536 



ing the bract : bracts ovate, strigose : calyx lobes ovate-acute, a 

 little shorter than the corolla tube ; corolla hairy externally, throat 

 closed with hairs : fruit strigose, globose. 



Bombay Presidency. 



(7) H. supiNUM. (Linn.) 



Var. Malabaricum. (Benth.) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. p. 87. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 533.— Royle. 111. 

 306. 



Syn. H. Malabaricum, ReU. — Piptoclaiiia Malabarica, G. Don, 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1387. — Burm. flor. Ind. t. 16. fig. 1. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : stems ascending : leaves oval, ob- 

 tuse, hoary and tomentose on both sides :' spikes mostly sblitary : 

 calyx 3 -toothed, short, very hirsute : corolla scarcely longer than 

 the calyx, white with a yellow tube. 



Malabar. Rice fields in the Deccan. Flowering in the colds 

 season. 



(8) H. MARiFOLiuM. ( Retz.) 



Ident. Retz. Obs. IJ. p. 8,— Dec. prod. IX. p. 547. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1390. 



Spec. Char. Suffruticose : stems procumbent, diffuse, mnch. 

 branched : leaves and calyx strigose : leaves lanceolate, acute, re- 

 volute on the margin : racemes subspieate, solitary, alternate, 

 the uppermost ones twin : flowers minute, white, with a yellow eye : 

 nuts densely hispid. ' 



Vingorla. 



(9) H. LAXIFLORUM. (Roth.) 



Ident. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 102. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 548. 



Spec Char. Erect, branched, strigose with minute adpressedi 

 hairs: leaves linear-lanceolate, entire': racemes simple, subspieate, 

 solitary or twin, elongated : flowers rather lax : lobes of the calyx 

 strigose, as long as the tube of the corolla : nuts globose, strigose^ 

 nft glabrous. 



Worlee hill. Island of Bombay. Deccan. 



GENUS VI. HELIOPHYTUM. 

 Peiitaiifli-ia llonogpynia. Sex: Systi 

 Deriv. Prom Helios, the sun, and Phyton, a plant. 



