334 



(6) T. suBULATA. (Hochsi.) 



ident. bee. prod. IX. p. 528.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 1?1. 



Spec. Char. Stem sufFriltidose, erect, sparingly-branched, cloth* 

 ed with stiff bristly hairs : leaves linear-lanceolate, pilose on both 

 sides : racemes axillary, very long and slender : flowers secund : 

 corolla tubular, segments spreading, acuminated : anthers 3-tootbed 

 at the apex : flowers yellowish. 



Near Gogo, flowering in Norember. 



TEJBE ill. HELlOTilOPEiE. 



Ovary many-celled, bearing a simple, ttertninal style ': fruit 

 somewhat juiceless, drupaceous, dividing: seeds eXalbuminous. 



GENUS V. HELlDTROPIliM. 



Triandria IXIonosyiiia. Sex.- Spsi.- 



beriv. From Helios, the siiri, and Trbpli, twining ; the flowers 

 are said to turn towards the sun. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 5-parted or very rarely 5-toothed, persist- 

 ent : corolla 6up-shaped, throat pervious, sometimes bearded, 

 segments of the limb furnished with a simple fold or very rarely 

 with teeth : style short : stigma sub-donical : nuts 1-celled, co- 

 hering by the base, afterwards Separable : seeds exalbuminous. — 

 Herbs or undershrubs, variously villous, rarely quite glabrous : 

 leaves entire, or toothed, alternate or rarely opposite : spikes 

 unilateral : Corolla white or pUi'plish. 



(1) H. RoxBCRGHii. (Spreng.) 



Ident Spreng. Cur. post. p. 54.-^Dec. prod. IX. p. 549. 



Syn. H. paniculatum, Roxb. fl. Ind. (Ed. Car.) II. p. 2. 



Spec. Char.. Erect, branched, hairy : leaves petioled, ovate- 

 oblong: spikes terminal, panicledj secUnd: tube of the cofolla 

 long, gibbous. 



ChittagOng. 



(2) H. fotYSTACHTUM. (Poir.) 



Ident. Poir. Suppl. III. p. 23. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 549. 



Spec. Char. Branches villously hairy: leaves long-petioled, 

 alternate, ovate-lanceolate, tomentose : spikes many, terminal : 

 calyx hispid. 



Pondicherry. 



