456 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CynOfjloSSlim. 



somen hat long-, recurved, secund spike, with two rows of 

 small, exquisitely beautiful, green flowers on its convex side. 

 JBractes 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. 



CYNOGLOSSUM. Schreb. gen. N. 243. 



Corol funnel-shaped ; the throat contracted with vaults. 

 Seeds four, depressed, affixed to the style. 



1. C. racemosum. R. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, hairy. 

 Spikes paired and solitary, lateral, and twining. Flowers 

 pedicelled. Seeds echinate, distinct. 



Found growing- on rubbish in the vicinity of Calcutta ; 

 flowering- time the rainy season. 



Root annual. 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'. Spikes terminal, and axillary, pedun- 

 cled, generally paired, though sometimes single ; when at 

 their full length much longer than the leaves, with the apices 

 incurved. Flowers alternate, on the upper side of the spikes 

 pedicelled, while expanded erect, 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 

 tube of the corol. Seeds distinct, of a roundish conical shape, 

 armed with many short, thick, stiff, glutinous, headed bris- 



