968 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 

 Hekbs erect with Opposite Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire, 



Oldenlandia coecinea, 

 Rubiace^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 69. 

 Himalaya, 3-8,000 ft. 

 Simla oa grassy slopes 

 (Collett). 



Anotis calycina, 



RUBIACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 73. 

 Himalaya, 3-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Masnobra, 

 (Collett;. 



Spermacoce stricta, 



RUB1ACE.S!. 



F. B. I. ii. 200. 

 The Plains to 6,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collett). 



Petals United. 



the corolla tube, style short, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule 

 round, | in. diam. rough, seeds many, angled. 



small, annual, slender, stem minutely bristly, often 

 unbranched ; leaves i-l§^ in. long, distant in pau's, 

 narrowly lanceolate, short -pointed, rough, margins 

 curved back, stipules bristly : flowers scarlet, -^ in. 

 diam. axillary or terminal, solitary or 2-4 in small 

 clusters, stalks short, lengthened in fruit, calyx 

 teeth 4, very long, equal to the corolla tube, corolla 

 tube ^ in. long, lobes oblong, stamens 4 in the tube, 

 style short, stigma 2-Iobed ; capsule oblong or roxind, 

 ^-\ in. long, seeds many, angled. 



small, annual, slender, smooth, stems tufted, 4- 

 angled ; leaves ;J-1 by 5-5 in., ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, shortly stalked, long-pointed, stipules thin with 

 short bristles on margins ; flowers small, white or 

 lilac, axillary or terminal, solitary on slender stalks 

 or 2-4 in a small cluster, calyx ovoid, teeth 4, minute, 

 widely separated in fruit, corolla short, tubular, 4- 

 lobed, stamens 4. nearly sessile at the mouth of the 

 corolla tube, style slender, 2-branched projecting ; 

 capsules in pairs, opening at the top by 2 valves, seed s 

 many, minute. 



small, annual, stems and branches usually square, 

 angles rough with curved-back prickles ; leaves 1-2 by 

 ^-k in., linear or ovate, short-pointed, leathery, smooth 

 or rough, margins turned down, stipules joined to the 

 leaf stems forming a short tube with long margina 1 

 bristles ; flowers white, many in dense rounded axillary 

 heads, bracteoles thread-like, longer than the calyx, 

 calyx ovoid, teeth usually 4, linear, persistent, corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 4 lobed, ^ in. long, lobes linear, acute, 

 stamens 4 on the throat of the corolla, style thread- 

 like, stigma round ; capsule ^ in. long, narrow at the 

 base, thin, crowned with the calyx teeth, dividing 

 into two one-seeded half fruits, seeds oblong, polished. 



Ilubia tibetica, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstiplate, Simple. 



