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linear, 3-nerved : corymbs roany-flbweredj compact : calyx lobeS 

 subulate-pointed, nearly as long as the corolla ; corolla 4-cleft, 

 divisions lanceolate acute : foves covered with a scale and bound 

 ivith long fimbriae round the margin. 



Pulney mountains, among long grass, flowering ih September and 

 Octobw. 



(5) O. tttiixiFioftA. (Dale.) 



Ideni. Dalz. iii Hobk. Jburn. Bot. II. p. 135. — Bomb. fldr. p. 

 156. 



^PEC. Chak. Stem quadrangular, 4-winged, ascending, dense^ly 

 leafy : leaves round-ovate, stem-clasping, 5-nerved, mucronulate, 

 glabl-ousi decussate : cymes many-floWered : calyx divisions lan- 

 beolate-acuminate : corolla white, 4-divided : segments ovate-ellip- 

 tic, their rounded pits suirrolinded by long ^nges : filaments united 

 at the Very base. 



Mahableshwar. 



(6) 6. PAUCtFLORA. {Ddli.) 



Ident. Dilz. 1. c. III. t>. 111.— -Bomb. flor. p. 156. 



^PEC. Char. Stem erebt, 4-winged, glabrous, branched towards 

 the top : leaves sessile, lariceolate-aiiuminate, 3-iierved : cymes 

 few-flowered : calyx segments subulate, , as loiig as the corolla ; 

 corblla while, 4-divided, the segments obovate-elhptic, their pits 

 large, round, covered with a fnnged scale, and sui'rounded by i 

 short fringe. 



Thb Ghauts, flowering in September. 



GENUS IX. ti:ALEli(ll. 



Pentandirla nisynla. Sex-, Systi. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 4-5-parfate, sfegmentS connected at tbei 

 Base : corolla witheriiig, shortly camp'aniilate, 4-5-cleft, lobes 

 6rect, equalling the tube, destitute of folds or fringes, glandalifer- 

 6u6 pits solitary, produced into spurs : stamens 4-5, inserted on 

 the tljroat, filaments equal at the base : anthers minute, incum^i. 

 bent : ovary 1-oelled, ovules numerous, inserted on the siltures : 

 stigmas' twin, terminal, often connate and confluent with the 

 ovary : capsule 2-valved, septicidal, 1 -celled : seeds numerous, 

 immersed in the placenta. 



