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GENUS XXVil. CENTRANTHfiRA. 

 Uidynanii^ Angiosperinla. Sex .- Syst > 



Deriv. Erom Kentron, a spur, and Anthera, an anther. 



> Gen. Chae.. Calyx leafy, compressed, entire or finally shortly 

 S-5-cleft : corolla funnel-shaped, tubular ; tube ventricose below: 

 the throat : limb obscurely 2-lipped : lobes broad, entire : rta^ 

 mens included : cells of the anthers spurred or mucronate, one 

 less or narrower, often wanting : style flatly dilated at the apex, 

 Itobeolately tongue-shaped, acute : capsnle obtuse ; valves entire : 

 seeds very numerous, oblong-cuneate. — Scabrous, stiff herbs : 

 Jeaves opposite, or the top ones alternate, oblong, often narrow, 

 entire or few-too.ihed :. flowers solitary, in the axils of the fallen 

 leaves, lower ones opposite or all alternate : pedicels very short, 

 with two bracts. 



(1) C. GRANDIFtORA. (Beitth.) 



Ideni. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 49. — Dec. prod. X. p. 525. 



I Spec. Char. Herbaceous, erect, tuberculosely scabrous : calyx 

 oblong-inflated, much acuminated. 



Silhet and Assam. 



(2) C. PE0CUM]BiENs. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Dec. prod. X. p. 525. , 



Spec. Char. Diffuse; hispid ; calyx ovate-oblong, acuminate. 



Peninsula. 



(3) C. HUMIFUSA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. X. p. 525. 



1 Syn. Razumovia 'Franquebarica, Spreng. — Torenia lepidota, 

 iloth. 



Spec. Char. Diffuse, low plant, glabrous or scaly-scabrous 

 and sparingly hispid : calyces ovate, acutish : capsule globose, 

 somewhat membranaceous. 



Peninsula. 



(4) C. HiSpiDA. (R. Br.) 



Jdent. R. Br. prod. p. 43 8. — Dec. prod. X. p, 525. 

 Syn. 0. Nepaulensis, D. Don, — Digitalis stricta, Koxb, 

 Engrav. Wall. PI. As. Rar. 1. t. 45. 



