255' 



^ow, namely five lobep opposite ,^e segments O-f tlie corolla, broad, 

 very short, sinuately trmiiiated, five iigulate, ^alternate with them, 

 jnoumhent on tbe anthers, .troncated 9it the apex : anthers simple 

 at the m.argin :"' polTei?.-niasMes erect, attached above the base, fur- 

 nished on the inner margin wifch a golden -pellucid line : stigma 

 mntic. 



(1) F. iNDicA. (Dale.) 



Idknt. Dalzeil in Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. VIIl. p. 10. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceons, perennial, low, eaespitose, branched ; 

 stems terete, whitish, smooth : leaves short-petioled, oblong, fleshy ; 

 powers extra-axillary, solitary, very shortly pefluncled, purplish- 

 xtfd, with a smaH pale- yellow spot in tfie middle of each lobe. 



Concan at 3000 feet. 



OEDER CiX. EdGANIACiSiE. 



Calyx free, 5, rarely, 4-lolied : corolla regular or rarely ir-. 

 ire^lar, Ijypqgj'nous, 5, rarely 4-lobed, or i»any lobed : ses|;i-r 

 vation viaiva)«, twisted, or imbricated; staqiens iqserted on 

 tbfe tube of t^e corolia, sometimi^B 5, alteraiate. with the lob^S," 

 oirrareiy 1, or lt)j or 12, then '6ppoSit6 the lobes; or lastly 

 SjiltiejnEiate and 2^ opposite tb® lQb«!?:jOf the corolla; anthers 

 2-.celled, dehiscing lengthwise; polleft vittato-three-lobed : 

 pectary none: ov^i^ &*6e, §, rarely '3-ceHea or l-c'eiM : 

 ovules amphitropous or rarely anatropous, style simple : 

 stigma simple or 2-l^bed : ' frfeit sdmetimes capsular, the 

 margin cur^e^ H*SI;'^''j an.d bearing the placentas, leometimea 

 drupaceo-baccate, placentas in the capsules often at length 

 f*ee:Se^d it^iilly' jJeltoe, rarfely ^i^ct, Sometimes winged^, 

 albumen ^esh^ pr cartilaginous : embryo str^tight with , 4^e 

 xi^if^4 ^P^y^^^^'°^'- '^^^^^'^^'^^ ^' foJJ^^ceous.; — Shrubs op. 

 araall, treesi rarely herbs : leaves opposite, entire, penninerved, 

 {jetiaiedr'^sfijiififis'bet^reen, or within the petioles, often united 

 into a's|ei*tbi gftW^-i^^ ^*'**''"g • flowers racemose or coryin- 

 bcfscj nirciy 'SoMalij, terminal or axillary. ' 



