366 



Spec. Char. Low, branched : floral leaves minute, very acute : 

 capsule oblong : radical leaves subrosulate, obovate : pedicels diva- 

 ricate: flowers small, blue. 



'Peninsula. Flowering in the rainy season. 



(2) D. LOBEiioipES. [Benih.) 



Ident. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 31. — Dec. prod. X. p. 407. 



Syn. Gratiola lobelioides, Retz. 



Engrav., Wight's Icon', t. 859. 



Spec. Char. Stem elongated, slightly branched : floral leaves 

 minute, obtuse, radical ones oblong :' calycine segtnents obtuse: 

 capsule globose : corolla much longer than the calyx. 



iPeninsula. 



(3) D. JUNCEUM. (Ham.) 



Ident. Ham. in Benth. Scroph. Jnd. p. 31. — Dec. prod. X. p. 

 407.— Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 14Sj. 



Syn. Gratiola juncea, jKoaifi. — Morgania juncea, Spreng. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t, 129. 



Spec Char. Stem elongated, scarcely branched : floral leaves 

 minute, obtuse : capsule globose : corolla scarcely three times long- 

 er than the calyx : flowers small, rose-coloured. 



Cpromandel. Saharunpore. Western Coast. Flowering in the 

 rainy season. 



^ GENUS XII. AETAI^MA. 



Didynamia Oymnospermia. Seie: Syst; 



Deriv. From Aratao, to support, and Nema, a filament; a 

 tooth is borne on one side of each' of the longer filaments. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted, segments somewhat leafy, much 

 imbricated, nearly equal : upper lip of the funnel-shaped corolla 

 broad, emarginate, lower scarcely longer, S-pai-t'ed. : stamens 

 four, fertile : filaments decur rent into the tube,' increased by a 

 dmall scale at the base, anterior one famished at the throat with 

 a short obtuse appendage : capsules larg-ian, subglobose. 



(1) A. sESAMOiDES. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 39. — Dec. prod. X. p. 408. 



Syn. Columnea longifolia, Linn. — Achimenes sesamoides, Vahl, 

 • — Diceros longifolius, Pers. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1410, 



