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or tubular, shorter than the calyx ; lohes 4, more or less unequal. 

 Stamens 1 perfect and 3 sterile, attached to the throat of the corolla \. 

 filaments short, linear ; aethers small, ovate, dehiscing introrsely by 

 longitudinal slits, those of the "barren stamens srrall or none. Ovary 

 1-celled, placentas not far intruded ; style short, stigma suhentire. 

 Capsule globose or ellipsoid, Seeds neatly black, ohscurely reticulate. 

 Species 2, both in India. 



H, diohotoma, Willd. in Ges. Natwf. Fr. Neue Schr. Hi, 434; F.B.L i\\ 

 100 ; Coolie Fl. Bomb, ii, 190 ; Prain Beng. PI. 707. Pladera pusilla, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. t, 403 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. aiv, 429 ; Don in Trans. 

 Linn,. Soc. ssvii, 530. 



A small glabrous annual, 2-5 in. high, copiously branching from near the- 

 base. Stems and branches 4-angled and more or less winged. Leaves 

 about J in. long, ovate, acute. Bracts lanceolate. Calyso T V& in. long j 

 lobes scarious, longer than the corolla, ovate, acuminate, with a pro- 

 minent green^ nerve alon^ the margin. Corolla -fa in. long, white or pale- 

 yellow, ventricose in fruit ; lobes half as long as the tube, triangular, 

 recurved* Capsule ellipsoid, -fa in. long. 



Abundant, especially in damp ground- Flowers during September and 

 October. DISTRIB. Common on the Punjab Plain, and in Bengal, 

 Bombay, Central and S. India ; also in Lower Burma, extending to the 

 Philippines. 



6, CANSCORA, Lamk. ; FL Brit. Ind. iv, 102. 



Erect annuals, much branched. Leaves opposite, sessile, petioled 

 or connate below. Flowers pink or white, in lax terminal cymes. 

 Calyx tubular, 4-toothed, tube terete ribbed or winged. Corolla-tube 

 cylindrio ; lobes 4, more or less unsymmetric, imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens 4, near the summit of the corolla-tube, 1 or 2 fertile with 

 longer filaments and larger anthers, the others with short filaments 

 and barren. Ovary 1-oelled, placentas not far intruded, style linear, 

 stigma deeply 2-lobed, ovules many. Capsule cylindrio, membranous. 

 Seeds very small, dark brown, reticulate. Species 14, in India, 

 Malaya, Australia and Trop. Africa. 



Flowers rose-coloured, calyx not winged . 1. C. diffusa. 

 Flowers white, calyx winged . . . 2. C. decussata. 



1. C. diffusa, R. Br.Prod. 451 in Oos- ; Clarka in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi, 

 429; F. B. Liv,103 ; WattE.D.j Prain Beng, PI 708; Coolce Fl.Bomb. 

 ii, 191. Pladera virgata, Roxb.FL Ind. i, 401. 



A slender, much branched annual, 2 ft. or more in height. Stems obtusely 

 Wrangled. Leaves membranous, 3-nerved, 1 in. long, the lower lanceolate- 



