TAX. KntlAfK.l. 595 



G. Anotis Montholoni, Jlouk. f. in Fl. B. I. v. 3 (1S80) p. 73. 

 Annual, erect, sparingly bnuichecl ; stem and branches more or less 

 hispid, licaves Ij^j-- by ^-^ in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, more 

 or less hairy on both surfaces ; petioles y\,-.', in. lung ; stipules with short 

 bristles. Mowers in terminal and axillary pedunded many-flowered 

 (not capitate) cymes; peduncles hairy. Calyx ,'^ in. long; teeth 

 longer than the tube, in fruit below the middle of the ca])sule near(;r to 

 the pedicel than the crown, ovate, pointed with a tine ca[)ilhiry bristle. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, i)urple, i in. long ; lobes jV in. long, oblong, 

 subacute, glabrous outside. Capsules clustered, subsessile, didymous, 

 broader than long, with a large double convex crown giving the appear- 

 ance of two heniLspheric bosses, ])ubescent ; cells 1-3-seeded. (Seeds 

 globose or somewhat beehive-shaped, deeply excavated on the face, pitted, 

 black. The hair-points on the calyx-tt^eth are a good distinctive mark. 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 11 (1898) p. G45. — Flowers : Aug. ' 



Decc.\n : Poona, Banadel, Woodrow'. S. M. CoufiTKY: Belgaum, Ritchie, 1778.'; 

 bauks ot'nalas near Belgauui, Uitchie ! Kanaua : Law ! — Distuiu. India ( VV. Peninsula), 



7. Anotis foetida, Be^ith. cj- IIool: f. Gen. PL v. 2 (1873) p. 59, & 

 llool: f. Fl. B. I. V. 3 (1880) p. 74, A slender annual 4-6 in. high ; 

 stem simple or sometimes excessively bi'auched ; branches erect, very 

 slender, more or less 4'gonons, glabrous. Leaves sessile, ^-1 by -}-q- 

 ■f^ in., linear or narrowly linear-kinceolate, subacute, scaberulous with 

 minute papilkc above, pale beneath and with recurved margins ; stipules 

 small, bristly. I'lowers subsessile, in 2-3'flowered capitate cymes 

 terminating simple or forked subterminal capillary erect peduncles. 

 Calyx jL iu. ]oi]g j teeth J^, in. long, narrowly triangular, acute, apiculate. 

 Corolla J- in., long, funnel-shaped, purple; lobes ovate, acute, J^- in. long,, 

 externally papillose. Capsules j^j— g in., sessile, broader than long,, 

 didymous, the crown very prominent, with the calyx-teeth about g-way 

 down from the top of the capsule ; cells l-G-seeded. Seeds elliptic or 

 orbicular in horizontal section, compressed, coaivex on the back, excavated 

 on the face, pitted, black. AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 645. Ilechjotis foetida, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 134 ; 

 JJalz. & Gibs. p. 116. — llowers : July-Aug. 



KoNKAN : Mahviin in stonj' ground during the rains, Z>«L-*//!'; Bdvabaj, Lambert I 

 Deccan : Khandala, BJiim t S. M. Countuv :■ Belgaum, Ritchie, 1163!; Londa, 

 Woodrow. Kanaka : Woodrow ; Karwar, Talbot, 554 I — Distsib. Apparently endeaiie. 



8. Anotis Ritchiei, IIool: f. Fl. B. I. v. 3 (1880) p. 74. A small 



slender plant 4-7 iu. high ; stems csospitose, more or less angled, glabrous 

 or pubescent. Leaves \-k by -^-q-^ in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse, hairy on both surfaces, narrowed at the base into a very short 

 petiole ; stipules inconspicuous. Llowers iu small tern)iual shortly 

 pedunded cymes ; branches of the cyme few, pubescent, each carrying a 

 head of 2-3 sessile or subsessile flowers. Calyx j'^ in. long, hairy; teeth 

 -^j in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla purple, -i^- L in. long ; 

 tube very slender; lobes -i\. in. long, pubescent on both sides, with a 

 darker purple spot at the base of each lobe {lUtchie). Stamens exserted ; 

 anthers linear, blue {Uitchie). Ovary 2-celled : cells 2-4-seeded. Fruit 

 unknown. 



There is but a single sheet of this species (without fruif) in Uerb. Kew. The 



