ilMctilia.'] Lxxv. EHBUCBj;. (J. D. Hooker.) 37 



Umb twice as long, glabrous or pubeBoent. OoroUa-iube 1- Ij in., lobes 1 1 in. across. 

 Capsule i-g in., obovoid, apparently very variable ; in Nipal specimens obovoid i by 

 ^ m., m Bhotan ones f by ^ in. 



2-. l"" Plnceana, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 4132 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate, nerves suberect, inflorescence glabrous,' corolla-lobes with interposed 

 pairs of tubercles at their bases. L. gratissima, Wall. Cat. 6117 B. 



Khasia Mts., Mrs. MacJe, &o., alt. 3-6000 ft. Mishmi Hills, Griffith. 



A bush 4-5 ft, very similar to L. gratissima, but with leaves smaller, narrower, 

 more coriaceous with more numerous (12-14 pair of) nerves which are more straight 

 and ascending. The inflorescence is quite glabrous, calyx-lobes larger, corolla-tube 

 1^2 in., and lobes nearly 2 in. across, with a pair of raised tsbereles one on each 

 side of the sinus. Capsule ^J in. and broadly obovoid in Khasian specimens, very 

 much larger, nearly 1 in. long with strongly ribbed valves in Mishmi ones. 



Tbibe lU, RONDEIiETIES:. 



12. VrENDIiANDIA, Bartl. 



Shrubs or smaU trees. Leaves opposite or ternately whorled ; stipules entire 

 or 2-fld. Flowers small, rosy or vj-hite, in terminal dense thyrsoid or panicled 

 cymes, 2-3-bracteolate. Calyx-lobes 4-6, subequal, small, persistent. Corolla 

 tubular- salver- or funnel-shaped, throat glabrous or hairy ; lobes 4-5, imbri- 

 cate in bud. Stamens 4r-5, between the coroUa-lobes, filaments or elongate ; 

 anthers versatile, exserted. Omri/ 2- (rarely 8-) celled ; style filiform, stigma 

 entire 2-fid or 2-partite : ovules numerous, on smaU globose placentas adnate 

 to the septum. Capsule small, globose, loculicidally, rarely septicidally 2- 

 valved, many-seeded. Seeds very minute, horizontal, compressed, testa mem- 

 l)ranous obscurely winged; embryo short, cylindric, in fleshy albumen. — 

 DisTKiB. Species about 16, tropical Asiatic. 



A. Leaves opposite, 



* Corolla-tube short, not twice the length of the oblong lobes ; anthers large, 

 much exserted. Stipules persistent or caducous. 



1. W. exserta, DC. Prodr. iv. 411 ; softly tomentose or pubescent all 

 over, leaves opposite ovate-lanceolate glabrate above finely acuminate, 'stipules 

 persistent recurved, caljrx hairy lobes ovate or subulate, coroUa-tube shorter 

 than the lobes, stigma 2-partite. TV. 8r A. Prodr. 402; Wcdl. Cat. 6267 

 A. 0. D. E. F. in part ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 130 ; Brand. For. Ft. 268. W. cinerea. 

 Wall. Cat. 6268 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 412. Eondeletia exserta, Roxb. SoH. Beng. 

 14 ; Fl. Ind. i. 523. R. cinerea, Wall, in Soxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 8^ Wall. ii. 

 141. R. thyrsiflora and orissensis, Roth Nou. Oen. Sf Sp. 142. R. Heynei, 

 Roem. Sf Sch. Syst. v. 234. 



Dry forests of the Tbopicai, Himalaya, from the Chenab eastward to Nipal and 

 Sikkim, ascending to 4000 ft. Oeissa, Centbal India, N. Dbcoan, and Concan. 



A small crooked tree ; branches terete. Leaves coriaceous, 4-9 by 1-3J in. ; 

 nerves 10-18 pair, arched; stipules ovate, acute, recurved. PoraicZes sessile, pyra- 

 midal, 6-10 in. broad and long. Flowers §■ in. diam., white, fragrant, sessile. Stamens 

 nearly as large as the coroUa-lobes. Capsule ^ in. diam., white, tomentose. 



2. "W. pubemla, DC. Prodr. iv. 412; leaves opposite elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous except the nerves above slightly hairy chiefly on the nerves 

 beneath, stipules persistent erect, panicle pubescent, calyx hairy, lobes triangular 



