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GENUS X. AI^ISEIA. 

 iPentandria lIEonosynia. Sex: Systi 



Beriv. From Anisos, unequal ; in reference to tlie sepals. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals five, disposed in two or tkree rows, name^ 

 ly, two outer ones larger inserted loWer and deourrent into thd 

 peduncle, the third intermediate, and two inner ones less and in- 

 serted higher up : corolla campanulate : style simple : stigma 

 2rk!bed, capitate or often flattened : ovary 2-celled, 4!-ovtiled i 

 tjap^nle 2-celled.^-Herbs or undershrnbs. 



(1) A. CAiiYciNA. , (ChoUy.) 



Ident. Choisy. Conv. or. p. lOOi — Dec. prod. IX. p. 429. 



Syn. Conv; calycinus, Roxh. — C. Hardwickii, Spreng. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 833. 



Spec. Char. Twining, hairy : leaves oblong, cordSite, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous, petioled : peduncles shorter than the petioles, 1-3- 

 flowered; exterior sepals sagittate: corolla tubular, pure whites 

 capsule pointed : seeds silky. 



Surat and Broach. Cawnpore. Flowering in the cold season. 



(2) A. BARiEROiDES. {Choisy.') 



Merit. Choisy. Conv. or. p. 102.^-Dec. prod. IX. p. 432. 



Spec Char. Stem long, pubescent : leaves oblong, attenuated 

 at the apex, often obtuse, entire at the base or scarcely cordate, 

 very shorUy petioled, villous on both sides : peduncles 1-flowered, 

 exceeding the petioles, bibracteate at the apex about, the flower: 

 outer sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, villously pubescent, adnate to 

 the peduncle at the base, the rest narrower : corolla exceeding the 

 calyx, limb gradually attenuated into the base. 



Goruckpore. Sukanagur. 



(3) A. uNiFtoRA. {Choisy,) 



Ident. Choisy. Conv. or. p. 101. — ^Dec. prod. IX. p. 431. 



Syn. Conv, uniflorus, Lam.-^C emarginatus, Yahl.—C Rhee- 

 dii, Wall, in Roxh. fiof. Ind. II. p. 70. — Tp. uniflora, Roem. ^ 

 Schiilt. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 850.— 111. I. t. 8. — Burm. Ind. t.' 

 21. f. 2. 



Spec Char. Stem prostrate : leaves "oblong-linear, very shortly 

 petioled, mucronate, glabrous : corolla white, hairy on the outside; 

 capsule silky within. 



South Concan. 



