382 



(5) S. SULPHUREA. {Dalz.) 



Jdent. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 182. 



Spec. Char. All scabrous: stem slender, quadrangular : leavesi 

 very narrow, linear, acute, flowers very shortly-pedicelled with two 

 subulate bracts : calyx prominently 1.5-nerved, divided to the mid- 

 dle, divisions linear, strap-shaped : corolla yellow : tube as long i^. 

 calyx, and pubescent towards the apex : upper lip broad, almost 

 truncate, lower 3-lobed : lobes obovate, all ciliated. 



Wet rocks on Sewnere Hill fort. 



GENUS XXIV. RHAMPHICARPA. 

 Didynamla Anslosperiuia. Sex: Syst-: 



Deriv. From Ramphis, a beak, and Karpos, fruit. 



Gen. Char. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft : tub^ of the corolla^ 

 thin, long-exaerted, straight or incurved, segments of the limb 

 fire, obovate, nearly equal oi* the upper ones broad connate : 

 anthers obtuse : capsule ovate, compressed from the side, oblique- 

 ly mucronate or rostrate, valves coriaceous. — ^Erect, branched, 

 glabrous herbs : lower leaves opposite, upper alternate, narrovr, 

 entire or pinnatisect : flowers short-peduncled, racemose, usually 

 without bracts : corolla white or sulphur-coloured. 



(1) R. longiflora. {Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Corap. Bot. Mag. 1. p. 368. — Dec. prod. X. 

 p. 504. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 141,5. 



Spec. Char. A low, much-branched plant : leaves pinnately 

 divided into linear segments : flowers white, with a very long slender 

 tube, and regular limb : capsule furnished with an incurved oblique 



beak. 



TelHcherry and Cannanore, in moist soil. Common in ghau<^ 



pastures. Flowering in the rainy season. 



GK^TUS XXV. MICRARGERIA. 

 Didynaniia Ang^iospepmia. Sex; Syst: 



Gr.y. Chah. Calyx campaiinlate, 5-toothed, teeth very obtuse : 



corolla tubular-canipanulate, lobes nearly equal, entire : stamena, 



