244 NEW INDIAN SCROPHULARINE/E. 



1. Nov. Gen. Lancea, Hook.jil. et Thorns. 



Calyx sequalis, late campanulatus, 5-fidus. Corolla labium superius 



suberectum, oblongum, bifidum, inferius multo majus, patens, tri- 



fidum, ad faucem longitudinaliter bigibbosum. Stamina fertilia 4, 



antherarum loculis contiguis didymis ; polline trilobo. Ovarium late 



oblongum ; stylo gracili ; stigmate bilamellato ; laciniis late cuneatis 



retusis. Bacca globosa, carnosa, bilocularis ; placentis erassis, poly- 



spermis. Semina subglobosa, compressa ; testa obscure reticulata ; 



embryone brevi ; cotyledonibus crassis, radicula brevi latioribus. 



Herba Tibetica habitu et affinitate Mazo proxima, sed abunde differt 



bacca carnosa iudehiscente. — Radix annua. Caulis brevis v. sub- 



nullus, rarius elongatus, interdum stolonifer. Folia plerumque omnia 



radicalia conferta et stellatim patentia, interdum secus caulem elon- 



gatum per paria distantia, opposita, petiolata, obovata v. obovato-lan- 



ceolata, aucta v. obtusa, integerrima v. obscure serrata, glaberrima. 



Flores in racemos breves (rarius elongatos) dispositi, breve pedicellati ; 



pedicellis basi bracteolatis. Calyx glaberrimus. Corolla \-\-polli' 



caris, Icete ceruleo-purpurea, extus glaberrima v. puberula y intus ad 



faucem pilosa. Bacca rubra, matura fusca v. nigra, diametro pisi, 



parietibus fasciculis 2 lignosis placentis oppositis instructis. 

 perplurima, fusca . 



1. Lancea Tibetica, H.f. et T. (Tab. VII., figura inferior.) 



Hab. In regione alpina et subalpina Tibetise orientalis et occidentalis 



necnon Himalayse provincise Sikkim; alt. 10-15,000 ped. — (Fl. 

 August.) 



The singular little plant above described is extremely common in 

 many parts of Tibet, growing in sandy and moist places, generally 

 closely appressed to the ground, and is sufficiently conspicuous from 

 its blue-purple flowers. Like all alpine plants, it varies extremely in 

 the size and luxuriance of its stems, flowers, and leaves, some of our 

 specimens being twice as large as those figured, and others again very 

 minute. The relative length of the tube and limb of the corolla is also 



Semina 



very variable, and of the calyx too. We have named it in honour of 

 Mr. Lance, of the Bengal Service, to whom we are indebted for some 

 interesting Tibetan and Kashmir plants, contributed through our friend 

 M. P. Edgeworth, Esq. 



Plate VII. (lower figure). Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla, laid open, 



