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brauous transversely undulate wings between the ribs on the calyx-tube. 

 Corolla infundibuliform ; tube long, slender ; limb campanulate, with 

 5 lobes truncate or emarginate at the apex. Stamens free ; filaments 

 filiform, shortly dilated at the very base ; anthers oblong, small. Ovary 

 oblong-fusiform, more or less 5-gonous, attenuated at the apex ; style 

 filiform, terminal, with 5 branches stigmatose throughout. Capsule 

 included in the calyx, circumciss at the veiy base, splitting into 5 valves 

 from the base towards the apex. — Distrib. Species 3, one S. African, 

 the others Indian and Arabian. 



1. Vogelia indica, Gihs. e.v Wight, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. v. 7 

 (1847) p. 17. An erect undershrub 6-10 ft, high, of a glaucous hue ; 

 stem and branches terete, finely striate, more or less scurfy. Leaves 

 pale-glaucoLis-green, perfoliate, very thick and coriaceous, the lower 

 ovate, subobtuse, reaching 5 by 3 in,, with undulate margins, the upper 

 elliptic, obtuse, or orbicular, 1^-2 by 1-1| in., all more or less covered 

 with scurfy scales. Elowers in dense paniculate spikes, closely packed 

 towards the ends of the rhachises ; bracts lanceolate, reddish. Calyx 

 eglandular, persistent, tubular, ^-| in. long, strongly 5-ribbed, the tube 

 winged between the ribs, the wings transversely undulate, membranous ; 

 lobes about i the length of the calyx, lanceolate, acute, membranous, 

 erect, transversely undulate, the ribs extending to the apex of the lobes. 

 Corolla-tube cylindric, | in. long; lobes \-^ in. long, obovate-oblong, 

 emarginate, apiculate. Stamens included within the corolla, just ex- 

 serted beyond the throat. Style densely hairy at the base ; branches 

 short, linear. Capsule |-j\ in. long, circumciss at the very base, 

 splitting into 5 valves with membranous margins. Seed -J- in. long, 

 smooth, ]iear-shaped ; f unicle very long. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 481 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1075 ; Wooilr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v, 12 (1898) p. 162. 

 ' Vorjelia arahica, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. v. 12 (1848) p. 696 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 220. — Flowers : Dec. 



A rare plant in the Bombay Presidency except in Katbiawar, where it may be 

 found in tolerable abundance both at Rajkot and Porbandar. Deccan : near Ilevvra, 

 Gihson. Kanaka: Law I Gujarat: Porbandar (Kathiawar), CooZr !— Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula, tolerably abundant below Mount Abu in Rajputaua) ; Arabia. 



OkdeeLXXV. PRIMULACE^. 



Perennial (rarely annual) herbs. Leaves radical or cauline ; stipules 0. 

 Flo\^-ers hermaphrodite, regular. Calyx inferior (except Samoh(s), 5 

 (rarely 4-9) -cleft. Corolla usually hypogynous (0 in Glaux), rotate, 

 campanulate or infundibuliform, 5 (rarely 4-9) -cleft. Stamens inserted 

 on the corolla-tube and opposite to its lobes (hypogynous when there 

 is no corolla); filaments usually short; anthers 2-celled, bursting in- 

 wards by slits (rarely by terminal pores), pollen angular. Ovary 

 1-celled, usually free, ovoid or subglobose ; ovules many, usually amphi- 

 tropous, on a free central placenta ; style short or long, continuous 

 ■with the ovary ; stigma undivided. Capsule 1-celled, dehiscing by 

 simple or 2-fid valves or transversely. Seeds few or many, minute, 

 usually angular, often sunk in the placenta ; albumen fleshy or horny ; 

 embryo tei'ete, parallel to the hilum, — Distrib. Temperate and alpine 



