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(1), M. TENELltJS. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. 



Syn. Centunculus teWenns, Dec. prod. VlII. p. 72.-^tystinf - 

 chiatenella, Wall. Cat. No. 1491. (not Um,) 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1585. 



Spec. Chaii. Small, erect, simple or branobed feom the base : 

 branches erect ; leaves broad-ovate, subacute, entire, subsessile or 

 contracitiAg^ into the petiole : flowetsi axiltoy : iJedUnelles ^lendftr, 

 •horter than the leaves : calycine lobes linear-lanceolate, acuminato. 

 •ubulate, short, equalling the cocpUa : corolla deciduous, urceoJat9 

 lit the base: capsule equalling the. calyx. 



Pulney mountains, floiwering in September. 



GENUS m. ANAaAI/LiS. 



Pentandvia Monosynia. Sex> Sj/tt' 



Deriv. From /iT)4zgelaa, to laugh. The pawer of removrng 

 despondency is attributed to this genus. 



' Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted : <!oroIla rotate, deciduous, deepljr 

 5-parted ; lobes broad, obtuse : stamens 5, inserteil into the bottom 

 of the coToIIa, freef or rarely more or less anit(id At the base : &a^ 

 meflts Bearded : anthers attached by the back near the base, more 

 or leM nodding, introrse : capsitle globose, cut circularly round the 

 aides, membranaeeotis : seeds numerous, angular, immersed in <^ 

 central placenta. 



(t) A. ABYEirais. (Linn.} 

 Var. ctHiitMA. 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. [Ed. Car,] II. p. 24. 



Spec. Char. Stemsinooth,-Mritbproeumb«)t^p sharply 4-comer« 

 ed branches: upper leaves frequently temate, sessile, broad-ovate, 

 acute, obscurely 3-nerved ; lower ones i^mote : peduncles- opposite, 

 axillary, filifbits, Idnger ithAtt the leaves, slightly thicker at the 

 apex and there marked with 5 angles^ >rhich. ruik into the k«eLpf 

 the subulate, acSuminate segments of tlie calyx : segments of the 

 corolla oboKratei sttioHgly arid afteqtia1{;|r' ^ltod.^dteintlate : filaitiei^ 

 covered with glandular kdn : eaj^snle glbbtdar : flowers dark blue. 



Common m all the noithem parta of Hindostao. Neilgherrwa* 

 Flowering in the cold season. "The A. latifolia, Lintt. (i^ight't 

 Sj^icUt aad Icon, t, 1205^. J is evidently a mere vatdety of the above. 



