i.\x. iiviiiAei;.!".. KJI 



fillfdrin eli)ngalril i^jedunclc, or often urniiiyeJ in lerniinal and axiihiry 

 sleiuk-r lax panicles. Calyx (ia flower) ,',, in. long ; teeth j'^y in. longs 

 subulate, in fruit distant. Corolla J, i in. long ; tube yV'TJ '"• ^'^"o '> 

 lobes nearly as long as the tube. Capsules 7^77 in- in diaui., globose, 

 yi. B. I. V. :^, p. G7; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (ISUS) p. 044. 

 Jfedi/piis Ihi/)iei, Bedd. Icon. I'l. Ind. Or. t. '6'3.(not of Br.). — I'lowers : 

 July-Oct. Yeun. K(iju,ri. 



Rare. Decc-uj : Poona districts, WoodroHK S. M. Coi.ntuic : Belgaiiin, Ritchie^ 

 1162! — DisxuiB. India (Bamlclkanil, W. I'eniusula). 



8. Oldenlandia aspera, DC. Prodr. v. 4 (1830) p. 428. A stout 

 annual lieib (i 1") in. high; stems and branches scabrid with minute 

 \\hitisli points. Leaves wliorled, 1-2 by ^-^ in., linear, acute, sub- 

 sessile, with slightly recurved margins ; stipules membranous, w ith 

 1-3 bristles. Flowers pale blue (Dalzell), rose-colored {Ritchie), small, 

 in terminal branched cymes, solitary or ia pairs, sessile or sl^jrtly 

 pedicelled along the branches of the cyme. Calyx (in flower) -f',j i:i. 

 long; teeth -^ ia. It»ng, friangular-subulate. Corolla iufundibuliform, 

 i-J/^ in. long; tube very slender, ^^ in. long. Capsules ^-i in. in diam., 

 globose, somewhat didymous, scabrid with white points, crowned by the 

 distant calyx-teeth. PL B. I. v. 3, p. 08 ; Woodr. in Journ. Jiomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1S98) p. 644. lledijotis asjiera, lleyne, in Both, Nov. Pi, Sp. 

 p. 94; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 115. — Plowers: Aug. 



Deccan : Poona, Cooke \, Woodrowl, Eanadc], Kaniikarl GvJxnxT. Siirat, 

 IPuhcUl S. M. CouNTK>s : Badapii,. Toocircio ! ; Pddshapur, /f^VcAic, 1782 !— Disteii;. 

 Sudia (W. I'Liiiiisula). 



9. Oldenlandia retrorsa, Bbis<(. FV. Orient, v. 3- (1875) p. 12, 

 Eootstock woody; stems 12-18 in. long, numerous, terete, slender, 

 retrorsely hispid with short stiff hairs. Leaves whorled, ^-l by g-| in.^ 

 subsessile, liuear-oblong, siibobtu.se,. flat, hispid on both sides with short 

 stiff hairs; stipules membranous, with 1-3 bristles. Flowers sessile 

 and pedicelled, scattered along the long branches of glabrous spreading; 

 terminal cyuies. Calyx (in flower) slightly pubescent, j^j- in. long; 

 lobes TT^j in. long, linear or subtriangular, acute. Corolla g-^ in. long ; 

 tube very slender (almost filiform), |-| in. long, glabrous: lobes ^ in. 

 long, linear-oblong, obtuse. Capsules |-^ in. in diam., crowned by the 

 distant calyx-teeth, subglobose, truncate, didymous, quite glabrous,, 

 the crown of the capsule about level with the top of the calyx or very 

 slightly protruding. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 08 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat.. 

 V. 11 (1808) p. 044.— Flowers : Oct.-Nov. 



Confined to Sind. Sind : Siockg], Bhola Vuran I ; on .sand, liills, DulzeJlV; banks oC 

 JIulir river near- Karachi, Woodrow ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karac'.ii, Stuc/cs, 4811 — 

 DiSTRiB. Arabia. 



10. Oldenlandia gracilis, Uool. f. in Fl. B. I. v. 3 (1880) p. OS. 

 A slender erect herb t)-12 in. high; branches £ew, erect, slender, 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite (not whorled), 2-13. by j-\|--} in. (the upper- 

 most leaves often mucli narrower,.sometime3 not more tiian y\f in. wide), 

 linear, acuminate, glabrous, flat; stipules truncate. Flowers in lax 

 branched cymes, the branches slender, spreading in flower, erect ia 

 fruit ; pedicels very slender. Calyx jj in. long, glabrous ; teeth 

 triangular-subulate, yg^ in. long, very acute. Corolla bro\\n {lloolcr) ; 



