20S LXXXVn. BOTlACa.VACE.T. 



sessile, in elongate spikes 2-6 in. long, usually in one rank along the 

 rhachis, but sometimes (especially towards the apex of the spike) 2- 

 i-anked. Calyx J^ in. long, hairy on both sides, divided to tlie base; 

 sepals ovate, acute, densely ciliate. Corolla-tube l-i in. long, the upper 

 half slightly swollen and setose outside ; lobes j\)— ^ in. long, caudate- 

 acmiiinate, spreading. Stamens inserted in the swollen part of the 

 corolla, surrounding the style; anthers sessile, ^in. long, ovate-oblong, 

 bitid at the apex. Style glabrous, -^ in. long ; stigma -^^ in. long, the 

 stigmatic ring surmounted by a long cone whicli is peiiicillate at the 

 apex with erect white glistening hairs. Nutlets 4, ovate in longitudinal 

 section, J^ in. long, slightly incurved, rounded and rugose or tuberculate 

 on the back, cuneate on the inner face, 2-seeded. (The Fl. B. I. says 

 there are 2 nutlets, but I have invariably found 4 in the mature fruit.) 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 148 ; Wight, Icon. t. 892; Giirke, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 4, part 3, A, p. 93, fig. 38, C-F ; AYoodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 169. Heliotropium subuhdmn, Hochst. ex Martelli, 

 Fl. Bogos. (1886) p. 95. Tournefortia snhulata, Hochst. in DC. Prodr. 

 V. 9 (1845) p. 528 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 171. Tournefortia zeyJanica, 

 Wight, 111. t. 170.— Flowers : Oct.- Jan. 



Konkan: Law\ S. M. Country: Badami, CooJce\ Gujarat: Deesa, ^docA-j, 12!; 

 Chandod, Kanifkarl Sixd : Bhola Ihiran]; Karachi, Woodrow. — Distrib. ludia 

 (Panjab, W. Peninsula) ; Tropical Africa. 



Note. — It seems strange that this plant with the specific name " zeylanicum " should 

 not occur in Ceylon. Trimen (Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 199) is of opinion that the original 

 plant figured by Burmann (Fl. lud. p. 41, t. 16, fig. '!), from which Lamarck took his 

 description, is H. jpaniculaticm, R. Br. The fact that both Burmann and Lamarck have 

 overlooked the most distinctive characteristic of the .<pccies, the caudate-acuminate 

 corolla-lobes, certainly strengthens Trimen's contention, bnt the specific name has 

 been so long established that it would be inconvenient to change it to H. .<iihulafnm, 

 Hochst. [ex Martelli, Fl. Bogos. (1886) p. 59], which would apparently be the name to 

 be substituted for it. 



3. Heliotropium ophioglossum, Stocl-s, ex Aitch. Pb. (.]• Sind PI. 

 (1860) p. 94. tSuffruticose, 6-15 in. high, branched from near the base ; 

 stems and branches hoary with soft hairs and also clothed with stiff 

 hairs arising from white bulbous bases which are easily seen in dried 

 specimens. Leaves f-lj by ^-2 ^i-' densely hirsute with stiff hairs 

 from bulbous bases and also clothed with a softer pubescence, the lower 

 leaves petiolate (often obscurely so), elliptic, acute, running down into 

 the petiole, tlie upper leaves subsessile, lanceolate, acute, all with sub- 

 entire undulate margins. Flowers sessile, distant, 1-2-raiiked, in simple 

 geminate or ternale densely haii-y spikes 2-6 in. long. Calyx divided 

 almost to the base, coarsely haiiy with stiff hairs ; segments 5, linear, 

 acute, i by i^ij in., strongly ciliate. Corolla slightly exserted beyond 

 the calyx ; tube ^ in. long, cylindric, slightly pubescent outside, the 

 throat plicate ; lobes 5, about ^V ^i''- ^'^"g' broadly ovate or suborbicidar, 

 obtuse or subacute, undulate, veined, usually \^ith small intermediate 

 teetli between the lobes. tStamens inserted below the middle of the 

 corolla-tube ; anthers linear-oblong, rounded at the tip. Style very 

 short ; stigma shortly conical at the base, prolonged above into a long 

 subulate appendage about \ in. long divided at the apex to about 1 the 

 way down into 2 filiform recurved acute arms which are exserted beyond 

 the corolla. Fruit -,\. in. long, glabrous, bhnck ; nutlets 4, rounded on 

 the back and at their apex, i-seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 149 ; Giirke, 



