2/8 Gesneracecz. {Klugia, 



hairs above, roots long-, fibrous-fleshy; 1. iew, 5-8 in., on thick,, 

 succulent, transparent petioles like the stem, ovate-oval, very 

 unequal-sided, acuminate, acute, minutely spinous-denticulate, 

 smaller side acute at base, larger one semi-cordate, auriculate, 

 extending much lower down on petiole, scabrous with minute 

 prickles between the veins above, glabrous and paler beneath, 

 lat. veins very numerous parallel, prominent on both sides ; 

 fl. on short alternate ped., nodding, raceme short, stalked^ 

 pubescent on one side only, bracts linear ; cal.-tube 5-angled,. 

 angles ciliate, very slightly winged, the posterior one extended 

 into a large, erect, rounded crest, lobes narrowly triangular, 

 acute ; upper lip of cor. of 2 minute triangular lobes, lower 

 lip 'l in,, by over J diam., entire; disk annular; style blunt;, 

 capsule as long as cal. 



Var. /3, g'labra, Clarke, I. c. K. glabra, Gardn. 1. c. 489. C. P. 3369. 



Whole plant quite glabrous or the 1. very slightly rough 

 above, fl. smaller. 



Wet shady places by streams in the montane zone, 3000-7000 ft.;, 

 common. Var. /3, Dolosbagie ; Pundalu-oya (E. Green). Fl. Sept.- 

 April ; rich purplish-blue, with a small yellow spot at base, upper lip- 

 white. 



Also in S. India. 



Var. /3 endemic. 



Var. /3 is, perhaps, a separate species as Gardner considered it. It is 

 sometimes very dwarf, with a single leaf and 2-4 flowers. Our common 

 plant appears to be K. scabra, Dalz. and Gibs., which is not deserving of 

 even varietal rank. Well worth cultivation. 



2. K. zeylanica, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 490 (1845). 



Thw. Enum. 208. Clarke, 1. c. 160. C. P. 1786. 



Y\. B. Ind. iv. 367. Bot. Mag. t. 4620 (/T. Notoniajia). 



Annual, stem about i ft., slightly branched, stout, trans- 

 parent, nearly glabrous, with a few minute stellate hairs 

 chiefly in upper part, roots numerous, long, fibrous, from lower 

 part of stem ; 1. 3-4^ in., ovate-oval, extremely unequal, the 

 smaller side cuneate, the larger semi-cordate at base, shortly 

 acuminate, acute, faintly repand-serrate or quite entire, 

 slightly rough on both sides with minute forked hairs, lat. 

 veins very numerous, parallel, prominent, petiole -J-i in., 

 succulent ; fl. nodding, on short slightly hairy ped., raceme 

 lax, bracts linear, shorter than sep., peduncle longer than 

 petiole, slightly pubescent ; cal. f in., tube sharply 5-angled, 

 slightly hairy with forked hairs, all angles narrowly winged, 

 segm. narrowly triangular, subacute; upper lip of cor. erose, 

 not bifid, lower lip about \ in. diam., orbicular, flat ; disk 

 cupular ; style rather dilated ; capsule membranaceous. 



