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V; — Oiieer Pedaline^:. 



1. Pedaliiun, — Capsule hard, spinous, indehiscent. 



P. murex, — A low thick-stemmed succulent herb ; flowers small, 

 yellow, solitary ; leaves oval, obtuse, sometimes slightly lobed ; 

 fruit ovoid, with 4 conical spines from the base. Gohru. 



Sandy shores of Guzerat, Kattywar, and N". Kofikan. 



2. Sesamum, — Capsule without spines, 2 to 4-valved. 



S. Indicum, — Erect, slightly hairy, flower very like foxglove, 

 varying in colour from purple to rose and white, with an offensive 

 smell; capsule oblong, erect. Commonly cultivated. "Til tilli, 

 jinjali." (" Open Sesame" — Arabian Nights.) 



3. Martynia diandra } — An American weed with large cordate glu- 

 tinous leaves and handsome flowers, much like the last ; is pretty 

 well naturalized. Vinchu dhara. 



VI.— Order Acantrace^e. 



1. Thunbergia, — Climbers ; * calyx very small, covered by 2 bracts; 

 lobes of corolla nearly equal; capsule round below, beaked above. 



T. fragrant, — A pretty climber with rather large pure white 

 flowers, and large ovate bracts ; leaves oblong, acute, slightly lobed. 

 The minute calyx has 12 teeth, which is an easy distinction. Kou* 

 kans pretty common. Eri-vel. 



T. grandijiora and T. alata are two garden species, the first one 

 of the largest climbers, with very large and beautiful pale blue 

 flowers ; calyx a mere ring ; the latter much smaller, has bright buff 

 flowers, with a dark throat, often called " Black-eyed Susan." 



2. Kygrophila, — Herbs ; calyx segments narrow, one pair of sta- 

 mens, sometimes imperfect or obsolete. 



H. serpylhtm (Physichihiss., D.), — A small creeping plant, covered 

 with stiff grey hairs ; flowers rather large for the size of the plant, 

 bright blue, the lower lip blistered and spotted with white ; leaves 

 nearly round. Konkans, he. At Lanowlee, in the cold weather, 

 the rice-fields are covered and coloured with this. Rcin-te-ivan. 



II. svinosa {Asieracautha lovgifolia, D.), — A stout rough plant, 

 with blue flowers ; sessile, in whorls of lanceolate leaves and thorns. 

 Lower lip of corolla with a yellow spot. Very common in swamps. 

 Throughout India. H. 



H. salicifolia is very like this, but smaller every way. Grows in 

 the same situations. 



* Several species of erect shrubby growth ate cultivated in gardeus._G. C. 



