25 



am 



i t: 1 -rr ^y ^ palmatifidis et marline minus 



serrato recedit; ab //. Mastersiano floribus majoribiist bracteolis 

 appendiculajninore mstructis, calycis lobis longioribus angusti^ 

 onbusque {E. Master uani calycis lobi vix 9 mm. lon^i, Iciiti 

 non acummati sunt), foliis serratis (in //. Mastersiano folia 

 crenato-dentata sunt), setis stellatis numerosis diffeit. 



„.7. X- Q.g^j m. alta, setis stellatis basi tiiberciilatis 



Folia _ submembranacea, inferiora 

 , , , ^ cin. diametro, superiora ovata vel 



lanceolata, siimma Imeari-oblonga, omnia impariter serrata 

 pilisque stellatis pagma utraque tecta; petioli infimi circa 7 cm. 



loiigi, superiores breves; stipnlae 1 cm. longae, lineari-setaceae. 



instructa, non acnleata . 

 rotundata vel ovata, 8-10 



1. Tart of stem. 2. Bracteoles and calyx. 3. Bracteole. 



4. Seed — jiat. size. 



6. Seed, — mag. 6. Small scale from seed. 

 7. Large scale from seed. 



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Flares axillares, snbsessiles, 4-5 cm. longi, flavi, in mediis piir- 

 purei, Bracteolae 10, ima basi inter se connatae, a calyce liberae, 

 1 cm. longae, setosae pilosaeque, lineares, appendiculatae, parte 

 supra appendiculam lineari sub-terete obtusa appendiculae sub- 

 aequilonga; appendicula bracteola parum latior, lanceolata. Calu.r 

 1'2 cm. longus, 10-costatus, setosus pilosusque, lobis tubo 

 longioribus lanceolatis acuminatis. Capsula ovoidea, rostrata, 

 caljcem longitudine subaequans, juventute pilis longis rigidis 

 albis densissime instructa ; semina acutangnlaria, verrucarum 

 mmutarum ordinibus squamisque ovatis pectinatis obducta. 



India. Central Provinces : common in the middle Gondwaiia 

 sandstones about Pachmarlii in tlie Satpura range, 900 m., 

 Haines 19T P. Flowers and fruits October-JS'ovember. 



