xcvi. acanthacby'e. 347 



2. Staurogyne zeylanica, 0. Kuntze, llevls. Gen. v. 1 (1891) 

 p. 497. Stem short, erect, usually with long pi'ocumbent trailing pubes- 

 cent branches. Leaves often red beneath (DaheU (|- Gibson), those of 

 the main stem l|-3 by |-lg in., with long petioles, those of the 

 branches |-1| by ^-^ in., with short petioles or subsessile, elliptic or 

 slightly obovate, subobtuse, more or less pubescent, pale beneath, base 

 of the stem-leaves much attenuated into the petiole. Flowers in dense 

 spikes 1-2 in. long ; bracts foliaceous, hairy and cihate, § by g in., 

 obovate, apiculate, with strong mid- and marginal-nerves ; braeteoles 

 5 in. long, linear-oblong, bristly. Calyx densely bristly, divided to the 

 base or nearly so, the large sepal 5 by jig- in., linear-oblong, subobtuse 

 with a strong mid-nerve, the other 4 sepals slightly shorter and much 

 narrower, linear-subulate. Corolla | in. long ; lobes about -^ in. long, 

 oblong, rounded. Filaments hairy. Stigma of 2 unequal acute lobes, 

 the lower lobe sometimes 2-fid. Capsules ^ iu. long, narrowly oblong, 

 obtuse, apiculate. Seeds subglobose or ellipsoid, distantly pitted. 

 Ebermaiera zei/lanica, Nees, in DC. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) p. 74; C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 397; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 290; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355. Erythracanthiis 

 elongatus, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 184 [not of IN^ees). 



Not common. Konkan: Stocks I, Balzclll; Wari jungles, DahcU cf- Gibson. 

 Kanara : Supa on the Kala naddi, Ritchie, 1212 ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; 

 Ceylon. 



6. CARDANTHERA, Buch.-Ham. ex Voigt, Hort. Suburb. 

 Calc. (1845) p. 482. 



Ai'omatic often viscid herbs. Leaves opposite, the upper toothed 

 (rarely entire), the lower often pinnatifid or, if submerged, pectinate. 

 Flowers in spikes or whorls or 1-3 together in opposite axils ; bracts or 

 braeteoles often suppressed. Calyx divided almost to the base ; sepals 

 5, narrow, often unequal. Corolla 2-lipped ; tube nearly straight, 

 shorter than the calyx ; hmb long, the lobes t\^dsted to the left ; throat 

 with a transversely plaited palate. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anthers of 

 the upper pair often smaller, the cells parallel. Ovary narrow, 2-celled ; 

 ovules many. Capsule sessile, narrow, seed-bearing throughout. Seeds 

 40-100, small, ovoid, somewhat compressed, glandular-puberulous or 

 glabrous ; retinacula minute, conical, soft, straight. — Distrib. Species 

 10, of which 2 are African, the others Indian. 



Lindau (Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, 3 B, p. 295) has adopted for this genus the 

 name Synnema, under, it would appear, the erroneous impression that it was the 

 older name. The genus Synnema is due to Bentham (DO. Prodr. v. 10 (1846) p. 538). 

 Cardanthera appears in DC. Prodr. (v. 11 (1847) p. 67), and were this its first j^ublica- 

 tion it would have been subsequent to Synnema. It had, however, been previously 

 (1845) published by Voigt (1. c.) as due to Buchanan. 



1. Cardanthera pinnatifida, Benth. in Gen. PI. v. 2 (187G) 

 pp. 1074-75, ex G. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 405. A slender 

 glandular-pubesceut herb 1-2 ft. high ; stem obtusely 4-gonous, glan- 

 dular-pubescent, swollen at the nodes. Leaves 2-4 by g-1 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, subobtuse, gland alar- pubescent, deeply pinnatifid ; lobes 

 numerous, oblique, linear-oblong, obtuse, entire or serrulate. Flowers 

 usually solitary in opposite axils (sometimes in lax spikes) ; bracts 



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