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GENUS I. MITREOl^A. 



Pentandrla aioiiog;yi»l». Ser .• Si/it .' 



Deriv. From the Latin, signifying a small mitre in reference 

 (bo the shape of the capsnle. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx 5-partite, lojbes lanceolate : corolla tubular^ 

 short, lialf-5-cIeft, deciduous, tube somewhat ventricose, throat 

 hairy : stamens inserted at or a little below the middle of the tube, 

 included : filaments slender, anthers ovate-acute : ovary 2-celled : 

 ovules numerous : style short { stigm^ papitpUatp, hairy : capsule, 

 deeply 2-cleft, mitre or moon-shaped, membranaceous : seeds 

 ovate or oblong-compressed, not angled : albiiunea fteshy : em- 

 bryo axile, linear : radicle inferior. 



(1) M. OLDENtANDOIDES. [Wall.) 



Ident. W^ll. Cat. No. 4350.-r-Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 1 65.— Dec, 

 prod. IX. p. 9., 



ISyn. M. paniculata, Wall- 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1600.— Hook. Jc. pi. t. 827. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, erect: stem somewhat quadrangular,^ 

 glabrous : branches roughish, hairy : leaves opposite, entire, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, narrowing at the base, margin and veins rough-, 

 ish with hairs, capsule lunate with ^he lobes inflexed, rough on the. 

 inner angle : seed elongated, compressed : bracts and lobes of the 

 calyx lanceolate, margins and back slightly pilose : flowers subses- 

 sile, secund, small, white. 



Concans. Mysore. Bombay. Sukanaghur. 



GENUS n. MITRASACME. 



Tetrandria Illonogynia. Sex: Sytti 



Deriv. Vrorn. Mitra, a, mitre, and Acnie, a point ; alluding ta 

 Ihe form of tbe capsule. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 4-cleft, rarely bifid, without glands : corolla 

 4-lobed, usually campannlate, lobes inflexed at the margin with 

 valvular aestivation, afterwards spreading i stamens usually in- 

 serted at the base of the corolla tind included, rarely in the throat 

 and then exserted : filaments slender : anthers ovate-acute, cor- 

 date at the base : ovary 2-celled : ovules numerous : style 2-clefli 

 at the base : stigma capitellate, somewhat 2-lobed : capsule sub- 

 globose, 2-celled : seeds numerous, ovate-globose, wrinkled : aU 

 |>umen fleshy • embryo straight : radicle inferior. 



