230 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



1. THUNBERGIA. 



T. fragrans. Leaves oblong, acute, angular, and slightly 

 lobed at the base, bracts large, ovate, flowers solitary, large 

 and handsome, pure white, long-stalked, calyx with 12 teeth, 

 capsule 2-lobed, beak flattened, pointed. Erivel. 



Pretty common in the Konkans ; and on the Ghauts as high np 

 as Panchgani (Dr. CooJce). Throughout India (H.}. The flowers are 

 not fragrant with us. H. has three varieties. 



* T. mysorensis (Hexacentris ra. D.). Leaves elliptic, oblong, 

 toothed or crenate, flowers large and handsome, orange or red, in a 

 long, pendulous raceme, calyx a mere ring, bracts purplish-green. 

 S. of Dharwar (D.). 



T. grandiflora, a large and beautiful climber, a native of Bengal, 

 very common in Bombay gardens ; calyx a mere ring, flowers very 

 large, pale blue. 



T. alata, about the size of T. fragrans, and calyx as in that ; 

 flowers much smaller, yellow, or bright buff', with dark eye ; some- 

 times called " Black-eyed Susan." Also common in gardens. 



Note. The habit and calyx in this genus are so different from 

 anything else in the order, that the species might not be identified 

 by beginners as belonging to it. 



2. CARDANTHERA. 



C. pinnatifida (Nomaphila p. D.). A much-branched, 

 leafy plant, all glandular and hairy, leaves pinnatifid, or deeply 

 toothed, lobes linear-lanceolate, flowers few, small, purple, 

 spotted with white, calyx segments subulate. 



Growing in masses in beds of Konkan rivers : also in Canara and 

 W. Deccan peninsula (H.). I found at Sattara a variety with white 

 flowers, and lobes of leaves broader. 



3. HYGROPHILA. 



1. H. serpyllum (PhysicMlus s. D.). A small, creeping 

 plant, covered with stiff, grey hairs ; leaves nearly round, 

 rough, bracts and floral leaves oblong-lanceolate ; flowers soli- 

 tary, or nearly so, rather large for the size of the plant, 

 bright blue, the lower lip blistered, and spotted with white, 

 capsule as long as the calyx. Rdntevdn. 



The Konkans and Ghauts. At Lanoli, in the cold weather, it 

 covers the rice-fields, and colours them. W. Deccan peninsula (H.). 

 He has a variety, found by Law and Stocks in the Konkan, a larger 

 plant, with minute, bristly hairs, instead of long ones. 



2. H. salicifoUa. A strong, erect plant, leaves long, lanceo- 



