S6T 



Spec. Char. Herbateous, erect: stem acutely 4-sided : leaved 

 opposite, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, entire or serrated : pedicels 

 shojrter than the calyx : corolla subcampanulate : flowers in ter- 

 minal racemes, blue. 



Concaus. Travancore. Peninsula. Flowering nearly all thfe 

 year. 



GENUS Xlil. ClJRANGl. 



Ditlynamla AnsidAperinia. Sm .- Sysi : 



. Gen. Char. Calyx flat, 4-parted, posterior segment entire and 

 ?vith the anterior one. entire or •2-elefti lateral; ones narrow, cover, 

 ed : corolla ringent, upper lip forked, emarginate, lower spread.. 

 ing,)3-cleft: posterior stamens fertile, anther^ coherent, cells .idi, 

 verging, distinct, anteri9r stamens sterile, clavate : style bila- 

 mellate at the apex : Capsule ovate, enclosed by the calyx. 



(1) 0. AMARA. (Juss.) 



Tdent. Juss. Aiih. P^r. 9. p. 319. — Defc. prod. i. p. 408. 



, Syn. Gratiola amara, Roxb. fior. Ind. 1. p. 136. — -Herpekis 

 amara, Benth. 



£ngrav. Rumph. Amb. V. t. 170. fig. 11. 



., SfEC. Chak. Leaves petioled, ovate, crenated : racemes short J 

 pedicels without bracts : flowers small, white, or purple-dotted. 



Assam, flowering in the cold season. 



GENUS XIV. TORENIA. I 



Uidynaniitt Anifiospernila. Sex: Systf. 



tferiv. In honor of OlofToren, a Swedish, Botanist. , ,, 



■ Gen. Char, p^lyx tubular, plicatje or, winged, obliquely . 5.. 

 toothed at the apex or 2-lipped : corolla ringent, upper lip emar- 

 ginate or 2-oleft, lower 3-'cleft, larger : ^oiterior stamens fertile, 

 anterior ones arched, antheriferous, increased at the base by a 

 tooth-shaped or filiform appendage : anthers approximate id 

 pairs or coherent : style slightly bilamellate at the apex : cap- 

 sule oblong, not exceeding the calyi. — Herbs with opposite 

 leaves : racemes short, few-flowered, fascicle-shaped or rarely 

 Sfpngated, terniinal pr axillary fi-om a false branch or placed in 

 mi fork of the branches. 



