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6. PHATLOPSIS. 



P. parviflora (^Etheilema reniforme, D.). Much-branched, 

 hairy, leaves ovate, unequal at the base, bracts membranous, 

 sometimes kidney-shaped, flowers whitish, scarcely longer, than 

 the calyx, capsule small. Waiti, rdn-maushi. 



S. Konkan and Ghauts. Throughout India (#.). This also I have 

 found as a sticky and strong-smelling plant, as G. and R. describe 

 it, but not D. and H. 



7. HBMIGRAPHIS. 



1. H. dura (Ruellia, d. D.). Prostrate and creeping, 

 hairy and bristly, stem 4-sided, leaves oblong, obtuse, flowers 

 large, bluish purple, in roundish heads, surrounded by 4 floral 

 leaves ; calyx segments with scarious margins, capsule shorter 

 than the calyx, 6 to 8-seeded. 



IS". Konkan and Sholapore districts. Surat (D.). Bombay, Bel gaum, 

 &o. (H.). 



2. H. latebrosa (Ruellia elegans, D.). Hairy, erect, slightly 

 viscid, flowers very pretty, light blue, streaked with red, and 

 whitish tube, nearly sessile, and nearly solitary, leaves and 

 bracts oval, serrated, covered with white hairs, capsule as long 

 as calyx, 6 to 8-seeded. 



Ghauts and Konkan. Found in most parts of the Presidency, but 

 not very common. * H. elracteolata scarcely differs from this, but is 

 hispid, with scattered white hairs (#.). Ghauts (D.). 



8. STEOBILANTHES. 



H. has no less than 146 species of this genus, and they differ 

 widely, he says, in habit, inflorescence, and size of flowers. D. 

 had 8, as belonging to this Presidency, and of these ascribed 4 to the 

 Ghauts, and 2 to the Wari country. 



1. S. Ixiocephalus (S. neesianus, D.). A small shrub, very 

 strong- smelling, leaves lanceolate, acuminate, unequal at the 

 base, crenate, or serrate, hairy, or rough, bracts elliptic, leafy, 

 flowers in ovate heads white, or pale lilac, bristly within, all 

 covered with viscid hairs, calyx and bracts enlarged in fruit. 

 iy chit-Kdrvi. 



Konkan hills and Ghauts. There is probably often some confusion 

 between this and the next, though they are quite distinct ; the 

 peculiarity of flowering after seven years, and then dying, which is 

 ascribed by different authorities to one or another species, Colonel 



