Gen. Char. L,imb of the calyx 2-lipped: corolla irrepularj^ 

 5-cleft, the fifth segment dissimilar, smaller, more often deflexed, 

 the rest open, sometimes cohering by pairs; staminal column recli- 

 nate, with a double flexure : anthers 2-lobed : lobes much, divari- 

 cated : stigma obtuse, undivided : capsule 2-celled. 



(1) S. KuNTHii. C Walt. J 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 335.— Wall. Cat. No. 3759. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, glabrous, or here and there with 

 glandulose hairs : scapes many, somewhat naked, cymosely corym-. 

 bose : flowers sessile, few, spiked, sessile in the forks : leaves, 

 rosulate a little above the middle, subrotund, petioled : one lip of 

 the calyx somewhat 3-tpothed, the ot^er 2-cleft. 



Silhet. Chittagong. 



ORDER XC. GOODENIACE^. 



Shrubby or herbaceous plants with alternate, exstipujate^. 

 simple, entire, dentate, or somewhat incised leaves : flowers dis- 

 tinct : tub? of the calyx more or less adherent to the ovary : 

 limb 4-5-lobed, entire or obsolete, persistent : corolla gamoep- 

 talous, more or less irregular, tube split above, rarely 5-parti- 

 ble : limb 5-parted, two or rarely one-lipped, the middle lobes 

 lanceolate, flat, the lateral ones thinner and more coroUine : 

 aestivation induplicate, rarely obsolete : stainina united with the 

 corolla, not with the style, alternate with its lobes : filaments 

 distinct : anthers united or oftener free, continuous with the. 

 filaments, ^-celled, bursting longitudinaiUy :. pollen siniple or 

 compound : ovary 1-2 or 4-celled : ovules few or numerous : 

 style simple or rarely double : stigma fleshy, surrounded with 

 a cup-shaped membranaceous indusium, entire or 2-lobed, ciliate. 

 or naked : fruit various, capsular, many-seeded with the sep-. 

 turn, when present, usually parallel with the valves or drupa- 

 ceous, or nucamentaceous with definite seed : seed erect, albu- 

 minous with a thick testa : embryo straight, foliaceous : radigl?. 

 inferior. 



