Buchnfr.v. ] S( R'>riiri..\h'IA('EJE. 155 



solitary, about as long as the leaves, docurved in fruit. 8ej>ah \ in. 

 long, (.rate, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla shorter <ir longer than the sepals, 

 blue or white. Capsule j in. in diam.; lobes globose, 4-10-seedod. 



A common weed within tho area, appearing during the cold Reason in 

 gardens and cultivated ground. Distrib. : Punjab Plnin and W. 

 Himalaya f r< m Kashmir and Baltietan to Kumaon up to 9,<i00 ft., also 

 in C Bengal, extending to Europe, N. Africa, China, Japan and the 

 Loochco Islands. 



19. BUCHNERA, Linn.; PI. Brit. Ind. iv, 297. 



Rigid annual herbs, black when dry. Leaves, the lower ones, oppo- 

 site and broad, upper alternate and narrow. Flowers sessile, axillary 

 or in brncteate spikes, 2-bracteolate. Calyx tubular, 5-tootlied, 10- 

 nerved and sometimes 5-ribbed. CorollaHube straight or nearly so, 

 slender; lobes 5, flat, subequal, spreading, 2 upper inside in bud. 

 Stamens didynan.ons, included ; anthers 1-celled, vertical, dorsifixed, 

 bases obtuse, connective sometime* mucronate. Ovary 2-celIed, style 

 thickened or clavate upwards, stig.na entire or notched. Fruit an 

 oblong loculicidal capsule; valves coriaceous entire, septiferous, 

 separating from the placentas. Seeds many, obovoid or oblong, 

 reticulated. — Species about 78, in the warmer regions of both 

 hemispheres. 



B. hispida, Buch.-Ham in Don Prod. 91 ; F.B.I, iv, 298 ; Collett Fl. 

 8iml. 358 ; Prain Beng. PL 774 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 301. 



An erect hispid herb, 6-18 in. high. Stem slender, often branched above. 

 Leaves sessile or obscurely petioled ; the lower crowded, 1-2 in. long, 

 obovate or oblong ; the upper usually longer -and narrower. Flowers 

 distant, sessile in the axils of narrow bracts and forming terminal spikes 

 fi-10 in. long ; bracteoles small, subulate. Calyx ±-\ in long, tubular, 

 hispid ; teeth lanceolate, acute. Corolla pale-purple or white ; tube, 

 slender, cylindric, longer than the calyx, hairy within. Capsule oblong, 

 shorter than the calyx. 



Frequent in grassy places on the Siwalik range and throughout the sub- 

 Himalayan tracts eastwards Flowers July-Oct. 1>istbib. : W. and 

 I '. Himalay i from Kashmir to E. Nepal, up to 9,000 ft., and from Chota 

 Nagpur, C. India and the Konkan to S. India ; also in Madagascar and 

 Trop. Africa. 



20. STRIGA, Lour. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 298. 



Usually -cabrid herbs, turning blackish rhen dry. Leaves, the 

 lower, opposite; upper alternate, linear, entire, rarely toothed, some- 

 times reduced to scales. Flowers axillary or the upper in bracteate 



