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(1) p. rusiLLA. {Roxb.) - 



IdenU Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 419. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 63. 



Syn. Hopea , dichotoma, Vahh—Cxascora. pusilla, Roem. ^ 

 Schult. 



Sf^c. Char. Low, herbaceous plant, dichotomous from the 

 base: leaves short, ovate or, oblong: cymes many times dicho- 

 tomous, outermost branchlets 3-flowered : calyx and corolla nearly 

 equal. 



Moist places in the Peninsula. 



GENUS IV. CANSCOBA. 

 Tetrandria monogynla. Sex: Syii: 



Deriv. The Malabar name Latinised. 



Gen. Chak. Calyx tubular, 4-toothed : corolla 2-lipped, naked, 

 at last usually ded^uQus, upper Up deeply 2-lobed, triandrons at 

 the base, lower one emarginate monandrous, lower stamen longer : 

 anthers erect, three upper ones linear, destitute 'of filaments, 

 supreme one intermediate with ttie lobes, lateral ones placed 

 near and below the upper lip of the corolla, lower one -sttbrotond, 

 less than the filament : ovary l-celled, ovules inserted at the( 

 suture : style distinct, deciduous, stigma bUamellate or bi.>globo8& 

 or undivided, capitulate or having twoi legs : capsule 2-valved, 

 eeptieidal, subnnilocular, placenta spongy, sntural : seeds im- 

 mersed in the placentae, minute. — Annual herbs : stem 4-wingedj 

 branched .' panicle dichotomous, very rarely reduced to a spike : 

 flowers rose-coloured or white, thin : calyx cyUndric, equalling 

 the tube of the corolla. 



(1) €. DIFFUSA. {JR. Br.') 



IdenU R. Br. prod. p. 451. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 64. 



Syn. Gentiana diffusa, Vahl. — Exacum diffusum, Willd,—' 

 JPladera yirgata, Roxb.^—C, foliosa, G. Don. — C. tenella. Wall.— 

 C. diffusa, Do.^G. Lawii, Wight. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1327. 



Sfec. Char. Stem obtusely winged, very much branched : 

 leaves ovate-acute : centre flowers pedicelled, sometimes wanting : 

 calyx wingless : corolla pink or rosy. 



Rocky parts of the Conoans. Coromandel. i Flowering nearly 

 all the year. 



