropogon Schcenanthus. 

 Var. /3. Eambodde District. 



orolla (var. P) albida, limbo ad marginem pulcherrime violaceo-purpureo. labio 

 mfmore interne ad faucem aurantiaco. ^ i^ > 



Varr oaad $ are probably distinct species, but I have not sufficient materials 



^hh^ri' y^^' " ^^ ^°^^^® "^^ ^° determine this point satisfactorily. Var. j8 forms, 

 un thnstmnia unicolor, a connecting link between the present and the next 



genus. 



2. CHRISTISONIA, Gardner. 



(Calcutta Journ. of Nat. Hist. viii. p. 153. Christisonia, Wight; et forsan 



CampheUia, Wight, et Oligo^liolk, Wight, Ic.) 



^^^^x tubulosus, 5-deatatus. Stamina didynama. Antlerm coLa;. 

 iites, biloculares, singularum uno loculo sterili, subulaefonni, porrecto. 



H ^' ^^^^^^y^> Gardn. 1. c. p. 155.— c.p. 3085. 



^AB. "Parasitic on the root of a lar^e Acantliaceous shrub, on the 



5000 



^ auhs gkber, squaniosus, parce ramosns, 2-3-poIlicaris ; ramu 1-3-floris. 

 latr'^tr^^^*^' subacutfc, fuscro, circiter 4 lin. longre, FedicelH teretes, ebracteo- 

 3 lin 1 **^^^*^^* C'-^/yj" 5-aiigularis, 9 lin. longus, deDtihus lauceolatis, a^qualibus, 

 natiq' • r ^•*" ^'^'"^^^^ circiter 3 poll, louga ; limbo roseo, 2 poU. in exp. ; lobis ere. 

 IS, mrenore ad faucem crocco. Siamhia ihqIm^v..— A descript. cL Gardner excerpt. 



