Phyteuma. pentandria monogynia. 505 



opening- at the apex. Seeds numerous, minute. Receptacle 

 reniform, in the angle of each cell. 



2. C. lane) folia. R. 



Ramous, smooth. Leaves sub-opposite and alternate, short- 

 petioled, lanceolate, serrate, acuminate. Flowers terminal. 

 Calycine leaflets lanceolate and laciniate. Capsules obovate, 

 tive-celled. 



A native of the moist vallies of Chittagong, where it flowers 

 in October. 



PHYTEUMA. Sckreb. gen. N. 292. 

 Calyx semi-superus, five-parted. Corol rotate, inserted on 

 the calyx. Germ inferior, three-celled, ovula numerous, on 

 a pendulous receptacle from the top of each cell. Stigma 

 three-lobed. Capsule three-celled. Seeds numerous. 



1. P. begonifolium. Roxb. Hori. Beny. 85. 



Creeping, woolly. Leaves alternate, semicordate, serrate. 

 Racemes axillary, second, recurvate. Bractes cuneate. 



A native of Pulo Pinana - , where Mr. W. Roxbure h found 

 it in forests shaded by trees and shrubs, and with flowers and 

 ripe seeds in June and July. 



Stems somewhat dichotomous, round, fleshy, spreading on 

 the ground, and rooting at the insertion of the leaves, the 

 younger parts as well as the petioles and racemes clothed 

 with a harsh, ferruginous, woolly pubescence. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, semicordate, (as in some species of Begonia), 

 serrate, acute, pretty smooth ; length six or eight inches, 

 breadth about half the length. Petioles from one to two inches 

 long. Stipules none. Racemes axillary, solitary, secund, 

 re volute, twice the length of the petioles. Flowers short- 

 pedicel led, alternately arranged in two rows on the anterior 

 side of the raceme ; while, two rows of alternate, cuneate, 

 Avoolly bractes occupy the posterior side. Calyx one-lobed ; 



