558 BENGAL PLANTS. [ Oldenla 
~~ +Calyx-teeth subulate, their bases in fruit not contiguous :—{p. 557) 
Flowers saargt or on very short, thick pedicels, usually solitary ; 
diffuse, flaccid herbs :— 
Leaves flat, a elliptic or orbicular, nerves distinct; flowers 
chiefly in upper axils, solitary or sometimes clustered ; pes 
as long as tube of rotate seitatias seseereeseel TULL 
Leaves with usually recurved mar roe mt x DAE 
mostly in lower axils, always solitary; calyx 
as tube of corolla veral-seeded and ven- 
Flowers pedicelled, or if nearly sessile then on coo between = 
ithout peduncles in terminal sessile cymes 
~~ Flowers all axillary, or if terminal not (padiblel?: margins of linear 
or narrow-lanceolate leaves usually recurved :-— 
Peduncles solitary from the lower, or sometimes also from the 
upper axils; flowers few or simple; pedicels long, filiform :— 
Calyx- gat not much shorter es corolla-tube; peduncles 
usually solitary, sometimes two, rarely 1-, usually 2+ 
flowered vps not extended ok tips of — -teeth; 4 
diffuse or less often erect herb ..........cseseeeseeeente? 
— sconsiideesbi shorter than corolla-tube ; pedndes ; 
always solitary, lly 1-, rarely 2-flowered ; capsule = 
tended Seiten tips of calyx-teeth ; a much- ‘ranched, aes 
erect herb oe qiencgeur hg 
Peduncles from the upper axils chiefly, besdsive’ many a 
fewer than 3-flowered; pedicels very short; cymes § ned ‘ 
rarely sessile, and if so then terminal; a diffusely ho 
Bee mre. seg eee = 
Flowers only partly axillary, ne in on De open, “eri 
panicled cymes; erect herbs with linear leaves ae 
Stem acutely 4-angled; ie not tac shorter wal é 
corolla-tube ; capsules didymous; margins of metre patos 
TOCURVONR it oes vit. Vileeali. SAU eee 
Stem terete; calyx-teeth very — shorter than pieee 
capsules globose; leaves usuall ding; a 
tem copiously branched, er filiform, spre® wept ; 
flowers small, pees corolla under *2 in. long; eer aaah ce 
(about. 12-) seeded i... cecersssceeccecserhsrenr-Seee™t 
Stem social Ween branches rigid, pc? 
rhe Soar none nish-pink ; corolla over °4 in. long; 
caps 
man 
~~ *Seeds hardly a: Mou: testa deeply, coarsely pitted ; “Jeaves fit ma 
teeth broadly triangular :—{(p. 557] 
