PltniULACE.E. rLAST.UnSE.E. I'lJ-yrnAdlSE.E. 3G9 



VlilMVLE.V.. 

 Capsule quite free [not adnate to the base of the caly.r), dchiscitig usmil/i/ ly longi- 

 tudinal valves. 



LTsiMActiiA, Liitnau». 



Corolla Kitate or l)ell-slui|H(l, \\[\\\ gibboso swellings ;it tbe lliro;it. Capsule 

 usualh- 5-valvc'd. Erect or crcfpiiig- simpli; or branebed lu-rbs. Floiccrs solitary 

 aud axillary, or iu racemes or spikes. 



* Flowers solitari/ or hg pairs in the leaf- axils. 

 L. LiXEAKiFoi.iA, Griff. Ava (probably). 



Glabrous. Stem erect, terete. Leaves linear. Flowers slenderly pedicelled. 

 L. PEDUNC0LAKIS, Wall. Ava. Taoiig-doug. Zwa-ka-bia {fde Parish). 



Glabrous, erect, the stem 4-corncred. Flowers slenderly pedicelled. Leaves 

 lanceolate. 



** Flowers in terminal raeeines. 

 X All parts i/lahrous. 



L. MULTIFLOEA, Wall. Bhamo. 



Stamens shorter than the petals, narrowly bordered. 

 L. LOBELIOIDES, Wall. Kliakycu Hills. 



Stamens exserted. Sepals broadly-white-bordercd. 



X X Stents and raeones [i/landalary) hairi/. 

 L. Griffithia-na, Kz. Ava (near Karmein). 



Habit of L. lobelioides, corolla twice the length of the calyx. 



Order LLAXTAGIXEiE. 



Corolla monnpetulous, hypogynous, generallj^ isosteraonous, a?stivation imbricate. 

 Stamens 4 (rarely 1), inserted on the corolla, or hypogynous. Orari/ 1-4-celled. 

 Ovules peltate. Fruit a. capsule or nucule. Seeds fixed by a ventral hilum. Fmhrijo 

 parallel to the hilum, albuminous, straight, or curved. 



Plantago, Zinnaus. 



P. JiA.ioK, L. Khukyen Hills, 



var /j asiatica, L. 



Endlichcr places I'lantagiiieiP near riuinhaijineir, and I believe this to be tlic true 

 affinity, for, with th(! exception of the stamens being alternate with the petals, the 

 characters arc all reducible to the Plumbaginaceous type (Kurz). 



Order PLUMBAGIXE.T:. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, rigular. Calyx tubular, often enlarged and scarious, or 

 petal-like at the apex, with o ]U'ominent ribs usuallj- ending in as many teeth. 

 Corolla of 5 petals free, or more or le.ss united, twisted-imbricate in bud. Stamms 

 5, inserted at the base of the corolla or petals, opposite and often more or less adnate 

 to them. Anthers versatile, 2-celled, the cells opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary 

 1 -celled, with a solitary ovule suspended from a filiform placenta, erect from the 

 base. Styles 5, distinct, or united at the base. Capsule 1 -seeded, not, or irregularly 

 dehiscing. Seed solitary, with a thin testa. Albumen rarely abundant, usually scanty 

 or none. Fmbryo straight, witli a superior radicle. Herbs or rarely under shrubs or 

 small trees with radical or alternate entire or lobed leaves. Flowers iu terminal 

 heads, spikes, or panicles. 



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