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11. Heliotropium marifolium, Retz. Ohs. fasc. 2 (1781) p. 8. A 

 much-branclied decumbent pei^eiinial herb with a woody base ; stems 

 and branches usually spreading from near the root, often to a distance of 

 several inches from the centre, clothed with appressed hairs. Leaves 

 4~3 by tV"8 i^- (I'firely reaching 1 by -^ in.), ovate or lanceolate, acute, 

 sometimes oblanceolate, densely clothed with appressed hairs ; petioles 

 very short. Flowers in short axillary and terminal bracteate spikes 

 1-2 in. long ; bracts conspicuous, fqliaceous, lanceolate, scattered along 

 the rhachis. Calyx i in. long, hairy on both sides with long slender 

 hairs ; segments g in. long, slightly unequal, lanceolate, cihate. Corolla 

 ■i in. long ; tube eylindric, hairy outside, glabrous inside ; lobes -^ in. 

 long, ovate-deltoid, acute, distant, with broad plicate sinuses and 

 minute teeth between the lobes. Stamens inserted below the middle of 

 the corolla ; filaments filiform, very short: anthers about v,\r in. lonw 

 ovate, lanceolate, at first united at the apex by the produced connectives 

 which are fused together into a small ball, afterwards separating, each 

 anther carrying away a part of the ball as a small disc at its tip. Ovary 

 ovoid ; style -^ in. long ; stigma -^ in. long, the apex bluntly conical 

 or subcylindric, the stigmatic ring large and prominent. Fruit sub- 

 globose, pubescent, separating into 4 nutlets with a much rounded back. 

 AVall. Cat. 2092 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1390 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 171 ; Trim, 

 ri. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 200 in adnot. H. marifolium var. WaUieJiii, C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 152. H. scabrum, Eetz. Obs. fasc. 2, 

 p. 8 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 200. JI. Rottleri, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. 

 p. 171. 



KoxKAN : Latv ! ; Viugorla, Bahell cf Gibson. Kanaka : Chandavar, liitchic, 533 ! 

 Gujarat : Doinas near Siirat, Dahcll ! — Distrir. Througlioiit India ; Ceylon. 



I cannot see how this plant, which is described as Tar. WallicJiii in Hook. f. Fl. E. I. 

 1. c, differs from the type. Eetziu.s describes the stems as " fruticulose, procumbent, 

 ramous, hispid." The var. Wallichii would seem to be quite unnecessary. 



Var. laxifora. Suberect. Leaves lanceolate, densely clothed with 

 appressed hairs tending obliquely from the midrib towards the edges. 

 Spikes rather lax, slender. Eoth, Nov. PL Sp. (1821) p. 102 {sp.) ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 171. //. hracteatum var. laxifJora, C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. V. 4 (1883) p. 152 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 200 

 (m adnot.) 



IvoNKAN : Worii liill, Island of Bombay, Dahcll S; Gibson. Deccan : Bahell tf- 

 Gibson. 



This has been included on (he autliority of Dalzell & Gibson. I have seen no 

 specimens from the Bombay Presidency. 



JleHotrojiiinn 2Jeniv{anum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 187. A native 

 of Peru, as its name denotes, often grown in gardens. It is the well- 

 known Cherry Pie of English gardens and its fragrant flowers are too 

 well known to need description. The plant was introduced into 

 Western India by the Earl of Clare. Grab. Cat. p. 135 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Suppl. p. GO; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. y. 12 (1898) p. 170 & 

 Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 390. 



