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GENUS ■YHI. EPITHEMA. 



ISidynamta Ang^ionficrmia. Sex: Sysh 



iyeriv. A Greek 'word, signifying a lid or cover ; alluding td 

 the circumscissile capsule. 



Gen, Ohab. Calyx tubular, 6-cleft : corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 limb somewhat 2-lipped, 5-lobed : stamens 2, included, cleft at 

 the ba,se, connivent {Bhime) ; upper ones 2, fertile, lower ones 2, 

 barren {Benth.) : style 1 ; stigma capitate : cajpsule enclosed by 

 the calyx, globose, cut circularly round, 1 -celled, many-seeded : 

 seed-bearing receptacles 2, free, olavatOj diverging. 



(1) E. Zeylanica. (Gardn.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV.— Dalz. ,Bomb. flor. p. 135. 



Engrav. Wight 1. c. t. ] 354. 



Spec. Char. Pilosely hispid all over : leaves opposite, or soH- 

 taty- by abortion, petioled, broad ovate cordate, doubly serrato- 

 dentate, the upper ones opposite, sessile : peduncles terminal, l-Sj 

 elongated) spicate at the apex : spikes dense, secund, circinate, 

 bracteate at the base : bracts cordate, cucullate, obtuse, dentate. 



Neilgherries on rocks. Southern Ghaut, Courtalltim. Plow- 

 tring in the rainy season. 



ORDER CXIV. CONVOLVULACEJE. 



CaiyX 5-sepaled, sepals persistent, equal or unequal, arrang- 

 ed in a single, doubte, or triple series, often enlarging With the 

 fruit: corolla fiaoftopetalous, hypogynous, regular, with the 

 limb 5-plaited or 5-lobed, twisted in aestivation ; stamens 5, 

 alternate with the lobes of the corolla, filaments often unequal, 

 dilated at the base, anthers long, adnate, sagittate, 2-ceIIed : 

 pollen granular, spherical or annular : nectary annular, embrac- 

 ing the base of the oyary of most species : ovary usually sim-t 

 pie, 2-4-celled, rarely partially, or altogether, 1 -celled, occa- 

 sionally double or quadruplej each cell with one or two erect 

 ovules : style one, entire, more or less deeply bifid, rarely dou- 

 ble : stigma acute, flattened or globose, terminating each branch 



