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more or less convolute round fleshy albnmen. — ^Twining pariU 

 sitic herbs, gerijiinlsl.'tmg' in the eiarth, th^, alfiter the radicle 

 dies, clinging to herbs or shrubs and nourished by their assist- 

 ance ;' stems yellowish or reddish : leaves none or small scales in 

 their place ': 'flowei-s vai"iously aggregate. 



(1) 0. KEFLEXA. {Roab.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 446.-^Dec, prod. IX. p. 454. 



Syn. C. verrucosa, Sweet, Brit, fl, Gard. t, 6. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 104. — Hook. Exot. flor. t. 150. 



Spec. Char. Stem funicular': flowers loosely racemose, each 

 flower pedicelled: xalyx 5-sepaled: sepals acudsh, ovate-6blong : 

 corolla tubular : lobes minute, acute, externally refiexed : antheri 

 eubsessile at the throat of the corolla : scales inserted at the base 

 of the corolla, 'fimbriated : styles short: capsule baccate : lowers 

 small, w'hite. 



Coromandel. Concans. Guzerat. Silhet. Mabableshwur. 

 Flowering in February and March. 



(2) C. Chinensis, (Z»n».) 



Ident. Lam. Enc. II. p. 229. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 457. 

 Syn. C. sulcata, Boscb. fior, Ind, I. f. 447> 

 Engrav. „ Wight's Icon. t. 1 373. 



Spec. Char. Stem filiform. Very slender : fascicles of flbWers 

 lateral, sometimes gloriiei-ate, sometimes loosely panicled, feW-flow- 

 ered, each flower sessile or subsessile, minute : calyx 5-lobed : lobeS 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse : corolla campanulatCj 5-16bed : scales minute^ 

 inserted at the throat, penicillate : flowers small, white. 



Silhet. Malabar. Bengal. Flowering in March, 

 (a) C. CAPiTATA. {Boxb.y 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 448. 



Syn. C. Major, Dec. prod. IX. p. 452.— C. vulgaris, Pen. 



Spec. Char. Stem eapillaceous : heads of flowers sessile, 

 dense, approximate : calyx 5-parted : lobes slightly obtuse : corolla 

 Urceolate, exceeding the calyx, withering in the top of the capsule : 

 Stamens slightly exserted : scales at the base of the filaments J 

 Styfes diverging arch-like from the base : flowers small, white. 



Bengal, flowering in February and March. 



