.'] ixxx. CAIIPAXULACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 427 



Stem, 2-7 ft. Leaves 6 by 1-| in., upper sessile, beneath glabrous or pubescent on 

 the nerves. Peduncles |-| in., glabrous or shortly pubescent. Calyx-teeth |-|- in., 

 linear, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla f-1 in., purple-rose, sometimes nearly white. 

 Anthers pilose on the back, rarely nearly glabrous, 2 lower usually with 1 or more 

 bristles on the tips. Capsule \-^ in. diam., subglobose, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, margined on one side. 



13. Xi. rosea, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. 42, t. 152; stem with horizontal 

 branches upwards softly pilose, leaves narrowly lanceolate velvety above, 

 peduncles crowded racemose scarcely longer than the capsules. Wall. Cat. 

 1303, and in Roxb. FL Ind. ed, Carey # Wall. ii. 115; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 381; 

 H.f. Sj" T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29, excl. syn. ; Kwz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, 

 ii. 212. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Bhotan and the KHASIA MTS., alt. 

 0-4000 ft., abundant in the Terai of North Bengal and Assam. MARTABAN, Kurz. 

 DISTRIB. Ava. 



Stem 4-12 ft., suberect, branches short, horizontal with drooping tips ; flowers 

 crowded. Leaves 6 by 1 in., narrowed at both ends, subsessile, minutely toothed. 

 Peduncles |- in., rarely ^ in., softly pilose, often recurved. Calyx-tube pilose, teeth 

 linear minutely toothed.'* Corolla f in., rose or white. Anthers usually very hairy on 

 the backs, tips of 2 lower bearded. Capsule ^ in. diam., subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid, 

 compressed, not (or most obscurely) margined. The Deccan plants formerly referred 

 here have the leaves glabrous above, the peduncles 2-4 times as long as the capsules. 



** Species of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 



14. Ii. nicotiansefolia, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sr>. 143 ; stem tall usually 

 branched upwards somewhat pubescent or glabrate, leaves lanceolate sparingly 

 pilose or glabrescent, anthers glabrous on the back rarely a little hairy. Wall. 

 Cat. 1304, and in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 110 ; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 

 381 ; Wight 111. t. 135; Date. # Gibs. Bomb. FL 133; H.f. $ T. in. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 29. Rapuntium nicotians folium, Presl Prodr. Lobel. 24. 



MALABAR ; on the Ghats, alt. 3-7000 ft , from Bombay to Travancore, frequent, 

 and in Ceylon. 



Stem 5-12 ft., erect, thick, hollow below, usually branched at the top or the inflo- 

 rescence compound, glabrescent below, more or less pilose upwards. Leaves narrowly 

 obovate-lanceolate, lower often 12 by 2 in., upper gradually smaller, subsessile, serru- 

 late, herbaceous, glabrous or nearly so above, pilose or glabrous beneath. ~Racem.es 

 dense, more or less pubescent ; peduncles ^-1 in. and upwards. Calyx-tube glabrous 

 or pubescent; teeth ^ in., linear, gland-denticulate. Corolla f-1 5 in., glabrous or 

 pubescent. Capsule ^ in. diam., subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, not 

 margined. 



VAR. trichandra ; anthers with many white hairs spreading, from their backs. L. 

 trichandra, Wight Ic. t. 1171. Nilgherry Mts., Wight. Usually more slender, more 

 glabrous, and with thinner racemes than L. nicotian&folia ; but Wight could not dis- 

 tinguish it, still less can Thwaites, who (Enum. PI. Zeyl. 170) further unites L. 

 cxcelsa. 



15. L. excelsa, Leschen. ; Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 

 114, not of Bonpl. ; stem tall usually sii4p!fc softly villous upwards, leaves lan- 

 ceolate villous rugose, spike dense, anthers usually glabrous on the back. Wall. 

 Cat. 1305, and PL As. Ear. ii. 42 ; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 381 ; Wight Ic. tt. 

 1173-4; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29. L. aromatica, Moon Cat. PL 

 Ceyl. 14; Wight. Ic. t. 1172; H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29. Eapim- 

 tium Leschenaultianum, Presl Prodr. Lobel. 24. 



Mts. of SOUTHERN INDIA and CEYLON ; alt. 3-8000 ft., common. 

 Very near L. nicotiancs folia, and regarded as a form of it by Thwaites. From the 

 biennial dense tuft of radical leaves a foot long rises the stout coarse flowering stem, 



