388 Plantinece. 



on both sides, petiole \\-2 in.; whorls subglobose, very dense, 

 bracts numerous, deflcxed ; cal. I in., puberulous, bristly in 

 upper part, segm. rigid, sharply spinous, cor. over 4 in., erect. 



Waste places in the dry and intermediate regions ; common. Moon's 

 locality is Kataragama. Fl. December-March ; orange-scarlet. 



Found throughout the Tropics, native country doubtful. 



This looks quite wild here, and is a stately, handsome plant well 

 worth cultivation ; it is employed in native medicine. 



16. TZIUCRZUia, L. 



Perennial herb, fl. very numerous, pedicellate, opp., in 

 axillary racemes or panicles ; cal. tubular-campanulate, 10- 

 vcined, segm. 5, the uppermost one erect, rather the largest, 

 the two lowest narrower and somewhat connate ; cor. -tube 

 short, upper lip absent, lower lip long, 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe very large, stam. much exserted, anth. small, cells con- 

 fluent; style bifid; achenes ovoid, rugose, with a large lateral 

 areola. — Sp. 100; 8 in Fl. B. Ind. 



T. tomentosum, Heyite in Wall. Cat. 2025 (1828). 

 Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 582. Thw. Enum. 241. C. P. 212. 

 Fl. 15. Ind. iv. 700. 



Stems 2-3 ft., erect, stout, very bluntly quadrangular, 

 finely puberulous, much branched above ; 1. 2-3 in., deltoid- 

 ovate, cuneate at base, subacute, deeply dentate-serrate, 

 puberulous above, white with fine pubescence beneath, petiole 

 ^'-i in.; fl. spreading, secund, bracts lanceolate, longer than 

 ped. ; cal. densely glandular-hairy, segm. lanceolate, acute; 

 lower lip of cor. pubescent, middle lobe tongue-like, subacute. 



Montane zone, 3000-6000 ft.; rather common. Fl. September, October. 

 Also in S. Indian mountains. 



CI.— PLANTAGINE^. 



Perennial herb, 1. radical, fl. small, regular, bisexual, spicate 

 on axillary scapes; sep. 4, imbricate, persistent; cor. scarious, 

 tube oblong-ovoid, lobes 4, short, imbricate ; stam. 4, inserted 

 in cor.-tube, much exserted ; ov. superior, 2-celled, with several 

 ovules in each cell, style filiform; fruit a capsule, dehiscing 

 by a circular line near the base; seeds several, attached by 

 centre, embryo transverse in fleshy endosperm. 

 A small family, with no close allies. 



