Lpbelia.] ixxx. CAMPAKULACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 427 



Stem 2-7 ft. Leaves 6 by 1^ in., upper sessile, benealh glabrous or pubescent on 

 the nerves. Peduncles \-^ in., glabrous or shortly pubescent. Calyx-teeth J-f in,, 

 linear, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla |-1 in., purple-rose, sometimes nearly ■white. 

 Anthers pilose on the back, rarely nearly glabrous, 2 lower usually with 1 or more 

 bristles on the tips. Capsule J-^ in. diam., subglobose, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, margined on one side. 



13. Ii. rosea, Watt. PI. As. Mar. ii. 42, t. 162 ; stem with horizontal 

 Lranches upwards softly pilose, leaves narrowly lanceolate velvety above, 

 peduncles crowded racemose scarcely longer than the capsules. Wall. Cat. 

 1303, and in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sf Wall. ii. 115; ^. DC. Prodr. vii. 381; 

 S.f. Sf T. in Journ. Linn. Soe. ii. 29, e.Tcl. ayn. ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soo. 1877, 

 ii. 212. 



SuETHOPicAi, HiMAXAYA ; from Kumaon to Bhotan and the Khasia Mts., alt. 

 0-4000 ft., abundant in the Terai of North Bengal and Assam. Martabait, Kurs.^- 

 DisTEiB. Ava. 



Stem 4-12 ft., suberect, branches short, horizontal with drooping tips ; flowers 

 crowded. Leaves 6 by 1 in., narrowed at both ends, subsessile, minutely toothed. 

 Peduncles ^ in., rarely ^ in., softly pilose, often recurved. Calyx-tube pilose, teeth 

 linear minutely toothed. Corolla | in., rose or white. Anthers usually very hairy on 

 the backs, tips of 2 lower bearded. Capsule J in. diam., subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid, 

 compressed, not (or most obscurely) margined. — The Deccan plants formerly referred 

 here have the leaves glabrous above, the peduncles 2-4 times as long' as the capsules. 



*• Species of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 



14 Ii, nicotianaefolia, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 143 ; stem tall usually 

 branched upwards somewhat pubescent or glabrate, leaves lanceolate sparingly 

 pilose or glabrescent, anthers glabrous on the back rarely a little hairy. Wall. 

 Cat. 1304, and in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 110 ; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 

 381 ; WigM 111. t. 135; Dab. f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 133; H.f. ^ T. in. Jmrn. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 29. Rapuntium nicotianififolium, Fresl Prodr. Label. 24. 



Malabae ; on the Ghats, alt. 3-7000 ft , from Bombay to Travancore, frequent, 

 and in Ceylon. 



Stem 5-12 ft., erect, thick, hollow below, usually branched at the top or the inflo- 

 rescence compound, glabrescent below, more or less pilose upwards. Leaves narrowly 

 obovate-lanceolate, lower often 12 by 2 in., upper gradually smaller, subsessile, serru- 

 late, herbaceous, glabrous or nearly so above, pilose or glabrous beneath. Racemes 

 dense, more or less pubescent ; peduncles ^1 in. and upwards. Calyx-tvhe glabrous 

 or pubescent; teeth i in., linear, gland-denticulate. Corolla f-lj in-> glabrous or 

 pubescent. Capsule' ^ in. diam., subglobose. Seeds ellipsoid, compressed, not 

 margined. 



Vae. trichandra ; anthers with many white hairs spreading from their backs. L. 

 trichandra, Wiffhi Ic. t. 1171. — Nilgherry Mts., ffi^A^.— Usually more slender, more 

 glabrous, and with thinner racemes than L. nicotianafolia ; but Wight could not dis- 

 tinguish it, still less can Thwaites, who (Enum. PI. Zeyl. 170) further unites L. 

 excclsa. 



15. Xi. excelsa, Leschen. ; Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 

 114, not of Bonpl. ; stem tall usually simple softly villous upwards, leaves lan- 

 ceolate villous rugose, spike dense, antbers usually glabrous on the back. Wall. 

 Cat. 1305, and PI. As. Rar. ii. 42 ; A. DC. Prodr. vii. 381 ; Wight Ic. tt. 

 1173-4; H. f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29. L. aromatica. Moon Cat. PI. 

 Ceyl. 14; Wight. Ic. t. 1172; H.f. ^ T. in' Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 29. Eapun- 

 tium Leschenaultianum, Presl Prodr. Lohel. 24. 



Mts. of SOTJTHBRN India and Ceylon ; alt. 3-8000 ft., common. 

 Very near L. nieotiancsfoHa, and regarded as a form of it by Thwaites. From the 

 biennial dense tuft of radical leaves a foot long rises, the stout coarse flowering stem, 



