2. Cephalostigma.] 80. CAMPANVLACEjE. 



3-lobed stigma. Capsule loculicidally 2-3-valved at the apex, often 

 conical. Seeds very many ellipsoid compressed or 3-gonous. 



A. Seeds ellipsoid, not trioonous 1. Schimperi. 



B. Seeds distinctly trigonous : — 



Leaves scattered. Calyx patently pilose 2. hirsutiirn. 



Leaves .subverticillate* below the panicle. Calyx nearly 



g-labrous 3. Hookeri. 



1. C. Schimperi, Hochst. 



A little herb usually 6-7" high but sometimes attaining 12" mostly 

 with a central stem and copious lateral delicate branches ending in 

 minute flowers. Stems and branches ridged sparsely hairy. Leaves 

 sessile oblong denticulate and somcAvhat sinuate, upper lanceolate 

 and gradually smaller and narrower. Branches capillaiy cyniose or 

 simple. Fls. pale-blue •12" long in flower, -2" long in fruit. Calyx 

 patently hairy, the erect linear petals onl}' as long as the sepals. 

 Capsule with a conical beak nearly as long as the sepals. Seeds 

 much longer than broad, not at all trigonous though occasionally 

 slightly angled, shining-brown. 



Frequent in the hills of Chota Nappur in open places. Sing-bhum I Ilazaribagh ! 

 Ranchi ! Palamau. Gamble ! Frequent at Neterhat! Fl. Fr., Oct. -Dec. 



2. C. hirsutum, Edgexv. 



A little rather weak erect herb 3-7" high with hairy stem 

 dichotomously branched above. Leaves more membranous than in 



C. Schimperi, S-'O", elliptic- oblong or elliptic, undulate and slightly 

 toothed, narrowed below at base and very shorth^ petioled, sparsely 

 patently pilose. Pedicels capillary •12-'5" long. Calyx patently 

 pilose and sepals linear-lanceolate sparsely hispid-hairy. Corolla pale 

 blue or white starlike •11-22" diam. Capsule with conical tip. Seeds 

 nearly as broad as long, sharply 3-gonous or sub-3-alate. 



Chota Nagpur, chiefly on clay soils in the hills. Singbhum ! Hazax-ibagh 

 (Pirtand, Parasuath) ! Ranchi, Gamble ! Fl., Fr. Oct. -Jan. 



It is not easily distinguished from C. Schimperi except by the seeds. The 

 hairiness of the calyx is rather variable, while the sepals of Schimperi are alsa 

 sometimes slightly hairy. The habit is somewhat different and the leaves usually 

 broader and less sessile. 



3. C. Hookeri, Clarice. 



A very slender erect plant 3-9" high ending in a paniculately 

 branched naked inflorescence, puberulous or slightly pilose. Leaves 

 tending to be verticillate, elliptic, narrowed both ends and sometimes 

 sub-petioled, often minutely crenate, sparsely pilose. Panicles often 

 nearly naked, the bracts most minute, linear. Calyx 'Oo-'Oe" in flower, 

 •12" in fruit, nearly glabrous with glabrous shortly triangular or 

 lanceolate sepals. Corolla 1" blue. Capsule with conical tip exceeding 

 the calyx, seeds 3-gonous. 



Parasnath, 4000 ft., Clarke. Fl. Oct. 



Differs from hirmtitm especially in the glabrous inflorescence and calyx and the 

 more !iaked panicles. L. sometimes ell. -oblong, often verticillate below the in- 

 florescence which is 2-5" diam. with very small linear bracts and filiform glabroua 

 pedicels -3-1" lont--. 



3. WAHLENBERGIA, Sclxrad. 

 Herbs with alt. or opp. leaves and loosely panicled flowei'S. Calyx 

 5-partite. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed, often very deeply. Stamens 



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