h h M M M 



M 



(3) F. MAtABAKICA. {R. TF.) 



ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1317. 



EAgrav. Rheede Mai. IV. t. 58. 



Spec. ChAb. Arbofeoiis : leaves obovate-cuneate, subapiculate; 

 Itingish-petioled : peduncles axillary and terrainal, about 5 together, 

 ielongated, 3-flowered : corolla furinel-shaped, tube slender at the 

 base, limb dilated, lobes spreading ; stamens and style about the' 

 length of the corolla. 



Malabar. Travancore. 



(4) F. Khasiana. (Benih. ) 



Tdeiii. Benth. in JoUrn. Prcic. Linn. Soc. I. p. 99. 



Spec. Char. Arboreous: leaves longish-petioled, oblong-ellif<- 

 tic, acuminate, narrowfed at the base, thick, almost veinless : cymes 

 loosely trichotomotis, feW-flowered : segments of the calyx mem- 

 branaceous at the margin : tube of the cotolla dilated almost from 

 the base : ovary 1-celled above : berry dvoid-oblong : sefeds half 

 iinmersed in fleshy pUlp, numerous. 



Khasia hills. 



ORDER ex. GENTIANACEiE. 



Calyx free, persistent, 4-5-lobed, rarely 6-12 : Sepals coher- 

 ing, valvate in aestivation : cotolla nioriopetalouS, hypogynous; 

 j)ersistent, regular, Or bilabiate, the lobes alternate with the 

 segments c*f the calyx, contorted to the left in aestivation : sta- 

 mens inserted on the tube of the corolla, alterilate with its lobes : 

 filaments free i anthers 2-celled, erect or incumbent, occasion- 

 ally at length twisted : ovary single, 1-celledi composed of two 

 toarpels with introflexed margins, hencei half -2-celled : ovules 

 numerous, anatropous, sfcttached to the margins of the valves : 

 styl6 simple : stigmas two Or one • capsule one Or imperfectly 

 2-or 4-celled, septicidatl, placentas parietal : sOeds usually nu- 

 merous: albumen fleshy: embryo axile, minute, cylindrical,' 

 straight : radicle thickened, directed to the hilum : cotyledons 

 fleshy, short. — Herbaceous or frutescent plants, usually gla-; 



