181 



3. BICOLOR, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iii, p 38. Stem creep- 

 ing and rooting ; leaves petioled triangular, scarcely cordate at the 

 base, crenate-serrated ; calyx linear incurved, equally 5-ribbed ; 

 corolla an inch long, curved, under-lip white, the rest of a deep- 

 violet. Flowers beautiful, axillary, in twos or threes. Near 

 Vingorla. Well worthy of a place in gardens. 



15. ARTANEMA, Don. 



1. SESAMOIDES, Benth. Scroph. Tnd. p 39. Two feet high; 

 stem acutely 4-sided ; leaves petioled, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 

 entire or serrated ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; corolla sub- 

 campanulate, half an inch long ; flowers in terminal racemes. The 

 Concans, rare. Syn. Columnea longifolia, Linn. Maut. p 90; 

 Achimenes sesamoides, Vahl. Symb. ii, p 71; Diceros longifolius, 

 Pers. Syn. ii, 164. 



16. STRIGA. 



1. OROBANCHIOIDES, Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. i, p 361, t. 

 19. Glabrous or puberulous, branched ; leaves minute, scale-like; 

 stems rigid, erect, 6 to 12 inches high, of a reddish hue ; flowers 

 numerous, rose-coloured ; parasitic on the roots of different species 

 of Lepidagathis and Euphorbium. Common in rocky ground in 

 the Northern Concan, and hilly parts of Deccan. Syn. Buchnera 

 gesnerioides, Wilkl. sp. iii, p 338 ; B orobanchioides, Br. in Salt. 

 Voy. ; B hydrabadensis, Roth. nov. sp. p 292 ; Orobanche indica, 

 Spr. syst. ii, 817. 



2. EUPHRASIOIDES, Benth. loc. cit. i, 364. Glabrous, rough ; 

 leaves linear-entire or few-toothed, elongated ; spikes slender, 

 interrupted; calyx with 15 striae, which all reach to the apex 

 of the segments; flowers white. Syn. Buchnera euphrasioides, 

 Vahl. Symb. iii, p 81 ; B angustifolia, Don Prod. Fl Nep. p 91 ; 

 S glabrata, Benth. loc. cit. p 364. Very common. 



3. HIRSUTA, Benth. in DC. Prod. 10, p 502. Very rough; 

 leaves linear-elongated, or lower ones lanceolate ; calyx with 1 

 striae, of which 5 run into the sinuses between the segments ; flowers 

 red, white, or yellow. Very common ; turns black in drying. Syn. 

 S lutea, Lour. Fl Cochin, p 22 ; Buchnera asiatica, Linn. ; Campu- 

 leia coccinea, Hook. Exot. Fl iii, t. 203 ; B coccinea, Benth. Scroph. 

 Ind. p 40. 



4. DENSIFLORA, Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. p 363. Glabrous, 

 very rough ; leaves lanceolate-linear, floral ones scale-like ; spikes 

 rather thick when young, densely-flowered, afterwards elongated, 

 interrupted ; flowers white, not distinguishable from S euphrasioides, 

 but may be always known by the calyx having only 5 strise up the 



