291 



§, parietal, 2-lobed, many ovules on both sides : gtlgma depresso- 

 teapitate, simple : c6,psnle ovate, inclosed by the calyx, valves 2 : 

 iseeds numerous, elliptic-oblong, farrowed, transversely wrinkledi 



(i) K. NoTONiANA, ' {bee.) 



tdent. Dec. prod. IX. p. 276. 



Syn. Wulfe'nia Notoniana, Wall. tent. flor. Nep. — tJlossanthus 

 Mtdabaricus, Ktein in Bent, scrof. Ind. p, 57. — -G. Notoniana, 

 Br.inHorsf.Pl.Jav.p.\2\. 



£ngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1353. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, annual : stem fleshy-,' occasioiially 

 inarked with a densely villous line : leaves alternate, oblong-ovate, 

 dimidiate-cordate at the base : calyx coarsely and obtusely spurred 

 at the base : lowers racemose, snbsecund, blue. 



In marshy places on the Neilgherries. 



(2) K. scABRA. {Dale.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. "flor. p. 134. — Hook. Journ; Bot. lit. p^ 

 140. 



Spec. Char. Stem terete, herbaceous, scabrous : leaves ob- 

 liquely ovate, acute, entire, penninerved, upperside of the leaf and 

 nerves beneath scabrous : flowers disposed in a long terminal ra- 

 ceme, alternate, drooping, of a deep blue colour: pedicels shorter 

 than the filiform bract, lower lip of corolla subentire, with a triatl* 

 gular acute apex : leaves 4 inches long. 



Warree country ^ flowering in the rainy season. 



GENUS Vi. ISANTHERA. 



IPoIysantia Dicecia. Sex: Syslt 



beriv. t'rom Isos, equal, and An,thfra, an anther ; in referelicS 

 to the stamens being five and equal. 



Gen. CHAiE. ilowers.polygaimous. IJEEMAPHEotiiTB : Calyx 5- 

 cleffc; corolla rotate, 5-cleft, shorter than, the calyx : anthers 1- 

 celled, dehiscblg by a longitudinal or vertical cleft, embracing a 

 semicircular connectivum : ov^ry 1 -celled : placentae prominent, 

 bilamellate, ovuliferpus at the. margin, falsely 2-cell6d : stigma 

 truncate : capsule ^filmost 2-celled : seeds small, 4, Female ; 

 Corolla none : rudiments of stamens tubercle-shaped : ovary as 

 in the iiermapHrodite. 



