874 



(4) I. MiNiAfA. (Benlh.y 



Ident. Dec. prod. X. p. 420. 



Syn. Bonnaya minima, R. W. (not G. Don.) 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 858. 



Spec. Char. Very small, erect : leaves few, lower ones ovate, 

 upper ones oblong : peduncles axillary, elongated : corolla three 

 times longer than the calyx : anterior filaments glandulose, very 

 obtuse, increased by an elongated arched glabrous lobelet undei; 

 the apex. 



Peninsula, 



GENUS XVn. BOISTNAYA. 

 niaiidria ^lonoj^ynia. Sex. Syst .■ ., 



Deriv. In memory of Bonnay, a German Botanist. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx 5-parted, segments nearly equal, scarcely- 

 imbricated in aestivation : upper lip of the corolla short, erect, 2- 

 cleffc, lower larger, spreading, 3-oleft : posterior stamens fertile, 

 rudiments of the anterior ones glandulose, linear, obtuse or cla- 

 vate, entire : style usually bilamellate at the apex : capsule lin- 

 ear, longer than the calyx. — ^Glabrous or rarely hairy herbs, 

 creeping or slightly er«ct : leaves opposite, quite entire or often 

 toothed : flowers opposite or alternate by abortion, axillary or 

 arranged in terminal racemes : anthers free. 



(1) B. PEDUNCULARIS. (Bentk.) 



Ident. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 34. — Dec. prod. X. p. 421. 



Spec. Char. Stems slender, elongated: leaves remote, oblong- 

 lanceolate, nearly quite entire : flowers axillary, solitary, long- 

 peduncled : capsules linear, spreading or nodding, scarcely twice 

 longer than the calyx. 



Silhet. Probably a mere variety of B. grandiflora, {Spreng.) 



(2) B. TENuiFOLiA. {Sprevg.J 



Ident. Spreng. Syst. I. p. 42. — Dec. prod. X. p. 422. 



Syn. Gratiola tenuifolia, Fahl. En. p. 96. 



Spec. Char. Low plant, erect or diffusely much branched : 

 leaves linear, somewhat quite entire : lower pedicels leaf-opposed, 

 fructiferous ones reflexed, uppermost ones subracemose : capsules, 

 linear : flowers small, blue. 



Peninsula, flowering in the rainy season. 



