Onosma. pentandp.ia monogynia. II 



indica ; nor ; like that plant, does it shut over the seed, but becomes 

 expanded.— Cot ol ; divisions of the border broad-cordate, with their 

 apices sub- filiform.— Filaments short, and thick, inserted on the 

 mouih of the tube of the corol. Anthers sagittate, woolly, each 

 ending in a large twisted thread ; sides firmly united into a conical 

 dome over the stigma. — Seeds four, ovate, smooth on the outside, 

 rough on the inside, where lodged in the receptacle. 



3. B. spinal osa, R. 



Annual, diffuse, dichotomous, armed with depressed bristles. 

 All the leaves alternate, sessile, oblong, scabious. Peduncles leaf- 

 opposed, one-flowered. 



A native of Bengal, appearing in the cold season. 



ONOSMA. 



Calyx five-parted. Corolla tubular-companulate, with a pervious, 

 naked throat. Seeds four, attached to the bottom of the calyx, with 

 imperforate bases. 



1. O. Emodi, Wall. 



Procumbent, covered with dots and spreading bristles ; leaves 

 lanceolate, triple-nerved, less hairy beneath ; racemes terminal, soli- 

 tary, recurved before expansion ; jlowers twice as long as the linear 

 bractes ; calyx companulate, five-cornered, with ovate lacinia; co- 

 rolla ventricose, five-keeled, narrowing towards the mouth; anthers 

 longer than the filaments ; style exserted. 



A native of Gosain-Than in Nepala, where it is called Maharaii* 

 ga.* Flowering time September — December. 



Root stout, sub-fusiform, dividing at the end into several thick 

 branches, whitish within, covered with deep purple bui k ; Jibres ca- 



* ^Ifl^f?, a strong or intense colour. Ed. 

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