271 



(1) O. coRV.MBosA. (Griseh.) 



Mint. Griseb. Gent. p. 317. — Dec. t)tod. IX. p. 125. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1329. 



Spec. CitAR. Stem 4-sided, ascending, branches divaricate : 

 leaves spathulate-elliptic, roughish, 3-nerved, the lower ones larg- 

 est, the stem ones, short, sessile : cjmes sub-fastigiate, few-flowered, 

 pedicels spreading, segments of the calyx linear-acuminate, half 

 the length of the corolla : corolla 4-parted, blue, segments obovarte- 

 elliptic, naucronate : fovfeae minute, orbicular, solitary, covered with 

 a scale, fimbriate at the apex, and themselves bound with short 

 fimbriae: filaments linear. ' ' ■'" 



Neilgher^es. 



(2) d. MINOR. (Griseb.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 126. 



Engrav. Wight^s Icon. t. 1332. 



Spbc. Char. Stems subterete, erect, filiform^ glabrous, sparingly 

 ramous : branches erect, 1-3-flowered : leaves short cordate-oVate, 

 or ovate, glabrous, obscurely 3-nerved, cauHne ones sessile : cymes 

 terminal, lax, 3-5-flowered, the axillary pedicels shorter : segments 

 of the calyx lanceolate-oblong, acute, about half the length of the 

 corolla : corolla 4-parted, blue, segments elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 suberect : foveae orbicular, paired, distant, most minute : margins 

 naked: filaments linear, shorter than the corollii. 



Neilgherries, in wet marshy ground. 



(3) O. ELEGANS. (K. W.) 



Ident. Wight's loon, vol. IV. & t, 1331. 



Spec Char. Erect, ramous above, obsoletely 4-sided : leaves 

 sessile, narrovr-J^ceplate, J;apering to a sknde^' point, 3-nerved : 

 lateral nerves close to the margin : branches ascending, slender, 

 bearing at each joint lateral few-flowered cymes, forming together ' 

 a large many-flowered panicle : calyx-lobes narrow lanceolate, 

 acute, about two-thirds the length of the corolla : lobes of the corolla 

 obovate cuspidate : foveae bound with longish coarse hairs : flowers 

 pale blue. 



Pulneys, flowering in August and September. 



(4) O. Grisebackiana. (7J. W.) , 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1330. 



Spec. Char. Erect, simple below, ramous above, fastigiate J ' 

 leaves opposite or ternate, lanceolate, acute or sometimes narrow- 



