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s'lbequal, the 2 upper inside in bud. Stamens didynamous, anthers 

 of both sets of stamens meeting in pairs, one cell of each perfect and 

 ovoid, the other empty and stipitate. Ovary 2-celled ; stigma 

 thickened, tongue-shaped, obtuse. Fruit an ovoid or oblong 

 loculicidal capsule ; valves entire or 2-fid., separating from the 

 placentiferous septum. Seeds numerous, testa somewhat lax. 

 Species about 27, in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Malaya and 

 Australia. 



S. delpMnifolia. G. Don. Gen. 8yst. iv, 560 ; F.B.I . iv, 302; Wats 

 E.D.; Prain Beng. PL 777 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii t 305. \ Gerardia delphini- 

 f olia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 99. 



A tall erect much-branched herb, 1-3 ft. high. Stem 4-sided, grooved, 

 glabrous or scaberulous, often spotted with purple. Leaves^ pin- 

 natisect, 1-1 fc in. long, the uppermost (bracts) simple, segments filiform. 

 Flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or in few-flowered terminal 

 racemes ; bracteoles in. long, filiform, pedicels slender. Calyx f in. 

 long, tube strongly ribbed ; teeth linear-subulate, erect. Corolla rose- 

 coloured, 1-1 in. long, limb in. across; lobes Droad, spreading. 

 Filaments hairy. Capsule as long as the calyx, oblong-ellipsoid. 



<5rassy places near Agra (Munro), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Flowers 

 in the wet and cold seasons. DISTEIB : Behar, Chota Nagpur, 

 Konkan, Deccan and south to Ceylon. The juice of this plant is 

 sometimes used medicinally. 



23. LINDENBERGIA, Lehm. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 261. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Branches erect straggling, or ascen- 

 ding, rarely woody below. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, 

 toothed. Flowers yellow, axillary, passing into terminal spikes or 

 racemes ; bracts leaf -like, bracteoles none. Calyx campanulate, 5-fid, 

 lobes leaf -like. Corolla 2-lipped, tube cylindric ; upper lip short, 

 notched or 2-fid, innermost in bud ; lower larger, 3-lobed, speading, 

 throat and lip with a 2-plicate palate. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 included ; anther-cells separate, stipitate, all fertile. Fruit a 2- 

 grooved loculicidal capsule ; valves entire, separating from the placen- 

 tiferous dissepiment. Seeds many, minute. Species 14, Indian, 

 Malayan and S. African. 



Glabrous or nearly so with stout erect stems 



2-3 ft high, calyx longer than the bracts . 1. L. macrostachya. 

 Glandular-pubescent herbs with slender 



stems, calyx shorter than bracts. 



Leaves shortly petioled. flowers sessile . 2. L.polyantha. 



Leaves long-petioled, flowers pedicelled . 3. L. urticwjolia. 



