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slightly cohering at base. Stamens adhering to the base of the petals. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; styles free, stigmas capitate. Fruit a capsule, linear, 

 long-exserted from the calyx, pentagonal, 1-seeded. — Distbib. Species 

 2, one Indian the other Australian. 



^GiALiTis EOTUNDiFOLiA, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 111. A simple- 

 stemmed, soft-wooded shrub, 3 to 8 feet high ; stem about 3 in. in 

 diam., conical in shape. Leaves alternate, orbicular, very slightly acute 

 at apex, rounded or slightly cordate at base, diam. 2 to 3 in., entire, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, minutely glandular-dotted, shining above, dull 

 beneath ; midrib thick and prominent, veins at an angle of 60 degrees 

 with the midrib, closely reticulate ; petiole very stout, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 prominently winged, the wings sheathing, amplexicaul, leaving annular 

 scars when they fall. Inflorescence of axillary or terminal panicled 

 racemes ; flowers pale yellow, nearly sessile, enclosed in sheathing 

 bracts ; bract 1, '3 to -4 in. long, concave, obtuse, enclosing the two 

 similar but smaller bracteoles. Calyx cylindric, furrowed, -2 to "3 in. 

 long ; teeth 5, short. Corolla slightly longer than calyx ; lobes 5, 

 narrow. Stamens inserted on the base of the corolla ; filaments 

 shorter than corolla-tube ; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 1-celled, 

 styles free, stigma capitate, ovule 1 pendulous. Wall. Cat. 7240 ; Griff. 

 Notul. IV. 207 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 479 ; Prain Beng. 

 Plants I. 638. ^. annulata var. rotundifolia, DC. Prod. XII. 621. 

 ^. annulata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 217 ; For. Fl. II. 

 96 {not of B. Br.), ^^gianilites rotundifolia, Presl. Bot. Bemerk. 103. 



Malacca : Grijfitli (K.D.) 4156. — Distkib. Coasts of Bengal and 

 Burma and the Andaman Islands, in mangrove swamps. 



2. Plumbago, Linn. 



Perennial herbs or undershrubs, rarely annual, branches usually 

 straggling or sub-scandent. Leaves, if present, alternate, entire, the 

 petioles usually amplexicaul, auriculate at base. Floivers in terminal 

 spikes or spicate racemes, forming sometimes a leafy terminal panicle ; 

 bract 1, bracteoles 2, usually small. Calyx tubular, glandular, 5-fid, 

 the teeth erect. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube slender, lobes spreading. 

 Stamens free; filaments filiform, inserted on hypogynous glands; anthers 

 oblong, dorsifixed, usually exsert. Ovary attenuate at apex ; style 

 slender, divided into stigmatose branches ; ovule 1, pendulous from a 

 basal ascending funicle. Fruit a capsule, included in the persistent 

 calyx and corolla, circumsciss near the base, hardened above ; seed 

 solitary, albumen very small, embryo slender, radicle superior, coty- 

 ledons oblong. — Distkib. About 10 species, found in the warm regions 

 of both hemispheres. 



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