DIANDRIA. MONOCYNIA. 575 



Habitat in Nepalia. 



riaula gracilis, adscendens, carnosa, pllis mollibus patii- 

 lls lijalinis conspersa, pedalis, basi repens, radlcnlis fililbr- 

 mibus, fiiscescentibus, ramulosls. Caulls teres, pennam anse- 

 rlnam crassus, saepius simplex, interdum pari uno diiobus ramo- 

 rum oppositorum, brevlum. Folia parlbus paucls opposita, 

 patentla, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, acumlnata, aciite ser- 

 rata, basi obtusa et obllqua, levlter inaequilatera, 3-6 polll- 

 carla, carnosa, saturate viridla, utrlnque pllosula, supra pa- 

 rum riigosa, sublus retlculato-venosa, costa elevala, nervls- 

 que alternls arcuatls. Petiolus leres, su pra levlter sulcatus, 

 folio tertlo vel dlmidlo brevlor. Flores magnl, speciosl, ro- 

 sei, axillares, solitarli, rarlus in peduuculo coramunl gemi- 

 nati, vel ternatl, tuncque breve pedicellatl, inodori, 2} polll- 

 cares, erectiuscuii. Pedunculus teres, carnosus, ex albido dl- 

 lute roseus, pllosulus, longltudine fere petloll, supra medlum 

 vel dum adsunt flores 2-3 infra pedicellorum basin brac- 

 teis 2 opposltis, foliacels, lanceolatis, acutls, semiunguicula-, 

 ribus, ciliatis. Caljx membranaceus, deciduus, pallldus, am- 

 plus, oblongus, aestivatlone inflato-ovatus ; subvalvatus, ses- 

 qulpolllcarls, quinquenervius, subqulnquangularis, pilosus, 

 erulDescenti-striatus, inaequaliter qulnquefidus. Coroila In- 

 fundlbullformls, caljce duplo longior, extus pilosula, Ihnbus 

 bllablatus, qulnquelobus, lobis ovatls obtusls, flavis, venls 

 rubrls retlculatls ; faux aperta. Stamlna 5, tria sterilia. Cap- 

 sula digltum longa, gracilJima. ("\Tallicli.) 



II. Acaules, scapo subumbellifero. 

 20. Henckexia incana, 



H. foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis ovalis obtusis inciso- 

 crenatis dense tomentosis, scapo piloso, involucris ca- 

 lycibusque villosis. 



H. incana Spreng. syste veg. 1. p. 38. cur. post. p. 14. 



Rottlera incana ValiJ. Enum. 1. p. ^^^^ Roem. et ScL. syst. 

 veg. 1. p. 129. 



Gratiola montana Rottler. 



Habitat in India orientali. 



Folia radicalia, plura, bipollicaria, spathulata; lamina 

 • ovata, obtusissima, crenata, interdum inciso-crenata, crasa, 

 e tomento densissimo incana. Scapus erectus, simplex , pal- 

 marls, purpurascens, pUosus. Peduncull terminales, seni, um- 

 bellatl, interdum simpllces, unlflorl, interdum dlvisl, interdum 

 duo oppositi infra umbellam, pUoso-canescentes. Bracteae 

 duae ovatae, inlTa umbellam. Facies Verbasci myconis. (Vahl.) 

 Calyx corolla multo brevlor, laclnlls lanceolatls coloratls. 

 Corolla campanulata, limbi laclnlae subaequales. Stamlna 

 quatuor, breves , quorum duo superiora sterllia. Antherae 

 didymae. Stylus starainibus longior. Stlgma simplex. Cap- 

 sula ovata, acuminata. (Piottler.) 



