182 Lxxxiv. loganiace.t:. 



Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 108. Mitreola panicidata, Wall. Cat. 4349. 

 — riowers : Aiig.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Lawl; Pali, Kanifkarl, Wooclrow ; Uran, DalzeUl; island of Karaiija 

 (Bombay liarbor), Valzcll ^~ Gibson. Kanaka : Kala naddi, Ritchie, 1869 ! — 

 DisTRiB. India (Central Provinces, Eirma, Pegu, W. Peninsula) ; Malaya, N. 

 Australia. 



2. MITRASACME, Labill. 



Low slender herbs. Leaves opposite, entire ; petioles united by a 

 very small sbeath or by a transverse line. Flowers small, white or 

 yellowish, terminal or axillary, solitary or in fascicles or irregular 

 umbels. Calyx campanulate, 4-fid. Corolla caiiipanulate ; lobes 4, 

 valvate. Stamens 4, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, 

 usually included. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules cx) in each cell, attached to 

 a peltate placenta ; styles 2, at first connate, afterwards free at the 

 apex under the capitate or 2-lobed stigma. Capsule subglobose, ovoid 

 or broad, usually compressed contrary to the septum, truncate or 

 2-horned at the apex ; carpels at first separating, then dehiscing down 

 the inner face. Seeds numerous, ovoid or subglobose, usually rugulose ; 

 albumen fleshy ; embryo straight, subterete. — Disxeib. India, Japan, 

 New Zealand, Australia ; species 28. 



1. Mitrasacme alsinoides, li. Br. Prod. (1810) p. 453. A low 

 nearly glabrous annual 3-G in. high, having the general appearance of 

 an Oldenlandia ; stem erect, slender, 2-edged. Leaves ^-g by xV^i ^^^•' 

 sessile, sheathing and connate at the base, oblong or linear, acute, 

 glabrous, veinless. Flowers solitary or 2-3 together, clustered in the 

 upper axils; pedicels ^-f in. long, filiform. Calyx -^^ ^^- ^oug, divided 

 ;^-way down ; segments 4, lanceolate, acute. Corolla white, -l—^ in. 

 fong ; lobes 4, shorter than the tube, subobtuse, slightly hairy at the 

 base. Capsule globose, -^ in. in diam., surrounded by the persistent 

 calyx and with 2 falcately curved converging horns at the apex. Seeds 

 minute, subglobose or ellipsoid ; testa reticulate. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 80 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 170. Mitrasacme pusilla, Dalz. in Kew journ. 

 Bot. V. 2 (1850) p. 136; Dalz. & Gribs. p. 155. M. cri/stallina, Griff. 

 Notul. v. 4, p. 87. il/. indica, Wight, Icon. t. 1601. — Flowers : 

 Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : l)alzcll\\ Malwiin, Balzell ^- Gibson. — Distuib. Throughout India; 

 Ceylon, Borneo, Philippines, Australia. 



3. BUDDLEIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs often tomentose. Leaves opposite, entire, crenate 

 or toothed, united by a stipular line. Flowers in usually dense globose 

 or corymbiform cymes which are axillary or arranged in a thyrsoid 

 terminal corymbose panicle. Calyx campanulate, 4-lobed. Corolla- 

 tubo cylindric or campanulate ; lobes 4, short, broad, imbricate, 

 spreading in flower. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube ; anthers 

 subsessile, ovate or oblong. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules many in each cell, 

 many-seriate; style filiform, clavafe or capitate at the stigmatose tip. 

 Capsule septicidally 2-vaIvt'd ; valves 2-fid or entire. Seeds numerous, 

 oblong or fusiform ; lesta appressed or laxly reticulate, often expanded 

 into a ^^ing or tail; albumen fleshy; embryo straight. — DisriiiB. 

 Tropical and Subtrc'tdcal Asia, America, and Africa ; species about 70. 



