456. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNITA. Cynoglossum. 
somewhat long, recurved, secund spike, with two rows of | 
small, exquisitely: beautiful, green flowers on its convex side. 
Bractes none. Calyx five-leaved. Corol with the tube en- 
larged towards the base, twice the length of the calyx; bor- 
der slightly five-notched ; throat open. Anthers linear, sub- 
sessile, near the base of the tube of the corol. Germ ovate, 
‘four-celled, with one ovulum in each, attached to the top of 
the axis. Seeds ovate-cordate, smooth, 
iF 
- CYNOGLOSSUM. Schreb. gen. N: 243, 
Corot funnel-shaped; the throat contracted with Canin: 
Seeds four, depressed, affixed to the style. 
1. C. racemosum, R.- : ) , v8 
Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, hairy. 
Spikes paired and solitary, lateral, and eee Flowers 
pedicelled, Seeds echinate, distinct. a owed: 
Found growing on rubbish in the vicinity of Calcutta ; 
flowering time the rainy season. 
Root shin: Stem erect, with many alternate, erect 
branches from every part; all covered with short, stiff, de-— 
pressed hairs; the whole height about a foot and half. — 
Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, hairy, veined, a little 
wrinkled, margins minutely curled, and ciliate; from two to _ 
three’ inches: long. aes eins ‘and axillary, ipediien: 
cled, ge af ed, ot 
their full length eee bhi ger than. he: Leave, Seiko shsraplecs - 
incurved, Flowers alternate, on the upper side of the spikes 
pedicelled, while expanded ereet, afterwards ternuous, very 
small, white, with a purple throat which is somewhat contract: 
ed by five two-lobed glands, Calyx longer than the corol; 
leaflets oval, hairy. Stamens just within the mouth of the 
= ip the: Gurel.: Snes distinct, of a roundish conical | —— 
