SPIKEXAED AXD YALERIAX. 



26' 



base sub-equal ; lobes, 5, spreading. Stamens, 4. Ovary 3-celled, 

 one ovuled ; style linear, stigma capitate. Fruit obovate, com- 

 pressed, 3-celled, 1-seeded, the 2 barren cells smaller than the 

 fertile. Seed obovate, compressed." 



The distinctive character of the species K jatamansi, is 

 detailed by the same authority, as follows :—" Eoot stock, woody, 

 long, stout, covered with fibres from the petioles of withered 

 leaves. Stem, 4 to 24 inches, more or less pubescent upwards. 



Naedostachys grandifloea, D.C. 



Reduced from Plate ii. in De Candolle's ' Memoir ' liere quoted. 



