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(4) L. PYRAMIDALIS. (Wall.) 



Hent. Wall, in As. Res. XIII. p. 376.— Dec. prod. Vll. p. 

 381. 



Syn. Rapuntiura pyramidale, Presl. prod. p. 23» 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. 2387. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, branohedj glabrous : branches an^u-. 

 lur : leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, serrated, glabrous : ra- 

 cemes many-flowered : bracts acuminate, leafy, longer than the 

 pedicel : calyx-tube ovoid : lobes subulate, serrated, longel: than, 

 the tube and equalling the corolla : petals all reflex,ed, lateral ones, 

 narrower: capsule 10-ribbed, nodding: flowers violet. 



Silhet mountains, flowering in the rainy season. 

 (5) L. EXCELSA.. (Leseh.) 



Ident. Dec, prod. VII. p. 381.— Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 11*, 

 Syn. Rapuntium Leschfinaultianum, Predl. pmd. p. 24. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1173-4. — Spicil. II. t. 129. 



Spec. Char, Stem herbaceous, erect : leaves lanceolate, shorfc- 

 petioled, narrowed at the base, acuminated, denticulate, puberuloua 

 above, torn entose below : raceme leafy, pubescent, many* flowered: 

 bracts long-acuminate, glanduloso-dentate, twice as long as the 

 pedicels : lobes of the calyx erect, linear-lanceolate, denticulate, 3 

 ■times longer than the hemispherical tube, and equalling the tube of 

 '■^he pubescent corolla : flowers pale yellow tinged with lilac. 



Common on the Neilgherries, flowering during the rains from 

 May to September. 



(6) L. NicoTiANJsroLiA. f Heyne.) 



Ident. Roem & Schult. Syst. V, p. 47. — ^Dec. prod. Vll. p. 



381. 



Syn. Rapuntium nicotianaefolium, Presl. prod, p. 24, 

 Engrav. Wight's III. t. 135. 



Spec Char. Stem erect : leaves subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, 

 denticulate, narrowed at the base, acuminated : racemes many-flow- 

 ered : bracts leafy : pedicels puberulous, slightly longer than the 

 bract, bibracteolate in the middle : calycine lobes lanceolate, ser- 

 rated, patent, longer than the hemispherical tube : corolla pubes- 

 cent, 4 times longer than the lobes of the calyx : lateral lobes long- 

 linear, central ones lanceolate : 2 lower anthers penicillate at the 

 ^ex : flowers purple. 



^.eilgherries. Canara. 



