Cardanthera.'] AcanthacecB. 29 1 



in bud ; stam. 4, didynamous, or 2, slightly exserted ; capsule 



narrow, slightly compressed, without a solid base; seeds 10 



or more in each cell, retinacula minute, straight, soft. — Sp. 



10 ; 8 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Stam. 4. 



Fl. in terminal spikes I. C. ULIGINOSA. 



Fl. in axillary whorls. 



Erect, stem and 1. glabrous, or nearly so. .2. C. balsamica. 



Prostrate or ascending, stem and 1. pubescent 3. C. verticillata. 



Stam. 2 ; fl. solitary, axillary 4. C. Thwaitesii. 



1. C. uligrinosa, Ham. in Fl. B. Ind. iv. 403 (i{ 

 Adenosnia uliginosa, ' R. Br.,'* Thw. Enum. 224. And. in Journ. Linn. 



Soc. ix. 455. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 403. 



Stem i-i^- ft., erect or decumbent, pubescent upwards ; 1. 

 subsessile, i in., oblong or slightly ovate, entire or crenate, 

 glabrous or subpubescent ; fl. in terminal spikes 1-3 in. long, 

 bracts 4-ranked, imbricate in fruit, rotund-ovate, cordate at 

 base, bractlets \ in., obovate ; sep. \ in., linear, pubescent, cor. 

 J in., puberulous ; stam, 4, anth. of posterior pair very small ; 

 capsule 4 in. 



In paddy fields ; very rare. Only known from specimens in Herb. Kew 

 collected by Walker. 

 Also in S. India. 

 I have not seen this ; the description is taken from Fl. B, Ind. 



2. C balsamica, Clarke in Fl. B. Ind. iv. 404 (1884). 

 Adenosvia dalsaj/iea, Spr., Thw. Enum. 224. And. in Journ. Linn. 



Soc. ix. 454. C. P. 1996. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 404. Wight, Ic. t. 446. 



Stem 12-18 in., erect, rather slender, glabrous, puberulous 

 above, with long ascending branches ; 1, f-i|- in., linear- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, much tapering into short 

 petiole, slightly serrate, glabrous above, a little pubescent 

 beneath ; fl. sessile, 1-4 in axils of 1. so as to form whorls, 

 bracts and bractlets lanceolate, acute, pubescent, the latter 

 smaller ; sep. a little longer than bracts ; stam, 4. 



Dry region, in paddy fields and wet places ; apparently rare. Kara- 

 munai, E. Prov. (Gardner). Fl. Feb. 

 Also in S. India. 



3. C. verticillata, Clarke in Fl. B. Ind. iv. 404 (li 

 Adenosvia verticillata^ Nees, Thw. Enum, 224. And. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. ix. 454. C. P. 1995. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 404. Wight, Ic. t. 1524. 



* Brown has no such species ; the combination is of Nees, 



