362 XCVI. ACAXTIIACE.E. 



cula hard, sharp. C. B. Clarke, in Dyer, F]. Trop. Afr. v. 5 (1900) 

 p. 72, Di/schoriste erecta, O. Kuntze, Eevis. Gen. v. 1 (1891) p. 485. 

 JRuellia erecta, Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) p. 135, t. 41, fig. 3. Calophanes 

 Kacjchana, Nees, in DC. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) p. 109 ; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 410; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 355.— Flowers : Apr. 



Not very common. KoviKAyi: Stocksl DKCCAV.'NaBili, Wadthekar I S. M. Country : 

 4 miles N. of Belgaum, Eitchie, 599! Kanaka: banks of the Kflla naddi, Bitchie, 

 1151! Gujarat: Daiigs, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Behar, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



2. Dyschoriste vagans, 0. Kuntze, Eevis. Gen. v. 1 (1891) p. 486. 

 Shrubby, diffuse, sometimes climbing among bushes (Wight), glandular- 

 pubescent ; stems many from the root, obtusely quadrangular. Leaves 

 1 1 21 by ^1$ in-) ovate, acute, often with subcrenate margins, more 

 or less pubescent on both sides, base usually tapering ; main nerves 

 6-8 pairs, prominent beneath ; petioles | in. long. Flowers fetid 

 (EitcJiie), axillary, solitary or in 2-6-flowered shortly pedunculate cymes ; 

 bracteoles g in. long, lanceolate, broader than the calyx-teeth. Calyx 

 i_S in. long, glandular-hairy, divided about | the way down in flower, 

 afterwards divided to the base ; segments lanceolate-subulate, finely 

 aristate. Corolla |-1 in. long, bluish, pubescent outside ; lobes of the 

 upper lip g in. long, oblong, rounded ; lobes of the lower lip ^ in. long, 

 oblong, rounded. Stamens didyuamous, one of each pair of filaments 

 united at the base, the connate portion flattened and pubescent ; anther- 

 cells with capillary white spurs about Jg- in. long, often divaricate. 

 Style pubescent. Capsules | in. long, oblong, pointed, glabrous. Seeds 

 broadly ellipsoid, densely clothed with glistening hygroscopic hairs. 

 Calopiianes vaqans, Wight, Icon. (1850) t. 1526 ; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. Fl. B! I. V. 4, p. 411.— Flowers : Sept.-Dec. 



Not common in the Bombay Presidency. Without looality, BahcU in Herb. Kew. ! 

 KoNKAN : Stocksl S. M. Country: Belgaum hills, Ritchie, 603! — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



3. Dyschoriste Dalzellii, 0. Kuntze, Eevis. Gen. v. 1 (1891) 

 p. 486. Shrubby, all parts except the capsules glandular-pubescent ; 

 stems many from the root, 1-15 in. long, obtusely subquadrangular. 

 Leaves 1-2 by g-lj in., ovate, acute, submeinbranous, often with sub- 

 crenate margins, base rounded or subacute ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, 

 prominent beneath ; petioles ^-^ in. long. Flowers pedicellate, solitary or 

 in few (often 3) -flowered cymes on short axillary peduncles ; bracteoles 

 i in. long, broader than the ualyx-teeth, lanceolate, glandular-hairy, 

 caducous ; pedicels yV-^ in. long. Calyx divided about | the way- 

 down in flower, afterwards divided to the base, strigose with glandular 

 hairs ; segments lanceolate-subulate, finely aristate. Corolla bluish, 

 1-1 1 in. long, pubescent outside; tube ventricose upwards; upper lip 

 2-fid, the lobes ^ in. long, oblong, rounded ; lower lip 3-lol)ed, the lobes 

 1 in. long, oblong, rounded. Stamens didynamous, one of each pair of 

 filaments united at the base, the connate portion flattened and pubescent; 

 anther-cells minutely spurred at the base (sometimes almost spurless). 

 Style filiform, pubescent. Capsules |-^ in. long, oblong, pointed, 

 glabrous. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, densely clothed with glistening hygro- 

 Bcopic hairs. Calophnnes Dalzellii, T. Anders, ex Bedd. Icon. PI. Ind. 

 Or. V. 1 (1874) p. 60, t. 248; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 



