Epitliema.] cvi. GESNBRACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) 369 



scarcely in. Capsule broadly oblong, subobtuse, early dehiscent from the apex into 

 4 obtuse vavles, very nearly as in Bwica. 



XIX. EPITHEIVIA, Blume. 



Small, succulent, pubescent' herbs. Leaves few or solitary, lower alter- 

 nate, upper often opposite. Peduncles 1 or several, in the upper axils, free 

 or confluent with the petiole or leaf-base ; bract large, solitary, 1-sided, 

 hooded or subspathaceous ; flowers in a dense scorpioid raceme ; bracteoles 

 small, narrow. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, acute, valvate in bud. Corolla 

 small, tubular, 2-lipped, blue or white; lobes 5, not very unequal. Stamens 

 2 perfect ; anthers cohering, 2-celled ; cells short, divaricate, early con- 

 fluent. Ovary ovoid ; disc 1-sided ; style filiform, stigma small subcapitate ; 

 placentas stalked, peltate, bearing ovules on all sides. Capsule globose, 

 membranous, included, circumsciss. Seeds oblong or ellipsoid, subacute at 

 both ends, smooth ; cells of the testa elongate, often spiral. Species 5 (or 1), 

 from India to the Philippines, with 1 at Fernando Po. 



E. carnosum, Senth. Scroph. Incl. p. 57 ; lower leaf petioled 

 upper opposite nearly sessile sinuate-crenate thinly pubescent, bract rarely 

 hooded, ovary densely pubescent at the apex, seeds narrowly oblong, cells of 

 the testa nearly straight. DC. Prodr. ix. 278; Clarice Comm. ft Ci/rt. 

 Seng. t. 90. Aikinia carnosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 665. Epithema ?, 

 Wall. Cat. 9080. 



E. SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt.*l-5000 ft., from Nepal to Bhotan, common; 

 Wallich, &c. KHASIA MTS., alt. 500-4000 ft., frequent ; H.f. $ T., &c. 



Stem i-14 in. Leaves ^-8 in., ovate- cordate, sparsely laxly villous above, paler 

 nearly glabrous beneath except on the nerves ; petiole of the alternate leaf often 

 2-4 in., of the subsessile leaves rarely in. Peduncles -4 in., free or racemosely 

 (not fasciculately) confluent with the petiole or leaf-base; bract -f in., truncate; 

 pedicels 0-^iu.; raceme subincluded in the bract or not; bracteoles minute, linear. 

 Calyx |- in., hairy ; lobes lanceolate or triangular with a linear point. Corolla 

 - in., with a ring of hairs within ; lobes of the upper lip lanceolate, acute. Capsule 

 -) ; 2 in. diam. 



VAR. dentata leaves denticulate or sometimes subacutely doubly serrate. Pegu 

 and Tenasserim ; Attaran, Brandis ; Moulmein, Parish, &c. 



VAR. hispida ; leaves serrulate almost hispid above, seeds broadly oblong. E. 

 ccylanicum, Wight III. t. 159 bis, fig. 3, and Ic. t. 1354; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 135. S. Deccan Peninsula; Courtallum, Wight; Nilgherries, Thomson; Concan, 

 Ealzell, &c. 



VAR. zeylanica ; calyx larger, seeds twice as heavy as those of E. carnosum type. 

 E. zeylanica, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 492. E. caruosum, Thwaites 

 Enum. 208. Ceylon; in the Central Province up to 4000 ft., common ; Gardner, 

 itc. 



VAR. pusilla; small, nearly glabrous, calyx and ovary nearly glabrous, seeds 

 spirally marked by the long cells of the testa. Bombay ? ; Stocks. 



XX. BlONOPHTri.I.2EA, Br. 



Succulent herbs ; stem simple, having one leaf and several peduncles 

 at the apex. Leaf lar^e, sessile, cordate-ovate, entire. Racemes lax or 

 dense, simple or divided"; bract ; bracteoles minute. Sepals small, round- 

 ovate, imbricate in bud. Corolla small ; tube cylindric or short ; limb 

 2-lipped, lobes 5. Stamens 4, perfect, filaments short ;> anthers adherent. 

 Disc annular. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; style short, linear, stigma sub- 

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