Lepidagalltis. didynamia angiospermia. 53 



two-paileil, one division much longer and hooked. C(ipsuJe 

 linear, as lono- as the calvx. Seeds numerous. 



23. R. suffrnticosa, R, 



SuflTruticose, erect, hairy. Leaves short petiolcd, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, ciliate. Flowers terminal, solitary, sessile. Carol 

 with a long* slender tube, and sub-regular border. Capsules 

 oblong, few-seeded. 



A small, erect, ramous under shrub, of about one foot in 

 height, Avith large, terminal, ^vhite flowers, which appear 

 during the rainy season ; opening at sun-set, and dropping in 

 the morning. 



A native of the district of Dinagepore, &c. 



LEPIDAGATHIS. Willd. 



Calyx of two opposite, unequal pairs of leaflets, ringent ; 

 the upper lip small, the under one three-parted. Anthers 

 twin. Capsule two-celled, two-valved, bursting with elastici- 

 ty contrary to the partition. 



L. cristata. Willd. iii. p. 400. 



Perennial, diffuse. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate. 

 Injiorescense, a dense head close to the crown of the root. 



The o'eneric character is but little removed from Barleria^ 

 but the habit of the plant is very different. It is a native of 

 elevated, dry, barren ground, all over the coast of Coromau- 

 del. Flowering time, the rainy and cold season. 



Root perennial. Stem scarcely any, but several, long, slen- 

 der, opposite, diffuse, four-sided, ramous, smooth branches, 

 spreading close on the ground, and often striking root. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, lanceolate, entire, sometimes villous or even 

 hairy, and scabrous; from one to three inches long and half 

 an inch or less broad. Itiftorescense in large, variously shap- 

 ed, densely imbricated heads, close to the earth, near the 

 root, with smaller ones scattered over the joints of the large 



