4hG XCVIII. LXBIATJE. 



tube includod or exserted ; upper lobe entire or 2-fid ; lower lobes some- 

 M'hat spreading. Stamens 4, exserted, subequal or slightly unequal, 

 straight or subdeclinate ; filaments bearded ; anther-cells confluent. 

 Disk equal, subentire. Ovary 4-partite ; style 2-fid, the lobes subulate, 

 equal. Fruit of 4 (rarely 1) ovoid or oblong, smooth or rough dry 

 nutlets: basal scar small. — Disteib. Tropical Asia and Australia; 

 species about 12. 



Leaves opposite. 



Bracts ^V hi. long, linear-oblorig ; corolla-tube inchidecl ; 



calyx-teeth erect, shorter than the tube 1. D. myosuroides. 



Bracts \-^ in. long, lanceolate ; corolla-tube exserted. 



Stem and leaves densely clothed with long coarse spreading 

 hairs ; leaves with rounded base ; calyx-teeth minute, 



inflexed in fruit 2. D. auricularia. 



Stem and leaves sparsely appressedly hairy ; base of leaves 

 very acute ; calyx-teeth nearly as long as the tube, 



erect in fruit 3. D. salicifolia. 



Leaves whorled. 



Calyx not grooved nor ridged ; nutlets 4. 



Leaves in whorls of 4 4. D. qundrifolia. 



Leaves in whorls of 5 or more 5. I), ddlata. 



Calyx strongly 5-ribbed ; nutlet solitary 6. B. S/ocksii. 



1. Dysophylla myosuroides, BentJi. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 1 

 (1880) p. 30. A much-branched perennial herb 8-15 in. high with a 

 woody rootstock ; stem and branches nearly round, woody below, the 

 young ones silky-villous or tomentose. Leaves §-l| by ^-| in., nearly 

 sessile, thick, elliptic-oblong, subacute, silky-villous, entire or denticulate, 

 sti'ongly nerved, the nerves conspicuous on both sides. Flowers in long 

 simple or branched continuous dense, sliortly-pedunculate tomentose 

 cyliiidric spikes 1-4 by ^ in.; bracts J^ in. long, linear-oblong, ciliate. 

 Calyx vi5-n5 ^^' ^^^Si densely silky; teeth equal, triangular, shorter 

 than the tube, erect in fruit. Corolla red, ^ in. long ; tube included ; 

 lobes 4, subequal, oblong, rounded. Style-arms subulate. Nutlets 

 ellipsoid, compressed, granulate. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 638 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 301. Dysojphylla myosuroides, 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 208.— Flowers : Jan. 



Stocks], Balzell\, hoih. without locality in Herb. Kew. Deccan : Mahableshwar, 

 Balzell S( Gibson, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Dysophylla auricularia, Blnme, Bljdr. (1820) p. 826, .A 

 coarse annual 1-2 ft. high ; stems erect, much-branched, quadrangular, 

 densely clotiied with long coarse spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, 

 shortly petiolate, 1-2| by ^-l in., elliptic-oblong, subacute, serrate, 

 hairy on both sides, base rounded. Flowers shortly pedicellate, in 

 spicate racemes 2-4 by i-g in. ; bracts | in. long, lanceolate, acute, 

 usually shortly stalked, densely ciliate with lonjjj luiirs. Calyx scarcely 

 ■Jq in. long; teeth minute, triangular, acute, inflexed in fruit. Corolla 

 less than -^ in. long, ]iale-lilac ; tube exserted; lobes ovate, acute, hairy 

 at the back. Nutlets about -^jj in. long, broadly ellipsoid, smooth, the 

 inner face slightly angular, the dorsal face rounded. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 638; Grab. Cat. p. 150?; Wight, Icon. 1. 1445; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 380 ; AV^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 361 ; Prain, 

 Beug. PI. p. 849. 



