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stature. At Dapoli, on the maidan, it succeeds Habenaria rotundi- 

 folia in the rains. 



14. CENTRANTHERA. 



C. hispida. About a foot high, leaves opposite, sessile, 

 nearly linear, pointed, flowers solitary, nearly sessile, purplish- 

 red or nearly white, filaments bearded, capsule round. 



The Konkans. Matheran. Throughout India (#.). 



15. SOPUBIA. 



S. delphinifolia. A handsome, erect plant, branched, and 

 mostly smooth, leaves pinnatifid with filiform segments, 

 flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, large, rose-coloured, the 

 throat darker, bracts 2, linear, calyx teeth long and narrow, 

 sometimes with intermediate teeth, capsule oblong. Dudhdli. 



Konkan and Guzerat. Mahableshwar. H. makes it as much as 

 3 or 4 feet high. I have not seen it more than half that. 



Artanema, leaves opposite, corolla bell-shaped, upper stamens with 

 long arching filaments. A. sesamoides, a tall plant with 4-sided 

 stems, leaves lanceolate acute, flowers blue or purple in racemes ; 

 like those of Sesamum, but smaller. Konkan. 



IlysantlwSy slender marsh plants, leaves opposite, 2 upper stamens 

 only perfect, the anthers meeting. * I. hyssopioides, stem diffuse 

 or erect, leaves oblong lanceolate, flowers pale blue, long-stalked, 

 corolla much longer than calyx, flowers pink in racemes, the lower lip 

 spotted with white, capsule linear long. Common in the rains (!>}. 



Glossostigma, flowers solitary, axillary, minute, calyx bell-shaped, 

 3 or 4-lobed, stamens 2 or 4. * Q. spathulatum, very small, creeping, 

 rooting at the joints, leaves fascicled, linear, spathulate, flowers 

 blue on long pedicels, capsule as long as calyx. Margins of tanks, 

 &c. (D.). R. says it grows at the bottom of clear running water. 



Buchnera, rigid, black when dry, calyx tubular, nerved, ribbed, 

 and toothed, with 2 bracts, corolla tube very slender, with 5 nearly 

 equal lobes, capsule oblong. B. hispida, all rough, height up to 

 2 feet, leaves lanceolate, lower ones toothed, flowers small, lilac, in 

 slender spikes, corolla tube slender, carved, capsule as long as calyx. 

 Hirni. Caranja (D.). 



Pedicularis zeylanica is in Mr. Birdwood's Matheran list, with 

 tall erect leafy stems, leaves lobed or subpinnatifid, flowers in racemes 

 pink, bracts pinnatifid. Konkan mountains, Stocks (H.). P. sylvatica 

 is the common English lousewort. 



In gardens. Antirrhinum, in varieties Snapdragon. The genus 

 differs from Linaria in having no spur. Maurandya Barclayana, a 

 delicate climber, leaves heart-shaped or triangular, flowers violet- 

 purple. Russellia juncea, Kesh, half shrubby, very common, the 

 green branches divided into many filiform segments, leaves few, low 

 down, ovate, flowers scarlet. 



