339^ 



Spec. Char. Stems branched, hairy, procumbent ; leaves bifa- 

 yiotls, SuJjsessile, oblong or elliptic, hairy beneath : flowers pale- 

 aaure, axillary or interfoliaceous : aeeds rough, globose. 



Eastern Bengal. 



GENUS IX. CTlSrOGLOSSUM. 



Pentandvia ltIonog:ynia. Sex: Systs 



Deriv. ¥rom Kuon, a dog, arid Glossa, a tongue; the leaves 

 resemble a dog's tongue. 



Gen. CniR. Calyx 5-parted : corolla fennel-shaped, throat 

 elosed by obtuse scales, lobes very obtuse : stamens included : 

 stignaa entire or emarginate : nuts four, imperforated, at the base, 

 affixed to the base of the style, subrotund, convex or depressed, 

 not marginate, almost everywhere echinated by hooked pro- 

 cesses. — ^Herbs, very T:'arely under shrubs : leaves alternate, entire: 

 racemes often spiked : pedicels 1-fiowered : corolla blue, purple^ 

 or white. 



(1) C. Heynii. {G. Don.) 



Ident. Don's Gen. Syst. 4. p. 354. — Dec. prod. X. p. 150. 



Spec. Char. Strigosely hispid : leaves ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated : racemes ebraeteate, slender, terminal ones twin, axillary, 

 solitary : nuts with hooked prickles on the margin; tubevcled in thes^ 

 centre. 



Dindigul. 



(2) C. MiCRA-NTHUM. ^Desf.) 



Ident. Desf. Cat. h. par. 1804. p. 220,— Dec. prod. X. p. 149. 



Syn. C. canescens, Willd. — C. hirsutum, Jacq. — C. racemo- 

 sum, Roaih. 



Spec. Char. Stem branched, hispid with spreading hairs : 

 younger branches and racemes with hoary adpressed pubescence : 

 leaves lanceolate-acute, denticulate, rough with hairs above, softly 

 hairy beneath : racemes without bracts : calyx lobes ovate-obtusej 

 nearly as long as the corolla : flowers blue, with a white eye. 



Bengal. Concan. Khandalla. Flowering in August and Sepr 

 tember. 



(3) C, c^tESTiNUM. {Lindl.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. X. p. 151. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 173. 

 Engrav. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839. t. 36.— Wight's Icon. 1. 1394« 



