GESNfiRACE^. 30^ 



Seeds borne on the outer, not the ad-axial sides of the 

 placentas, and the pod very long and slender. 



Species over 50 in India and Malay region. 



iCschynanthus ceylanica Gardner ; F.B.I, iv 340, I 9. 

 Leaves 3 to 4 inches by % to I inch, narrowed to each 

 end, stalk J^ to ^ inch. Flowers I inch. Pod 5 inches 

 by J^ inch. 



Pulneys, near and above Kodaikanal in Gundattu and 

 Gundan valley sholas. Bourne 333, 575. Nilgiris : near 

 Pykara, Wight. 



KLUGIA. F.B.I. 106 XV. 



Species three in India and Ceylon, one or two in Mexico 

 all very similar in general appearance. 



Klugia notoniana A.DC. ; F.B.L iv 366, XV i. A 

 herbaceous plant of moist situations, with thick smooth 

 stems, ear-shaped orbegonia-like leaves and flowers 

 with a very conspicuous deep blue lip hanging down. 



Stem up to 3 feet, glabrous, translucent, swollen at 

 the nodes. Roots fibrous. Leaves 4 to 8 inches by 2j^ 

 to 5 inches, alternate, shortly stalked, very obliquely 

 ovate, with sinuate or dentate margin, pubescent on both 

 sides, flaccid and soon withering : nerves numerous and 

 curving a little forwards, very regularly, about 1/5 inch 

 apart. Flowers in terminal racemes : pedicels 1/6 to 1/5 

 inch, horizontal in fruit : bracts minute. Calyx J4 inch 

 with five angles and teeth, winged at the uppermost, 

 dorsal, angle. Corolla tube M inch, white : upper lip 

 small and similarly coloured ; lower ^ to I by J4 inch, 

 hanging down vertically in front, deep rich blue, with 

 yellow towards the mouth. Stamens four. Calyx in 

 fruit pointing downwards. Capsule J^ inch, spherical. 

 Seeds very numerous on three sides of each of two large 

 intruded placentas. Wight Ic. t. 1353. 



