XC. SCKOPniTLARTACE.T. 2S1 



1. Anticharis glandulosa, Aschers. in Monatsh. Ala<L Wiss. Berl. 

 (1866) p. 880. Au erect branched leafy herb scarcely reaching 1 ft. 

 high, clothed all over with viscid glandular hairs. Leaves |-| in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, subobtuse, densely glandular-hairy, entire, narrowed into 

 a short flatteued often obscure petiole. Pedicels axillary, solitary (very 

 rarely 2 together), ^ in. long, slender, glandular-hairy ; bracts 2 about 

 the middle of the pedicel, reaching :^ in. long, linear-spathulate, glandular 

 hairy. Calyx ^ in. long, divided to the base ; sepals oblanceolate, acute, 

 glandular-hairy and ciliate. Corolla scarcely ^ in. long, rosy. Filaments 

 short, filiform, glabrous ; anthers versatile, curved, the segments unequal. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous, seated on a somewhat cup-shaped disk ; style 

 glabrous. Capsules | in. long, narrowly ovoid, acuminate, pubescent. 

 Seeds about -^s'^^- long, oblong, truncate, longitudinally striately ribbed. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 249 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 4, p. 423 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 173. Anticharis arabica, Aitch. Pb. & Sind 

 PI. p. 106 (not of Eudl.). 



In the Bombay Presidency confined to Sind. Sind: Stocisl, Vicaryl, Bhola 

 Puran !, Cooke !, Woodrow. — Distrib. Upper Egypt. 



2. Anticharis linearis, Hochst. ex Aschers. in Monatsh. Akad.Wiss. 

 Berl. (1866) p, 882. A much-branched herb rarely exceeding 1 ft. high, 

 turning black in drying, more or less clothed with slender glandular 

 hairs. Leaves linear, acute, 1-1| by ^~l in., sessile, entire, glaudular- 

 hairv or nearly glabrous. Pedicels |-| in. long, solitary, filiform, with 

 2 small linear bracts y^"! i"- long at or near the middle. Calyx -^ in. 

 long, divided to the base ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acute, glandular- 

 hairy. Corolla pale-purple, veined, divided scarcely f-\A ay down ; lobes o, 

 oblong, obtuse. Anthers versatile, curved, the segments unequal. 

 Style glat^rous. Capsules 5 in. long, ovoid, acuminate, pubescent, 

 veined. Seeds -^-^ in. long, oblong, truncate, longitudinally striately 

 ribbed. Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 4, p. 423 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 12 (1898) p. 173. Doratanthera linearis, Benth. in DC. Prodr. v. 10 

 (1846) p. 347 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 106. 



In the Bombay Presidency confined to Sind. Sind : Stocks .', Woodrow, Bhola 

 Ptira7i ! — Distrib. India (Panjab) ; Arabia, Tropical Africa, Cape de Verde Islands. 



2. CELSIA, Linn. 



Annual or biennial erect herbs. Leaves alternate, crenate, sinuate- 

 dentate or inciso-pinnatifid. Flowers in terminal simple or rarely 

 branched spikes or racemes. Calyx deeply 5-fid or 5-partite ; segments 

 imbricate. Corolla rotate ; tube scarcely any ; lobes 5, broad, somewhat 

 unequal, the upper outermost in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous or (in 

 the single Bombay species) subequal ; filaments bearded ; anthers at 

 the apex of the filament transverse or oblique, the cells confluent ; 

 staminodes 0. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules many ; style entire ; stigma 

 compressed, terminal. Capsule globose or ovoid, septicidally 2-valved, 

 the valves each usually 2-fid. Seeds small, warted, not winged. — 

 DiSTEiB. S. Europe, N. Africa, Abyssinia, W. Asia, and East Indies ; 

 species about 30. 



1. Celsia coromandeliana, Vahl, Symh. Bot. v. 3 (1794) p. 79. 

 An annual herb ; stem 2-3 ft. high, hairy, often branched near the top. 



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