^ginetia.'] OrobancJiacecs . 261 



I. AIGINETZA, L. 



Rhizomatous leafless perennials, fl, few, large, on scapes:; 

 cal. large, spathaceous, split down the front to the base ; cor- 

 tube broad, curved, lobes 5, nearly equal, obscurely 2-lipped.; 

 stam. 4, inserted near base of cor., fil. short, anth. connate in 

 pairs, I -celled, in the lower pair the absent cell represented 

 by a recurved spur; ov. i -celled, placentas 2, much branched 

 or lobed, completely covered with very numerous ovules 

 filling the cavity, stigma peltate ; capsule partially 2-valved, 

 seeds very small, reticulate. — Sp. 4 or 5 ; 2 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Fl. uniformly purplish-red . . . i. ^. INDICA. 



Fl. violet white and yellow . . , 2. ^. pedunculata- 



1. ffi. indica, L. Sp. PL 632 (1753). Kollkara-mal, S. 



Moon Cat. 45. Thw. Enum. 221. C. P. 1778. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 320. Wight, Ic. t. 895. 



Rhizome rather small, tuberous, with numerous short 

 branched coral-like roots ; scapes i or several from rhizome, 

 6-12 in., erect, slender, rarely branched at the base, stout, 

 glabrous, with or without 2 or 3 scales at base ; fl. large, 

 solitary, terminating scape, nodding ; cal. i-i| in., completely 

 closed in bud, pointed, glabrous, veined ; cor. exserted, tube 

 i-i| in., curved, inflated, limb |-i in. diam., lobes small, 

 equal, rounded ; spurs of lower pair of anth. thick, blunt,; 

 capsule f in., ovoid, beaked, enclosed in persistent cal. and 

 cor. ; seeds extremely numerous, deeply reticulate, pale 

 yellow. 



Low country up to 3000 ft., especially in the moist region ; rather 

 common, parasitic on various roots. Fl. all the year; dull red-purple. 

 Also in India, Burma, China, Philippine Is., Japan. 

 The whole plant is coppery-purple in colour, drying brown. 



2. JE. pedunculata, Wall. PL Asiat. Par. iii. 13 (1832). 

 y£". acaidis., var. a, Thw. Enum. 221 (?). C. P. 3635 ? 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 320 (not given for Ceylon). Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 219. 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1 42 1. 



Rhizome small, short ; scapes numerous, close, 3-4 in., 

 stout, widened upwards, branched, glabrous ; scales very few, 

 short, fleshy ; cal. about \\ in., very thick, glabrous, pointed, 

 pale ochre-yellow, longitudinally veined within ; cor. slightly 

 exserted, tube very wide, limb about i in. diam., somewhat 

 2-lipped, lobes rounded, minutely denticulate, 2 upper smaller; 

 fil. slightly pubescent, spurs of lower anth. recurved, flattened 

 (the upper anth. also very shortly appendiculate) ; style long. 



