XCIII. GESNEE-IACE.E. 323 



ellipsoid, apiculate, rugose. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 3G0 ; C. B. Clarke, in DC. 

 Mouogr. V. 5, part 1 (1883) p. 128. DUymocarpus cristata, Dalz. in 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 225 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 134.— Flowers : 

 Sept.-Oct. 



Rare. Without locality, Dahell in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Stocks !, Law ! S. M. 

 Country : rocks uear Parva Ghat, Dahell cf Gibson. — Distrib. Throughout; India 

 widely dispersed. 



3. KLUGIA, Schlecht. 

 Herbs ; stems I'ooting near the base, then erect, somewhat succulent, 

 simple or branched, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves alternate (or sub- 

 opposite, one of the pair reduced to an auricle), acuminate, unequal- 

 sided, cordate!)^ auriuled on one side of the unequal base, subentire or 

 sinuate, many-nerved. Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed many- 

 flowered racemes ; bracts minute or 0, Calyx campanulate, 5-angled or 

 winged ; segments 5, narrowly triangular. Corolla-tube cylindric ; limb 

 2-lipped, the upper lip very short, erect, entire or emargiuate, the lower 

 lip broad, rounded or shortly 3-lobed. Perfect stamens 4, included, 

 inserted above the middle of the tube ; filaments slightly flattened ; 

 anthers approximated by pairs, 2-celled, the cells short, divaricate, soon 

 confluent. Disk fleshy, annular or shortly cylindric. Ovary superior ; 

 placentas bearing ovules all over. Capstile included in the calyx, 

 broadly ellipsoid, loculicidal, 2-valved. Seeds ellipsoid, truncate at both 

 ends, reticulate. — Disteib. Species 4, of which 3 are Indian, the other 

 Central American. 



1. Klugia Notoniana, A. DO. Frodr. v. 9 (1845) p. 276. Annual, 

 1-2 ft, high ; stem watery, stout, branched, shining, terete, glabrons or 

 slightly hispid with a few short bristly hairs. Leaves few, 2-8 by 1-2^ 

 in., ovate-oblong, very unequal-sided, acuminate, sinuate, often minutely 

 denticulate, the smaller side acute at the base, the larger semicordate, 

 auriculate, extending much lower down on the petiole, scabrous above, 

 glabrous, pubescent or scabrous and paler beneath ; lateral nerves very 

 numerous, parallel, prominent beneath; petioles |-lg in. long, stout. 

 Flowers numerous, in racemes reaching 4 in. long ; rhachis pubescent 

 on one side ouly ; bracts yq-^ in. long, linear-subulate, persistent ; 

 pedicels jq-^ iii- loug, nodding, filiform, pubescent. Calyx | in. long, 

 usually glabrous ; tube 5-winged, the upper wing extended into a large 

 erect rounded crest; lobes -^-^ in. long, narrowly triangular, acute. 

 Corolla-tube ^ in. long, white; limb bluish-purple; upper lip -^ in. 

 high, oblong, rounded ; lower lip |-| in. in diam., entire, blotched with 

 yellow at the base. Caps ides ^ in. in diam., concealed in the calyx. 

 Seeds about -^ in. long, oblong-ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p.3G') ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1353 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 277 ; C. B. Clarke, in DC. Monogr. 

 V. 5, part 1 (1883) p. 159 ; W^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 17t). Klugia scabra, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 134.— Flowers : 

 Sept.-Oct. 



Konkan: Wari Country, Dalzell ^- Gibson. Deccan : Khandala, Cooke I; Wada 

 Gh4t below Mahableshwar, Coo/ce '., Woodrow ! ; Malkapur, Woodrow. S. M. Country : 

 Bifckie, 19081 — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



I quite agree with Trimen {I. c.) that Klugia scabra, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1. c), is 

 not deserving of eyen varietal rank. 



