126 THE JOUENAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



In ariclo colle, sub fruticibus diffusa, apud Hubli, District Dhar- 

 war, in regione Carnatica Provinciae Bombaiensis, ad alt. 2000 ped. 

 angl., et pluv. 30 digit, angl., mense September, 1919 ; coll. ipse. 



An inconspicuous plant with elegant flowers. Differs from the 

 other Indian species in having the bifid corona lobes reduced to a 

 broadly truncate top with minute horns or teeth at each end. 



Canscora stricta L. J. Sedgioick, Sp. nova. Herba inconspicua, 

 erecta, ad 15 cm. alta, stricta, cauli quadrangulari, simplice, supra 

 medium ramos strictos, secundos gerente. Folia haud visa, in autum- 

 nali tempore mox decidua ; folia quae ramos subtendunt auguste Ian- 

 ceolata, peracuta, 15 X 3 mm. Bracteae angustissimae, secundae ; 

 bracteolae lineares vel etiam subulatae, secundae. Flores pro rata 

 magni, cymose dispositi in ramis, aggregati, secundi. Calyx 7 X 1-5 

 mm.; tuba 5 mm. longa, striata, haud alata ; dentes 2 mm. longi, linea- 

 res, erecti. Corolla rosea, 10 mm. longa ; tuba 5 mm. lobi 4, in aesti- 

 vatione imbricati, uno exteriore, vix contorti, valde inaequales ; 2 

 majores orbiculares, 2 minores oblongi, obtusi. Stamina 4, subaequalia 

 sed unius filamento in corollae tuba paullo altius affixo, et supra de- 

 curvato : antherae subaequales, 2 mm. longae, subversatiles. Stylus 

 filamentis longe excedens, stigmate breviter bilobato. Ovarium 

 oblongum, angustum. Capsula cylindrica, 3 x 1*5 mm., nigrescens ; 

 semina irregulariter polygona, nigrescentia. (See fig. p. 131.) 



In saxosis planis intra nemora, apud Castle Eock, in District 

 North Kanara, Provinciae Bombaiensis, ad 1600 ped. angl. alt., et 

 circa 200 dig. angl. pluv., collegerunt T. E. D. Bell, CLE. et L. J. 

 Sedgwick, mense Decembre A.D. 1917. Herb. Sedg. et Bell. 3393. 



A member of the flora found on sheet rock in forest clearings. 

 Differs very materially from all other Bombay species in the very 

 simple, strict, erect habit with crowded, narrow bracteoles and 

 flowers ; the calyx neither winged nor keeled but striate. One or two 

 very small broadly ovate leaves were found on the stems ; but as those 

 are almost certainly not typical vegetative leaves they were excluded 

 from the description. 



