208 S. Kurz — Contributions toiuards a [No. 2, 



Microrhynchus, Less. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



Leaves narrow, slightly-lolsed or entire ; flowering stems erect ; achenes strongly 4 — 5 

 ribbed, the ribs smooth, M. acauUs. 



Leaves pinnatifid with the lobes all rounded ; flowering stems divaricate and much 

 dichotomously branched ; achenes strongly 10 — 12-ribbed, the ribs transversely 

 wrinkled, M. asplenifoUus. 



1. M. ACAULis {Prenantlies acaiilis, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 403 ; Youn- 

 gia acaulis, DC. Prod. VII. 193 ; Frenantlies sp. Griff. Not. Dicot. 251. 

 t. 469 ; M. glaber, "Wight Icon. t. 1145 ; Lactuca glabra, DC. in Wight 

 Contr. 26 and Prodr. VII. 135 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 272). 



Hab. Frequent in savannahs and other grassy places, along and in 

 the bed of stony chonngs, etc., all over Burma, from Ava and Martaban 

 down to Tenasserim. — Fl. March, April ; Fr. April, May. 



2. M. ASPLENiPOLius, DC. Prod. VII. 181 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 276. 

 {^Prenantlies asplenifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 404). 



Hab. Not unfrequent on dried up beds of the Irrawadi and in fields 

 in Pegu. — Fl. Jan. 



De Candolle cites Sieracium dicliotomum, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 404 ; 

 there is no such name in Eoxburgh's book, and Prenanthes asplenifolia 

 was no doubt meant. 



CAMPANULA CP^. 

 Conspectus of Genera. 

 Subord. 1. CA3fPANULEM. Corolla regular, more or lesg bell- 

 shaped to almost rotate. Anthers free. Ovary 2 — 3 — 5-celled. 



* Capsule opening btj an apical opercle-like disk. 



Sphenoclea. Stigma shortly 3-lobed. Ovary 2-celled. — Glaucous herbs. Flow- 

 ers in dense spikes. 



* * Capsule dehiscing by pores or valves, 



X Stigma lobed. 



+ Fruit a capsule. Corolla bell-shaped. 

 Wahlenbergia. Capsule dehiscing by 3 — 5 apical valves bearing the septa. 

 Herbs. 



Campanula. Capsule opening laterally by 3 or 5 pores. 



+ + Fruit a berry. 

 Campanumcea. Corolla bell-shaped. Berry supported by the adherent large 

 calyx-lobes. — Twining herbs, the juice milky. Flowers yellowish. 



Cyclodon. Corolla shallowly bell-shaped. Calyx -lobes linear, entire or laciniate, 

 adnate to the base of the ovary or free. Erect annuals, the juice milky. Flowers 

 small, white. 



Pentaphragma. Corolla persistent, the tube short. Stigma shortly 3-lobed. 

 Calyx-lobes broad and blunt. Succulent herbs. Flowers in one-sided bracted racemes. 

 X X Stigma capitate. 



