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(2) L. mijzRBis. (R. W.) 



ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 48.— Dec. prod. VIII. p. 628. 



Spec. Char. Leaves broad-ovate or cordate, acuminate : umbels 

 lateral, many-flowered, nearly equalling the petiole : segments of the 

 torolla revolute at the margin, beardless within, throat with simple 

 scales : stigma apiculate. 



Meerut. Hfedges at Adjunta. 



(3) L. SPARTIUM. (R. W.J 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 48.— Dec. prod. Vlll. p. 629, 



Syn. Gymnema spartium, Wall. 



Spec Char. SulFrUticose : stems thin, mtich branched : leavfes 

 narirow-linear, attenuated at the apex : umbels subsessile : segments 

 of the corolla beardless within, revolutfc at the margin, throat with 

 broad exserted scales : stigma mutic. 



Banks of the Jumna. « 



(4) L. APPENDICULATA. ( DiC.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 628. 



Spec. Char. Younger branches hoary : leaves ovate-ldnceolatC 

 or more rarely oblong-lanceolate, acutish : umbels many-flowered : 

 peduncles equally or mueh exceeding the petiole : pedicels slender, 

 longer than the .flowers : segments of the corolla bearded within, 

 increased in the middle by a hooked appendage : scales depressed^ 

 short. 



Pondicherry. 



(5) L. JAcauEMONTiANA. (Decaisne.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIII. p. 628. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. jj. 152. 



Spec. Char. Erect, much branched shrub : .branches twiggy^ 

 slender : leaves narrow-linear (on the younger branches only) : 

 umbels few-flowered, vefy shortly peduncled : segments of the 

 corolla keeled within at the middle, glabrous : scales fleshy, de- 

 pressed, somewhat 2-lobed : flowers subsessile, very small, yellow. 



In dry jungles near Agra. Sea-shore south of Gogo, 



GENUS XXX. HETEROSTEMMA. 

 Peutantlrla Ulgynla. Sex-. Spsi: 



Deriv. From Heteros, variable, and Siemma, the crown. 



Gen. Char. Corolla rotate, 6-parted : staminal crown 5-leaV- 

 ed : leaflets dilated, increased by a process within : anthers ter- 

 minated by a membrane incumbent on the stigma : pollen-masses 



