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Harrow Ifnear lotes : corolla funriel-sbaped, about twice the length 

 'of the lobes of the calyx : capsule ovoid : flowers pale blue. 



Peninsula. Bengal. Khasia motintain^. Neilgherries. FloWf 

 •ering all the year. 



GENUS VI. PERACARPl. 

 PentaiMlrla mEonogynla. Sea: Sytti 



Deriv. From Pera, a bag, arid Karpos, fruit. 



Gen. Char. Calyx- tube obconical, lobes of the Hnrb triangulair i 

 'corolla campauulate, deeply 5-cleft, lobes equalj linear, acuminate i: 

 Stamens epigynofis, filaments linear, free : anthers linear: style 

 elongated, stigmas 3, revolute : ovary 3-'celled : capsule oblongs 

 pendulous, thinly membranaceous, contracted at the apex, few« 

 sejeded, irregularly broken : seeds large, obloilg. 



(1) P. CARNOSA. ('£?. F. f r.) 



Ident. H. P. & t. in Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc. 11. p. 26. 



Syn. Campanula camosa, Wall. Cat. i^o. 1282. — Roxi. fll 

 iiid. II. p. 102.— Dec. prad. VII. p. 474. 



Spec Char. Slender herb, branched, slightly fleshy, prostrate 

 or creeping, quite glabrous : leaves petioted, ovate, subacute, sinui 

 ■itely toothed : pedicels axillary, slender, erect : flowers smat^ 

 White. 



Khasia mountains at 4— €000 feet, flowering in July. 



GENUS Vri. CAMPANULA. 

 !^entandria IXIonosynla. Se*: Sytti 



beriv. A diminutive of Campana, a bell ; alluding to the shapd 

 bif the flowers. 



Gek. Char. Herbs Usually perennial : radical leaves usually 

 different in form from the cauline ones and larger : flowers generally 

 J-acemose^ rarely spicate or glomerate, blue or white : calyx 5-cleftj 

 the sinuses usually covered by appendages : corolla 5-lobed or 5- 

 cleft, usually bell-shaped : stamens free, fllamients broader at the 

 base : style covered by fascicles of hairs, except at the base : stig- 

 mas 3-5i filiform : ovary inferior, 3-5-celTed : capsule 3-5-valvedj 

 dehiscing laterally r seeds usually ovate^ flatt-ened, sometimes ovoid| , 

 iimall. 



(1) C. CANESCENS. (Wall.) 



Uent. Dec. prod. VII. p. 473.-^WaIl. Cat. No. 1289i 



