806 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Phaylopsis. 
anthers subsimilar, 2-celled; cells parallel, short-oblong, base 
minutely mucronate. Carpels connate in a 2-celled ovary ; ovules 
2 in each cell; style long, hairy; stigma simple, linear. Fruit a 
clavate capsule, compressed ae to the septum. Seeds 4, 0 
placentas separating elasticall m the base of the capsule, 
raising wit em the compr eli "aiadeid seeds. 
1529. Puaynopsis PARVIFLORA Willd.; F. B. I. iv. 417. Ruellia 
imbricata F. 1. i 
n most of 84 province 
A prostrate, much- sane herb. 
700. Calophanes D. Don. 
Perennial herbs ; leaves opposite, entire, petioled. Flowers in 
axillary, short cymes or clusters; bracteoles very small, narrow. 
ear 5, connate in a tubular calyx; lobes subequal, lanceolate or 
subulate. Petals 5, connate in an obscurely 2-lipped, tubular 
ie ; ebie obtuse, twisted to the left in bud, catia in 
flower. Stamens 4, gor erent: perfect ; filaments glabrous or 
i s similar, 2-celled; cells oblong, parallel, minutely 
mucronate or spurred below. “Carpals aonhiabe in a glabrous, 
simple, linear. Frwit an oblong capsule, narrowed below into a 
short, solid base. Seeds 4, orbicular, much compressed ; retinacula 
ae curved. 
. CALOPHANES NaGcHANA Nees; F. B. I. iv. 410. 
Behar; W. Bengal. 
A prostrate, perennial herb. Vernac. Nag-chana. 
701. Dedalacanthus T. And. 
Perennial herbs or shrubs; leaves opposite, petioled, entire or 
eek toothed, lineolate from embedded raphides. Flowers in 
or he 
bracteoles linear-lanceolate, rather 0 than calyx. Sepals 5, 
connate in a deeply lobed calyx; lobes narrow, often scarious. 
Petals 5, connate in a slender corolla; tube long, linear, widened 
at se mouth, or in some species from the middle; lobes ovate, 
reading in flower, twisted to the left in bud. Stamens 2, 
Rte: ne narrowly oblong, 2-celled, muticous, exserted or 
almost included. Carpels connate in a glabrous ovary; ovules 2 
in each cell; style long, sparsely hairy; stigma simple, linear. — 
